Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, December 15, 2007

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 15, 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba A16 Canada Winnipeg free press saturday december 15, 2007 residential school Cash spurs envy and infighting by Lee Greenberg t Oronto ? it is supposed to usher an Era of Healing and forgiveness. Instead ? if the experience of one first nations Community in Alberta is any indication ? the Sud Den influx of Large Cash payments to former residential school students has prompted bitterness and recrimination. The $1.9-billion Windfall distributed in cheques typically ranging Between $15,000 and $30,000, has served As a Bea con to hawkers traders and other opportunists now perched on the fringe of Rural reserves. Cheque cashing joints car lots and electronics outlets Are Sud Denly interested in servicing the Long forgotten communities. But the Cash is also causing a More insidious division within those communities drawing a line Between the Sud Den haves and the have not. There a envy there there Scrimo by said one former worker at the residential school in Assumption Alberta. One girl phoned me the other Day ask ing How come this person in my Grade got $33,000 when i Only got $24,000??? said the Man who asked his name not be used for fear of retribution. The Assumption residential school which serviced the Dene tha first nation band is a hot topic in the bands three communities about 800 Kilometres Northwest of Edmonton. A lot of people talk said Josephine Watanna before launching into a list of suspected cheats. A number of band members believe their Neighbours ? even their own fam ily members ? Are submitting fraudulent claims for compensation cheques. There Are too Many cheaters said Laura deed a a band member living off Reserve. I a really pissed at times the accusers reasoning is opaque. One elderly woman who received an $8,000 Advance payment for victims Over the age of 65 had two mis carriages several women say which make it unlikely she attended the school. The woman a daughter Mabel Giroux says the accusers should keep their Mouths its none of their business who gets what she said adding authorities have records of everybody that so if you fill out a form and did to go they wont give you indeed Many of the accusations Are based on a Lack of information both about the rules of compensation As Well As the years the school operated. Giroux says her Mother attended the school in Assumption for one week. I phoned the main government office for her and they said even if you re there for one Day you can put in a claim she said. The policy was confirmed this week by officials in Ottawa. In order to qualify for a $10,000 Cheque victims Are paid $3,000 for each additional year attended one need Only have slept one night at the residential school. ? can West news service around Canada the big Guys biggest Vancouver leads break ins More Homes Are broken into in Vancou ver than any other major Canadian or american City according to an annual report released Friday. The statistics gathered by the . Progress Board showed Vancouver had almost four times the amount of break and enters last year than Toronto and new York City. In 2006, Vancouver reported 1,121 break ins per 100,000 people compared to Toronto with 404 and new York City with 310. Cop charged for child porn of the y ear in Stock Vancouver ? a North Vancouver ?08 Malibu ramp officer has been charged with 2007 Possession of child pornography a fact from Cobalt is the mounties kept quiet for More than four months. Court documents $ 21,995 2008 Sedan obtained by the Vancouver Sun show Aveo 5 rates const. 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