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OCTOBER 19, 2000

BRITISH COLUMBIA:
The British Columbia Minister of Aboriginal Affairs says a call by the Liberal party to hold a referendum on treaty issues is just a political ploy.
Get the Story: NDP condemns Liberal treaty referendum plan (CBC 10/20)

NUNAVUT:
All Inuit gun owners in Nunavut should comply with the federal firearms legislation, says Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated , the Inuit land claims organization. NTI is still challenging the legality of the act, however.
Get the Story: Get gun licences, NTI tells Inuit (CBC 10/20)
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Women in the Yukon need their own halfway house, says Barbara Powick, director of a woman's shelter in Whitehorse.
Time for women's halfway house, director says (CBC 10/20)