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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 19, 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba B2 City Winnipeg free press wednesday december 19, 2007 Winnipeg repress. Com Call for applications for a broadcasting licence to carry on a radio programming undertaking to serve Edmonton Alberta. Persons interested in responding to this Call must submit a formal application to the commission no later than 23 january 2008. For further information please consult Public notice crts 2007 127. If you wish to support or oppose an application or obtain a copy of the Public notice please consult the crts website at wow. Crts. Go. Ca under Public proceedings or Call our toll free number 1 877 249 crts. Any information you submit including personal information will be posted on the crts website. Public notice crts 2007 127 Call for applications # 089 Call for applications for a broadcasting licence to carry on a radio programming undertaking to serve Drumheller Alberta. Persons interested in responding to this Call must submit a formal application to the commission no later than 31 january 2008. For further information please consult Public notice crts 2007 133. If you wish to support or oppose an application or obtain a copy of the Public notice please consult the crts website at wow. Crts. Go. Ca under Public proceedings or Call our toll free number 1 877 249 crts. Any information you submit including personal information will be posted on the crts website. Public notice crts 2007 133 # 091 the twelve songs of Christmas deck the Halls deck the Halls with boughs of Holly a la la la la la la la la. Tis the season to be Jolly a la la la la la la la la. Don we now our Gay apparel a la la la la la la la la. Troll the ancient yuletide Carol a la la la la la la la la. See the blazing Yule before us a la la la la la la la la. Strike the Harp and join the chorus. A la la la la la la la la. Follow me in merry measure a la la la la la la la la. While i Tell of yuletide treasure a la la la la la la la la. Fast away the old year passes a la la la la la la la la. Hail the new be lads and lasses a la la la la la la la la. Sing we joyous All together a la la la la la la la la. Heedless of the wind and weather a la la la la la la la la. Windsor school 7 to see and hear each choir perform please go to Winnipeg repress. Com by Alexandra Paul and Chris Webb t Here Are people who tuck their cheques away others who hand them Over to children or grandchildren. Aboriginal people in Manitoba who were forced to attend residential schools As children Are receiving millions of dollars in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Across Canada 82,000 people have applied for the $ 1.9 billion settlement $ 799 million has been deposited directly into Bank accounts or sent in government cheques according to the Federal office of the Indian residential school settlement Resolution. In Manitoba that Money will make Christmas Cheerie this year. This Isnit a Windfall. Whats important is the compensation is now being paid Assembly of first nations National chief Phil Fontaine said monday. Its not a handout. We must not Overlook the Long difficult process for Many Surv i v o r s Fontaine said. The National chief has accused observers of having an unhealthy and sometimes racist preoccupation with How residential school survivors will spend the payments. Jennifer Wood the Assembly of Manitoba chiefs residential school coordinator said Christmas is a special spiritual Holiday about generosity and aboriginal people Are generous by nature. Were getting a lot of Calls because people want their Money by Christmas. Ism hearing people talk about sharing their Money with their families like putting Dow payments on Homes for their children buying vehicles and taking their families on vacations to Florida Wood said. The Northern store at Little grand rapids first nation 268 Kilometres Northeast of Winnipeg is doing a brisk business in electronics. Definitely the most popular items Are tvs playstation did players and other things for adults and for kids manager Winston Waye said. Northern is acting As a Bank of last resort in Remote communities looking for ways to Cash $ 250 million in cheques. They re offering a combination of interact Type debit cards prepaid master cards gift cards and store credits to customers in communities that dont have Banks. The debit cards have also gotten really popular because you can use them anywhere. People charge them up and go off to Winnipeg to spend their Money Waye said from Little grand. The history behind the settlement cheques is a painful one for Many and that was underscored yesterday in Calls to some first nations. One woman in hollow water first nation 190 Kilometres North of Winnipeg Hung up on a caller asking about the compensation cheques. A hons business it is of yours of any ones the woman snapped. Ramp said they re not surprised callers Are getting the cold shoulder. Months ago the mounties warned first nations recipients to keep their counsel about the Money. That Means hanging up on callers asking about residential school payments ramp commercial crime Cpl. Phil Carver said. And the same with scam artists. Ism the Point Man on this and i can Tell you i have not heard any instances of people being ripped off. Thatus Good news a a Carver said. Some families Are choosing to think first and spend later. What ism seeing in Long Plain is people Are being very careful with their Money Long Plain resident Ruth Roulette observed. They re not buying the stores out. This is a one time Deal. Were not going to see this kind of Money again Roulette said. Roulette spent five years at the Sandy Bay residential school As a child. Alexandra. Paul free press. My. Ca. Chris. Webb free press. My. Ca what ism seeing in Long Plain is people Are being very careful with their Money Long Plain resident Ruth Roulette residential school compensation begins to flow Santa continued from Page b 1 then the child in question his plate now heaping with pizza and carrots would wander off sidle Over to a classmate and casually whisper psst do you want some of my carrots after lunch the kids were issued red and Green Felt Antlers and herded through Airport Security. It is difficult using Mere words to describe How funny it is to watch 160 tiny children Antlers Bobbing on their Heads solemnly marching through Security but i will try it is very very funny if you could witness this sight and not wet your pants with laughter then you Are made of much sterner stuff than i am. On Board i am pleased to report that everything once again went off with All the Calm and precision of a european soccer riot. The kids were kept Busy with a Host of fun Holiday activities including a folding in flight magazines into paper air planes b lifting the arms of their seats up and Down c seeing How far Back their seats would recline and d hitting the Call Button and Yelling what happens if i press this shortly after Takeoff i slipped out of my seat and assisted by flight attendant Shannon Warner ducked behind a curtain in the Back of the plane to get into costume. If you have never had a flight attendant help you dress up As Santa in mid air then i do not think you have truly flown first class. Ism just saying. Moments later capt. Jim Raleigh waggled the plane to announce santaus arrival. And thatus when Santa Bob the Elf and a huge sack of Candy canes made their grand Entrance. We Felt like Rock stars. From then on everything was a blur. A blur of wide eyed children giving Heartfelt hugs. A blur of kids holding out crumpled Christmas lists. And pulling on santaus Beard. And loudly asking Tough questions what Are the names of your Reindeer is that your real Beard whats your Elfus name one thing Santa does remember clearly is striding boldly Down the aisle roaring hoho to into a to camera at the top of his lungs and wham bashing his head on a Little movie screen suspended from the ceiling. Of no a flight attendant squealed with laughter Santa has a concussion but Santa was just Fine. And like everyone else on the plane the Only thing he was suffering from was a severe Case of the warm fuzzier. For some of our kids this is the highlight of their Christmas even More than Christmas Day Pink Hamas energetic principal Lionel Pang told me. This whole thing makes you feel wonderful about the generosity people have for the children of the inner City. So you can work up quite a sweat after several hours inside a sweltering red velvet suit but in the end As any Santa will Tell you its one of the coolest places on Earth. Dont believe me then listen to six year old Joseph Malo of Pinkham school who when asked about the Best part of the whole Day just smiled and softly said i liked All the parts thank you Joseph. Thank you very much there were plenty of Reindeer and one Elf free press publisher Bob Cox below to accompany Santa on the North pole express ;