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Aboriginal
Award. Noms
mini-school
considered
Mini-school would be a program within school, like
French immersion It would focus on restoring culture,
fostering sense of community and belonging 2006
census found aboriginal youth in Vancouver had lower
school attendance rates than non-aboriginal peers
KRISTEN ing racism and poverty.
THOMPSON “We hear a lot about the impact of
@METRONEWS.CA the residential schools that broke down
the chain of parenting and families.”
The Vancouver School Board held its sec- Jo-ann Archibald, associate dean for
ond public meeting yesterday in search indigenous education at the University
of feedback for its proposal to start an of B.C. and former director of the Native
Colin Firth was nominated for an Academy Award for best actor for his role aboriginal mini-school. Indian Teachers Education Program, is
in The King’s Speech yesterday. The hope is that a separate program writing a report based on the student
would give First Nations high school stu- and public consultations.
Royal tale leads OscaArLBER TO rE. ROaDRIGUEZc/GETTeY IMAGES dents a better sense of belonging and, by She said the mini-school is a “wonder-
extension, more motivation to do well ful idea” and has nothing to do with seg-
and stay in school. regation.
Board chair Patti Bacchus said the “I don’t see any outcry about segrega-
The King’s Speech is at the top of the Oscar pack with 12 nominations, including proposal is in only its early stages. tion for (language-immersion schools),”
best picture. Hollywood will hand out the awards on Feb. 27. Story, page 15. “The preliminary idea is ... it would be she said.
a school within a school that approaches Deborah Jeffrey, acting executive di-
curriculum through an aboriginal lens rector of the First Nations education
RCMP facing Military getting using aboriginal history (and) tradi- steering committee, added it’s only seg-
tions.” regation if it’s forced upon the commu-
Members of the aboriginal communi- nity.
new complaint fatter: Study
ty would be closely consulted and their “Public institutions can play a pivotal
expertise used in the classroom. role in transforming relations between
Bacchus said there are “complex his- the aboriginal and non-aboriginal com-
BCCLA takes issue after kick in Canadian Forces becoming torical reasons” why many aboriginal munity, and it’s time we start doing that
face caught on video {page 4} inactive, survey finds {page 10} students face barriers to success, includ- proactively,” she said.

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Plural wife EZRA SHAW/GETTY IMAGES
defends
polygamy
in court
A woman who has lived in
a plural marriage in Bounti-
ful for 30 years has painted
a positive image of
polygamy in B.C. Supreme
Court in Vancouver.
The woman told a judge
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examining Canada’s law
against multiple marriages
that she doesn’t consider
her marriage at the age of
16 as child abuse and
denied that Bountiful wives
are forced to obey their
husbands.
The woman, who testi-
fied anonymously, rejected
claims that girls are forbid-
den to interact with boys
and said girls in the
community can refuse mar-
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2011
Complaint filed
against RCMP
BCCLA takes issue with use of force used during
arrest and information released afterward to justify
actions Assault charge already recommended
against suspended Kelowna Mountie
CONTRIBUTED/YOUTUBE.COM
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The BCCLA complaint al-
The B.C. Civil Liberties As- so names the detachment’s
sociation has filed a formal superintendent, Bill McKin-
complaint against an RCMP non, for releasing that
officer after a Kelowna Tavares was being arrested
man was kicked in the face. for a “domestic violence sit-
In a letter to the Com- uation.”
mission for Public Com- “The RCMP should use
plaint Against the RCMP, A video appearing to extreme caution in releas-
BCCLA executive director show Buddy Tavares being ing information to the me-
David Eby alleges “that the kicked by a Mountie has dia, especially if the
incident involved unlawful become a YouTube hit. information has not been
use of force.” investigated and verified as
“A transparent and inde- thority.” best as possible,” Eby
pendent investigation of A video capturing the in- writes.
this complaint is warrant- cident appears to show Abbotsford police have
ed in the public interest,” Buddy Tavares, 51, being recommended a charge of
Eby writes. “We request kicked in the head while assault causing bodily
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moved to a different responded to a massive
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contacted police. flames shoot up to 30 feet
Richmond RCMP are in- RCMP has filed for a in the air. None of the 140
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2011
Obama reaches
Egypt. Tens of thousands mobilize online
out to opponents
U.S. president makes a direct appeal for bipartisan
lawmaking in his State of the Union address
‘We will move forward together or not at all,’ he says
CHARLES DHARAPAK/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. President Barack Oba- cans narrowed the Demo-
ma called for unity with cratic advantage in the
newly empowered Repub- Senate as well as taking
licans in a State of the control of the House of
Union policy speech that Representatives.
laid the foundation for Obama, who has re-
the second half of his bounded in opinion polls Police face demonstrators in Cairo yesterday during a Tunisia-inspired demonstration
presidential term and in recent weeks, was look- to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s nearly 30 years in power. The clashes
next year’s fight for re- ing to position himself left at least three dead.
election. above politics, even as
Obama staked out terri- both parties manoeuvre THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
tory in America’s political for advantage ahead of Tunisia’s uprising fuels Cairo protest
centre. He defended pro- the 2012 presidential
grams dear to his Demo- Barack Obama vote.
cratic base, including the The speech comes Yesterday’s demonstration, the largest Egypt has seen for years, began peacefully,
federal Social Security weeks after Congress- with police showing unusual restraint in what appeared to be a calculated strategy
pension program and his spending, shaking up the woman Gabrielle Giffords by the government to avoid further sullying the image of a security apparatus
health-care overhaul. federal bureaucracy and was seriously wounded in widely seen as little more than corrupt thugs in uniforms. Protesters cried out for
But he also backed eliminating lawmakers’ a shooting rampage in President Hosni Mubarak to step down and for a solution to Egypt’s poverty.
some top priorities of Re- pet projects. Arizona that killed six
publicans, who took con- For the first time in his people.
trol of the House of two-year presidency, Oba- In an attempt at unity, Facebook pushes its currency
Representatives this ma was appearing before many Democratic and Re-
month. a divided Congress. After publican lawmakers de-
He called for cutting November elections that cided to break with Facebook says it will begin through its own currency use other currency systems
the corporate tax rate, Obama has described as a tradition and sit together. requiring all games on its system, Facebook Credits. but they must accept Cred-
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Soldiers losing war on flab
Invest. Military
Canadian Forces personnel duce the stigma of doing immune to this epidemic of
are getting fatter, more Mighty fat so. obesity,” Col. Colin MacKay,
sedentary in their work, The document found the military’s director of
less physically active and there was a three per cent health protection, said yes-
becoming heavier About 3,700 full-time increase in the number of terday from Ottawa.
drinkers, according to a Forces members were sur- obese people since the last But MacKay says he be-
new military study. veyed, for years 2008-09. survey in 2004, even with lieves members of the mil-
The Health and Lifestyle a renewed push on fitness itary are in better shape
Information Survey also Nearly 48% were promotion. than the average Canadi-
found members are still re- overweight. “The study results cer- an.
luctant to seek out mental tainly indicate to us that, The survey was posted
health services for fear it reers, despite several new like the rest of the Canadi- on the National Defence
will hurt their military ca- Defence initiatives to re- an population, we’re not website. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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