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What are the symptoms of West Nile virus?

Symptoms can range from mild to severe. Most people (70% to 80%) who are infected with West Nile virus have no symptoms.

Some people have mild symptoms that can include fever, headache, body aches, mild rash and swollen lymph glands.

First symptoms usually appear within 2 to 15 days after infection.

Anyone infected with West Nile virus can be at risk of developing more severe symptoms and health effects. Adults 50 years or older and those with underlying conditions or weaker immune systems, however, are at greater risk.

Very few people (fewer than 1 per cent of people infected with the virus) will develop severe symptoms and health effects. In many of these cases, the infection can affect the central nervous system.

This is the nervous system tissues in the brain and spinal cord).

Serious symptoms can include rapid onset of severe headache, high fever, stiff neck, nausea or vomiting (sometimes both), difficulty swallowing, drowsiness or confusion. You can also get serious symptoms like loss of consciousness, lack of coordination, muscle weakness or paralysis.

In general, recovery can take a week for mild cases. Some severe cases could experience a variety of health effects for many months to years after their initial illness. Some severe cases of the disease can be fatal.

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West Nile virus hits Brant County Health Unit urges caution after three cases ID'd NAHNDA GARLOW

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BRANTFORD — Three positive cases of West Nile Virus have surfaced in Brant County.

The Brant County Health Unit issued an advisory to the public this week, cautioning residents to take precautions and avoid being bitten.

“We are continuing to monitor and control local mosquito activity,” says Diana Duncan, Public Health Inspector at the Brant County Health Unit.

“This includes mosquito trapping, as well as applying pesticide treatments to storm sewer catch basins to kill mosquito larvae and reduce the number of mosquitoes.”

One positive mosquito pool with 11 mosquitoes tested positive for WNV in the pool. The pool was located in West Brant.

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Ontario forest fires rage on

Experts say massive fires can take long-term toll on environment STAFF REPORT

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TORONTO — There was little rest for firefighters in northern Ontario during the long weekend as they continued battling flames on numerous fire lines.

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources says there were 122 active fires as of Monday night, including 78 in the northwest region and 44 in the northeast.

Eighteen fires in the northeast and seven in the northwest were classified as out of control.

The largest fire in the northeast, ``Parry Sound 33,'' covers about 113 square kilometres and remains out of control.

One was burning four kilometres northwest of the community of North Spirit Lake, while another was located approximately nine kilometres south of Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation.

There have been 888 wildfires this year so far, compared to an annual average of 517 over the past 10 years.

A firefighter from Alberta died on Thursday while fighting a fire near the town of Red Lake, Ont., about 100 kilometres east of the Manitoba boundary. He was identified as Jerry Gadwa, a resident of Kehewin Cree Nation.

Forest fires like the ones currently burning in Ontario can have long-term impacts on the environment, experts say, noting that increasingly warmer and drier weather conditions are making such blazes more common. ``We are seeing the manifestation of climate change happening in real form right now,'' said Blair Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo. ``It is bad now and it is only going to get worse.''

Severe forest fires like Parry Sound 33, which has been burning since July 18, can potentially burn off all the vegetation and organic soil in an area, leaving only ashes and rocks, one expert said. ``What I think is happening now (with Parry

Firefighters battle Parry Sound 33, one of Ontario's 122 active forest fires.

Sound 33) is that this is a pretty intense fire that is combusting away almost all signs of life in at least some of the areas in that fire perimeter,'' said Merritt Turetsky, a University of Guelph professor and ecosystem ecologist.

Such fires in peatrich areas can also burn away the ground around charred trees that remain standing, she said. ``Nothing is holding these trees on the ground anymore. A big gust of wind and they fall right off,'' Turetsky said, noting that the situation could pose a hazard for residents moving back into their homes after a forest fire.

The way in which forest fires burn the ground has also changed in recent years, said Turetsky, noting that in the past, fires left patches of surviving vegetation and organic matter behind. ``Now when we go in and survey these severely burned plots, we literally feel like we are walking on the moon,'' she said. ``This is a totally different ball game for the vegetation to re-vegetate.''

Severely burned ground can lead to soil erosion, which then causes other issues, said Feltmate. ``When large precipitation occurs, trees are usually there to intervene between the water and

the ground, so the water only sort of sprinkles onto the ground,'' he said. ``But when the trees have been removed, raindrops hit the ground at maximum speed and it can create a large-scale erosion.''

When such erosion occurs, soil and ashes can flow into water systems and that potentially ``knocks out the habitat'' for insects that live in the area, said Feltmate.

The severity with which forest fires are burning in areas that have peat or organic soil, which are typically wet, is concerning, said James Michael Waddington, a McMaster University professor who has studied wildfires for over a decade. ``Several decades of fire suppression combined with unprecedented dry conditions fuelled by climate change means that peat is burning more often,'' said Waddington, who added that the more severe the burning of the peat, the greater the resources and time required to fight the fire. ``It also increases the amount of particulate matter in smoke which can be a health risk and also increases the amount of carbon lost to the atmosphere.''

Forest fires could also have an effect on drinking water if materials that pose a health concern

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make their way into a groundwater supply, according to a team of researchers in Alberta that is studying the issue.

While not all forest fires have a large impact on drinking water, the matter is one that calls for further examination, said Monica Emelko, who is part of the research team for the Southern Rockies Watershed Project. ``If materials that are a health concern after a fire make their way into a groundwater supply, we might not catch that for a while giving our monitoring strategies,'' she said.

Experts note, however, that forest fires have occurred for centuries and some types of vegetation benefit from the blazes.

But, Turetsky said, ``the natural fire regime of wildfire is being tossed out of the window.''

Communities in forested regions should deploy fire protection programs that use education, emergency planning, training and more to deal with the threat of wildfires, she said. ``If we don't think about our interaction with wildfires, we will see more and more mortality because I don't think we can keep people and wildfires away from each other.’' ~ With files from the Canadian Press

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SIX NATIONS — After a week of hosting over 7,000 visitors and dancers, the Grand River Champion of Champions powwow announced that their Champion of Champions Winner DESIGN FILE 1A for 2018 is Golden age Grass Dancer Darrell Paskimin of the Plains Cree with 750 points overall.

With Chiefswood Park now emptied of the beautiful commotion, Kevin Martin of the powwow committee voiced his pride in being a part of the event.

“I became involved by wanting to give back to my community and the Grand River Champion of Champions Powwow was a perfect way to help out,” said Martin.

“I didn’t realize what I was getting into after attending a meeting and soon found out that help is always needed and greatly accepted.

Each one of our committee members are hard working and dedicated as I can see that this event is an attraction that draws dancers from all across North America and brings visitors from across the world. I am proud to be a part of such an amazing group.”

Martin explained that the success of the powwow typically depends on the weather and this year was more accommodating for dancers, besides a light rain near the end. And for this year as well, the powwow brought in new performances.

“Each year we try to bring in different entertainment which included the Apache Crown Dancers,” he said.

“We invited them to share their knowledge, traditions, songs and dances with our community, visitors and guests. Grand River Champion of Champions also seeks out a drum to be a host drum and this year we were fortunate to have asked Northern Cree who accepted our invite. Northern Cree is very well known in the powwow communities, have a lot of followers across North America and they are also a Grammy Nominated group and Award winning for their talent of their singing and drumming.”

After being approached by the Shognosh family, the powwow chose to honour well known Fancy Dancer Sugar Bear with a fancy special. The winner of the special was Patrick Mitsuing and Martin said that it was an honour to host it.

“We were honoured to be given the opportunity to accommodate the Shognosh family request, as Sugar Bear was a part of the powwow family,” he said.

Martin also gave his thanks to all of the volunteers, of which there were many.

Next year will be the 40th year of the Grand River Champion of Champions Powwow and even more excitement is hoped for.

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Marking our territories and removing colonial history EDITORIAL BY NAHNDA GARLOW After several complaints by Haudenosaunee people for decades, the Bank of Montreal has removing and replacing a historical plaque telling the tale of the death of an “Iroquois Chief.”

The removed stone plaque commemorated the murder of a leader of an Iroquois war party - battling French settlers in Montreal over trade issues.

According to Wikipedia, Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve was a French military officer who was hired to lead colonists to Montreal and keep them safe. Colonizer level 100.

Maisonneuve and his buddies founded a village on the southern shore of Montreal and he was it’s first governor.

These French colonizer folk liked to do trades with the Algonquins — but not the Mohawk. We were

already trading with our Dutch and English colonizer buddies in New York and according to history — the French were meddling and bugging us.

Bigly. So we started fighting with the Algonquins and trying to mess with their trades and generally picking on the French.

On a cold March day in 1644, 250 of us Mohawks hid out in the bush beside Montreal and ambushed 30 French settlers when they came out to fight. They ran home and as they were running the chief of the war party and Mr. Maisonneuve were about to duke it out. Maisonneuve had a gun. He shot the Mohawk warrior twice — and legend says that he “killed him with his bare hands”. That’s what the plaque said too.

So they took it down and now it reads a more vanilla version of the tale: that Maisonneuve led coloniz-

ers to there defeat the Iroquois thus leading to the creation of Montreal.

But are we winning anything with the removal of this plaque?

I mean sure it’s disgusting at all that a stone monument and statue of Maisonneuve stands there, celebrating the murder of an indigenous man in his traditional territory by a colonizer. But what is gained at all by erecting a second plaque erasing the colonial flavour initially celebrated by simply now saying the Mohawk were “defeated”? Are we erasing the evidence here and allowing revisionist history to take it’s place?

Maybe we should start marking our territories. Maybe we should be installing our own monuments in the valleys and on the hilltops where we’ve had victories and telling our own stories in our own words.

There were threats of storms and high wind warnings before last weekend’s Wikwemikong Cultural Festival and Powwow began, but as they say, the show must go on, and it did … at least for a while. Overnight, a fierce storm blew up on the second day of the event totally destroying the grounds, vendors product, booths and ruining regalia according to some reports. YouTube

Nature Connections

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What would Nature do?

It’s been a year now since I wrote my very first article “The Wind Storm”, which was also the first of nearly thirty articles in this series “Nature Connections”. It’s been a whole year of observing the Natural world, the weather, plants and animals and much more, simply watching them in their natural form...and I never imagined I would learn and grow as much as I have.

After everything I’ve seen, I’ve become one with the Natural world around me and within me, and one with the way She speaks to me. I have learned how to really listen carefully- and to find peace within my own inner universe when things aren’t going so smooth.

I’ve learned how to

be an individual, and to appreciate my spot in a greater-good. I’ve seen a part of Nature within myself, but also myself as a human part of Nature.

In the end, the thing I learned about the most is how to look at things and how to connect.

Of course, Mother Nature is relentless and often unfair and unforgiving.

There is always going to be those situations where we just have to weather the storm and wait for the rain and thunder to stop.

But after the storm, and sometimes even during, we have a choice of how we choose to see things.

Do we look at all the wreckage, or the powerful beauty in the tiny, purple flower that managed to survive the storm unscathed? All the meta-

phors, or lessons from Nature as I like to consider them, can be applied to everyday life and groundbreaking experiences.

The lessons you can learn from watching something as small as an ant are limitless. And just like an ant, we too are a part of the big system too...we are also Natural beings.

Nature survives. It keeps growing and changing and adapting as one powerful force made up of millions of tiny moving parts. We are a part of that force, and also have a similar force that lives inside of us.

Sometimes this thought can make you feel small, other times it can make you feel big.

It all depends on how you decide to look at it.

What would Nature do?

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Who decides who is Mohawk?

It's time to act to protect the all-important right to self-determination DOUG GEORGE-KANENTIIO news@tworowtimes.com

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One of the basic rights of any people is to decide who, and who is not, a member. This determination is done among families, religious groups, fellowship lodges, motorcycle clubs and nations. It is one of the most important elements in defining true sovereignty along with culture, jurisdiction, land and history.

The Mohawk Nation has long had a rational and methodical way to acknowledge citizenship.

It could be a status resulting from being born on Mohawk territory to parents recognized as citizens, or it could be secured by following the path to becoming Mohawk.

To become a citizen without the benefit of birth, an individual entered the territory and was sponsored by a family and/or a clan. The person was given sanctuary, afforded protection, taught the elements of Mohawk culture and be-

gan to learn the language and social patterns of the community. They were observed to see if they were contributors to their host family and were of good character.

After a time they were brought before the clan and, if endorsed, taken to one of the naming ceremonies, where their former name and identity was buried forever.

The name they were given by their family and clan was affirmed as they were presented with a strand of wampum to raise before the people. They then spoke to accept their place within the sponsoring clan and as a new citizen of the Mohawk Nation.

Many thousands of people went through this process throughout Mohawk history. By accepting immigrants, the Mohawks became stronger biologically and as a people.

The talents of the immigrants and the pride in being accepted as a Mohawk were powerful factors in the ability of our ancestors to survive diseases, warfare and prolonged oppression

by state, provincial and federal governments.

These naturalization methods invented by the Iroquois were copied by the United States and Canada to their mutual benefit, although the Americans are clearly in an era of contraction and seek to restrict immigration based on racial factors rather than on need.

Still, neither Canada or the U.S. are content to let the Mohawk people decide for themselves all matters involving citizenship. In Kahnawake the efforts by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake to restrict residency to those who are band members was rejected by a Quebec provincial court. The MCK was also informed that new federal standards as to aboriginal status was being applied to them, which means that the population of Kahnawake may well double but without the community's approval or the additional resources meant to accommodate thousands more members.

This enrolment storm will also effect Akwe-

sasne and make border issues more complicated since the U.S. only recognizes those with 50% or more Native blood and denies aboriginal border crossing, work and residency right to all else, despite what Canada may claim.

Now the U.S. Customs has a new idea, one which give individual states the right to determine Native status and future border crossing procedures.

It is fine to have a tribal, band council of "red" card but in the near future these must be supplemented with provincial or state driver's licenses or enhanced ID cards.

The result is that Native IDs are by themselves not acceptable without documents issued by entities of lesser jurisdiction. Besides being a clear breach of the 1794 Jay Treaty, this is an obvious tactic to monitor and control all border crossing and is becoming a part of the US policy of "zero tolerance."

Both New York State and the American and Canadian governments

need to be told that this is unacceptable as it qualifies the rights of the Mohawk people to self identify. What will follow next is denial of entry into either the U.S. or Canada by those persons who refuse to carry alien forms of identification and even more individual conflicts with the border guards (call them agents if you will, by they are guards keeping in and forcing out human beings under their physical control).

There is no doubt that none of the current Native ID cards meet international standards.

They are easily forged and are missing key data elements like code bars or a computer reading strip. The red card in particular is of very poor quality and in many instances does not even have a laminated cover.

It is technically an easy fix. A company in Buffalo, NY specializes in enhanced, secure ID cards for local, state and federal agencies. It has a unit which costs $25,000 to produce the ID cards with either a computer chip, a strip or a bar

code. The photos of the individual are printed on the card itself and cannot be altered.

The company can put in place whatever design is made and whatever colour is chosen. They can provide formal instruction in operating the machine and since the resulting ID car surpasses New York State driver's licenses, there is no need to carry one of those.

The U.S. and Canadian customs would have no choice but to accept these new Mohawk Nation ID cards. They may also be used when purchasing products taxfree from merchants, as the card may affirm the holder is making delivery of the item to Mohawk territory. The costs of the machine will be covered very quickly since there are thousands of Mohawks willing to pay $10 to be rid of yet another challenge as to who they are.

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PORT DOVER — Police have named the 43-yearold man who was charged with impaired driving after he allegedly drove onto a crowded beach in Port

Dover, Ont., on Saturday morning.

Provincial police say Yourem Mako of Hamilton was charged with impaired driving, driving over the legal limit, dangerous driving and failure to comply with probation.

On Saturday, police said they received a call shortly

before noon about a van driving on the beach.

A video posted on social media shows the van reversing off the beach and then driving back onto it, where there were groups of people.

The video shows several people running toward the vehicle and pulling the driver out.

Police say bystanders restrained the driver until officers arrived.

Const. Ed Sanchuk says the driver was ``extremely intoxicated.'' ``I just also wanted to say thank you to the Good Samaritans that assisted by removing that male from the vehicle,'' he said.

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Case of Inuk woman missing six days after release from custody subject of probe CANADIAN PRESS

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MONTREAL — The disappearance of an Inuk woman for six days after she was released from Montreal police custody at about midnight is rais-ing questions about whether authorities followed proper procedures.

Mina Iquasiak Aculiak, 48, was found Thursday, hours after police had released her photo to seek the public's help in tracking her down.

They said she was doing well.

Iquasiak Aculiak, who hails from a northern Quebec village and doesn't speak French or English, was in Montreal for a surgical procedure on her arm.

On July 27, she was reported missing at a Montreal rehabilitation centre before police discovered her in a drunken state and took her to a police station about 10 kilometres from the centre to sober up.

She was released late that night with a bus ticket.

Nakuset, the executive director of the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal, questioned why police didn't contact local groups before releasing Iquasiak Aculiak. ``There were a lot of options, why didn't you use any of them?,'' Nakuset said. ``Why do you think it's OK to let a person who is here for medical reasons, who has a catheter in her arm, who doesn't speak English and doesn't speak French, and just leave her?''

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Iquasiak Aculiak's partner, Paul Tookalook, said in an interview before an off-duty officer found her he had been searching for her around the area where she was last seen.

He said she had no money, no phone, and no identification. ``She doesn't know Montreal,'' Tookalook said. ``Why didn't they bring her back to Lindsay rehab?,'' he added, referring to Gingras-Lindsay Rehabilitation Institute, where Aculiak had been a patient.

Police said the circumstances surrounding Iquasiak Aculiak's release are now the subject of an administrative probe.

Mayor Valerie Plante told a news conference before the woman was located it was an opportunity to reflect on the procedure employed by authorities.

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Popular Twitch streamers raise money for charity at PGI 2018 Dr. DisRespect joins Shroud to take on the world but doesn’t even come close to victory finishing 8th overall JONATHAN GARLOW

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One million dollars in prize money was donated to various charities after the dust settled at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany late last month for the PUBG Global Invitational (PGI).

Twenty, four-player teams from around the world were competing in the survival-shooter video game PLAYERUNKNOWN’s BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG) and it was watched by hundreds of thousands of viewers on Twitch.tv.

First place winners were South Koreans EscA, SimSn, EVERMORE, and Juan but most North American viewers cheered for the Toronto kid with amazing aim, Shroud (aka Michael Grzesiek) who placed in 8th. Shroud, an ex-CS:GO professional has almost 4 million followers on Twitch.tv and for the charity tournament was teamed up with another gaming superstar Dr. DisRespect (aka Guy Beahm) who has almost 2.6 million followers. The pair has over a quarter billion total views on the Twitch. tv website.

Shroud and Dr. DisRespect despite their huge popularity did not have the skills necessary to compete with the pros even though they were paired with professional players Miccoy and BALLOC. Their four man squad was consistently wrecked in each of the four matches scheduled.

Popular Fortnite streamer Ninja did a little better, placing 5th along with JoshOG, Mossy, and MORTIFY in the Sierra team.

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DisRespect was accidently killed by a bad grenade thrown by “pro” player Miccoy. “I needed to wake up anyway,” is what the Dr. said in a happy tone over voice chat. Dr. DisRespect was killed two minutes later by fellow streamer JoshOG and finished with zero kills which must have been a big disappointment.

In round 2 Shroud’s team landed in Pochinki (aka Hell) again and Shroud decided to try something very different by using a silenced 9mm sniper rifle, the VSS. He usually takes the most powerful sniper the Kar98k which has oneshot killing power but in round two he took a gun that is almost completely opposite in every way. Although he knocked a few enemies with it, he died out of position early in the match and had to watch

his teammates struggle without him. It’s notable that in match two, Dr. DisRespect survived until there only 6 other players left and scored major points for his team.

Round 3 was much the same as round 1 except for a special highlight Ninja, the streamer who plays Fortnite with Drake happened to find Shroud vulnerable and finished him off in a white knuckle gun fight that lasted half a second. The crowd at Berlin went wild. Shroud must have hit Ninja at with at least 4 bullets from his UMP9 submachine gun but it wasn’t enough to win. They finished in 16th out of 20 teams in that round.

The 4th round consisted of many Shroud highlight reels and he really did hold his own as the only survivor from his squad who dropped at

the deadly military base.

If you google “shroud grenade” you will most definitely see a clip from this round when a frag that Shroud threw just missed some enemies to the wonderment of all.

You can see full VoDs of the PGI Charity Showdown on Dr DisRespect, Shroud, and Ninja’s Twitch Channels.

Meanwihle, in professional First Person Perspective (FPP) competition Chinese team Oh My God scored first place, beating out Team Liquid, WTSG, and Natus Vincere. The Third Person Perspective (TPP) tournament also had a $1 million dollar prize pool, with South Koreans Gen.G Gold taking winning the $400k grand prize. OMG the 1st place Chinese team who had never competed in FPP before also placed 4th in the TPP tournament.

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First Nations child welfare advocate needed: NDP CANADIAN PRESS

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REGINA — Saskatchewan’s Opposition is calling on the provincial government to appoint an Indigenous children's advocate.

NDP deputy leader Carla Beck says there must be an immediate change to

ensure vulnerable children can be kept in their homes.

The New Democrats also want a review of child-welfare legislation. ``This is an issue that with the status quo, with promises by the government but not backing them up, is getting worse,'' Beck said. ``We are seeing a higher percentage of kids in care

and we are seeing the overall numbers increasing.''

The number of children in out-of-home care in Saskatchewan was 5,257 at the end of March.

The government says that figure represents all children in the province's care, including kids who are in the care of extended family or who are seized

off-reserve and then transferred to a First Nations

child and family services agency.

Beck says the creation

of an Indigenous children's advocate is supported by

Saskatchewan's children's advocate and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations.

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Yupik artifacts returning to Alaska for museum opening ASSOCIATED PRESS

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BETHEL, AK — The community of Quinhagak is awaiting the return of about 60,000 artifacts unearthed from a nearby ancient village and sent to Scotland.

Quinhagak is hoping the Yupik artifacts will make it to the western Alaska village in time for a museum opening next week, KYUK-AM reported Thursday .

The items were sent to be cleaned and preserved at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Archaeologists began excavating the ancient village of Nunalleq nearly a decade ago after permafrost started melting, revealing the items. ``We were hoping that the artifacts will be back by then, and then we can celebrate the return,'' said archaeologist Rick Knecht, dig site manager of Nunalleq.

The Qanirtuuq Na-

tive Village Corporation converted a former school into lab for the archaeological site last summer, allowing the items to be locally preserved. The lab will also serve as a cultural centre and museum, which is opening next week. ``It is a tough task, but I, for the sake of our community, want this museum to be here,'' Qanirtuuq President Warren Jones said. ``These artifacts were found here on our land, they will be here at Quinhagak and Qanirtuuq will be the owner.''

Residents started finding the artifacts along the shore near Quinhagak in 2009. Jones then reached out to Knecht to investigate the site, leading to a massive archaeological dig. Excavators and residents have since raced to save as much as they can before the site is eventually swept away.

The artifacts date back to the Bow and Arrow wars in the 1600s, an episode still remembered through Yupik oral history.

BMO replaces offending plaques CANADIAN PRESS

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MONTREAL — Two stone markers on the facade of a Bank of Montreal building in the city's tourist district that commemorated the murder of an Iroquois chief in 1644 have been replaced.

Members of Montreal's First Nations community had been calling for the removal of the stones for years because they felt they negatively depicted Indigenous Peoples.

One English-language and one French-language plaque were located on the BMO building in the historic Place d'Armes square, across from a statue of Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve, founder of Montreal.

The markers told the

story of how Maisonneuve killed the Iroquois chief with his own hands in March 1644.

Workers had removed the old stones around noon today and were getting ready to replace them with new, less provocative plaques.

The new stone markers now say the city's founders first met the Iroquois around the Place d'Armes area and defeated them in 1644.

Calls to take down the stones grew last year as people across the country began debating what to do with statues and other historic markers that were deemed offensive to native peoples.

The BMO building in Place d'Armes square has been designated a heritage site and authorization was needed from the provincial government before the plaques could be replaced.

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Conquistador reenactment leaders apologize to Pueblo Indians ASSOCIATED PRESS

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SANTA FE, NM — Organizers of the annual reenactment of a 17th-century Spanish conquistador reclaiming Santa Fe from Native Americans have issued an apology to Pueblo Indians after ending the annual event.

In a statement issued Tuesday, Santa Fe Fiesta, Inc. said organizers for the first time apologize to the various Pueblo Indian tribes for the controversy around the reenactment that had drew criticism from some Native American activists for years. ``We have deviated from the original intent of honouring Nuestra Senora de la Paz,'' said Melissa Mascarenas, president of Santa Fe Fiesta, Inc., said. ``We regret the suffering, trauma and pain the Pueblo people endured.''

Organizers of the annual Fiesta de Santa Fe recently agreed to discontinue to reenactment after months of closed-door discussions about how to resolve the growing discord over ``the Entrada.''

Alicia Ortega, director at the All Pueblo Council of Governors, did not immediately return a phone message from The Associated Press.

The event, which was performed each autumn on the Santa Fe Plaza during the annual Fiesta de Santa Fe, had become a symbol of colonialism for some Native Americans, as well as a painful reminder of New Mexico's bloody past.

The pageant depicted the re-entry of conquistador Don Diego de Vargas into Santa Fe after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.

Historians have said the reenactment lacked proper context about the events. Others called it revising history. The dramatization, for example, didn't mention the threat of force that de Vargas used to retake Santa Fe or the years of bloodshed and brutality that followed.

Opposition to the Entrada dates to at least 1977, when the All Indian Pueblo Council formally expressed its disapproval of the Fiesta de Santa Fe ``for its offensive display depicted by the reenactment.’'

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Chief says First Nations will be hurt by uranium mine shutdown CANADIAN PRESS

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REGINA — The chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says First Nations people will be hurt by the shutdowns at two

uranium mining operations in northern Saskatchewan.

Uranium miner Cameco Corp. says it has indefinitely extended production suspensions at its McArthur River and Key Lake operations.

The company will permanently lay off about 550

employees, including about 250 Indigenous people.

Chief Bobby Cameron says the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is prepared to advocate for Indigenous workers at the mine to make sure they get proper compensation packages.

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Federal government to test limits of Indigenous housing ideas through new contest CANADIAN PRESS

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OTTAWA — The Trudeau Liberals are offering Indigenous communities $30 million in prize money as part of a contest that could end up rewriting the rules about how the federal government funds badly needed housing on-reserve.

Key to the contest is to draw in private sector builders to help finance the construction and repairing of homes in First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities.

The Liberals have made overtures to the private sector to help cover the cost for on-reserve infrastructure to close the estimated $30 billion needed to repair and upgrade homes, roads, and water systems.

Now they're looking for new ideas to test.

Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott said government funding alone can't surmount the scale of the housing problem, and suggested federal spending rules can get in the way.

She said the contest will help suss out needed policy changes for projects and ideas that aren't easily permitted under existing funding rules, such as mixed-used projects that combine residential and commercial space.

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provide housing space' then these are the kinds of things we would like to support,'' Philpott said. ``Once you can demonstrate proof of concept, often that will be the trigger that it will take for others to be able to scale up those examples.''

A report in May from the Indigenous caucus of the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association said that some 118,500 Indigenous households, or 18.3 per cent, lived in ``core housing need,'' meaning they lived in homes that stretched them financially, required hefty repairs, or were too small for their families.

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported in late June that some 1.6 million homes, or 13.6 per cent of all urban households, were in core housing need in 2016, a figure relatively unchanged from 2015.

Spending from the Liberals' first budget in 2016 has, as of the end of March, paid for the construction and renovation of 8,786 homes, the government said, with work underway on 5,178 units.

The Liberals' 2018 budget set aside a combined $900 million over the next decade for housing in Metis and Inuit communities, and a further $600 million over three years for work in First Nations communities.

The girl, who was 16 at the time of the attack, has been sentenced to two years in custody and one year of community supervision.

She pleaded guilty earlier this year to the April 2017 death of Serena McKay on the Sagkeeng First Nation.

McKay was beaten and left outdoors to die by two

teens after a house party, and videos of the attack surfaced on social media.

The Crown had asked for an adult sentence of seven years, but Provincial court Judge Lindy Choy rejected that request.

Her co-accused pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced in June to three years in jail as a youth.

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``Going along with business as usual is not going to close that (housing) gap quickly,'' she said in an interview ahead of Tuesday's scheduled announcement. ``This is an opportunity to say, perhaps we need to change some of the approach _ how can we, in fact, be smarter about the money that we're spending.''

More details about the program will be announced this fall at the open of applications for the prize money. The winnings will be awarded over three rounds starting in spring 2019.

The contest is the latest in a string of challenges the Liberals have launched since coming to office in November 2015, aiming to reshape how funding recipients think about projects and how the government spends money.

What the government is looking for out of the contest is to fund projects that can be replicated in other communities, bring back traditional Indigenous building styles and techniques, and create an economic boost for communities that could include sourcing materials locally or providing job training to young people. ``This is an opportunity to say 'if you have an idea of how you can actually address the social problem and at the same time

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba teenage girl who took part in the beating of an Indigenous woman that was filmed and shared online has been given the maximum youth sentence for manslaughter.

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Plains bison roaming free in Banff National Park for first time in decades Parks Canada says bison will divesify local ecosystem and make scenic park 'a wilder place'

will keep a close eye on the herd through electronic monitoring and wildlife staff on the ground will try to keep them in the area. ``We have this gift of natural containment – rock ridges and cliffs that typify the mountain environment,'' said Karsten Heuer, project manager for the bison reintroduction. ``But there were these key pinch points on the periphery of the 1,200

square-kilometre reintroduction zone, in which the bison are now free roaming, that we wanted to potentially be able to deflect the bison if they came to those areas.''

They've also installed fencing at some of those pinch points to keep the bison from wandering out of the park.

If they do get on to provincial land, Alberta Environment and Parks said the herd will soon be protected under a special ministerial order. ``People are concerned about if they do get out of the park,'' said Minister Shannon Phillips. ``Of course, there is monitoring and response in place if that happens. ``If it does, we have taken steps in the past ... to protect the Ronald Lake bison herd and I will do that again with this particular herd.''

The order would give the bison the same protections as animals such as grizzly bears. ``You can't just shoot 'em if you want to,'' said Phillips.

The province said the order will be in place next week.

Santa Fe police have reviewed about two dozen photographs and four videos during the course of their investigation, authorities said.

Meanwhile, Seattle police interviewed a woman in July who has been identified as one of the victims in the videos.

She said she knew Pope, though not as a friend, and had trusted him in the past because of his standing in her tribe.

The woman told police she encountered Pope at a party in Santa Fe in 2017 and woke up confused the next morning in a hotel room after he had given her an alcoholic iced tea beverage the

night before.

Pope said the woman was a former girlfriend.

Pope appeared on ``The O'Reilly Factor'' on Fox News a decade ago to discuss Native American perspectives on Thanksgiving.

The show identified his tribal affiliation as Western Shoshone.

He also delivered a TEDx Talk in Seattle last year about oil pipeline protests at Standing Rock.

Pope is charged in a criminal complaint in New Mexico with rape, false imprisonment and other crimes.

None of the allegations against Pope has been tested in court.

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BANFF, AB — Parks Canada says wild plains bison that were reintroduced to Banff National Park are now free-roaming animals.

Officials say 31 bison were released Sunday into a 1,200 square-kilometre zone that features meadows and grassy valleys for grazing along the park's eastern slopes. ``Now, they are free-roaming wild bison and their path forward may not be easy,'' said Bill Hunt, manager of resource conservation with Banff National Park. ``They will experience harsh winters, they will travel through difficult terrain and they will eventually be hunted by wolves and other predators.''

He said they will also play an important role in keeping the ecosystem healthy in the national park. ``Bison are what we call a keystone species. That means bison alter the food web and the landscapes.''

As examples, he said they improve grazing

Parks Canada says wild plains bison that were reintroduced to Banff National Park are now free-roaming animals.

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for animals such as elk because they fertilize the grasses, open forests for meadow-loving birds and small mammals, create amphibian habitat by wallowing in the lowlands, and their heavy winter coats shed each spring to provide nesting material for alpine birds.

Hunt said they are also an important food source for scavengers and predators such as wolverines and grizzly bears. ``Bison will make Banff

a wilder place,'' he said.

Plains bison are an iconic part of Canada's history, having freely roamed in the Rockies, filling an important need for the livelihoods of First Nations people and early settlers.

They disappeared from the area due to overhunting before the national park was created in 1885.

Sixteen plains bison from Elk Island National Park were reintroduced as part of a $6.4-million plan

drugged.

The videos represent recordings of consensual sex he had with former girlfriends in the past, which he kept in an encrypted file on his computer, according to the court filing submitted Friday.

A range of evidence — including text messages, witness accounts and testimony from one of the women in the videos — will support his claims, Pope said.

A warrant last week in Santa Fe accused Pope, who was arrested last week in Phoenix, of sexually assaulting females who appeared to have been slipped a date-rape drug and surreptitious-

ly recording people at apartments in Santa Fe and Seattle.

He had residences in both cities, police said.

Maricopa County jail records show he remains held in Phoenix. His attorney is seeking his release from jail, saying Pope has no prior criminal history and was on his way to Santa Fe to turn himself into authorities when he was arrested in Phoenix.

A fugitive hearing for Pope is scheduled for Aug. 8 in Phoenix.

One of his roommates reported she had found a small video camera in his Seattle apartment's bathroom.

She turned the cam-

in February 2017 into the remote Panther River Valley, about 40 kilometres north of Banff.

Ten of the females had calves last year and five of those animals gave birth again this year.

The reintroduction is supported by First Nations and conservationists, but concerns have been raised by some nearby landowners about the animals wandering out of the park.

Parks Canada said it

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ALBUQUERQUE, NM — An activist who has been described as having assisted Native American elders, veterans and others during 2016 pipeline protests at the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota has disputed accusations that he raped unconscious women.

In a New Mexico court filing, Redwolf Pope, 41, said last week that authorities wrongly suggested videos they obtained show him sexually assaulting females who appear to have been

Pipeline activist Redwolf Pope stands accused of sexually assaulting women after giving them a date-rape drug. Pope denies the accusations, saying the sexual encounters in question were consensual.

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BRANTFORD — Back by popular demand, The Healers returned to Club N.V., last Friday to entertain with an evening full of live music after their performance earlier in June. Drawing a large crowd with old style jams showed just why The Healers are popular, as they did PHOTOS BY CHEZNEY MARTIN much of the same at the Rivermen Dance a week prior.

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With its accuracy in translation, the Cree language was used during the second World War much like the Navajo language was used — code talk-ers were essential in passing messages and intel without being under-stood by the enemy in war.

The irony within the use of both languages in the war comes to no surprise, as many of the code talkers were forced to attend residential school before the very language needed.

But Cree code talkers were sworn to secrecy and many took the secret to the grave, which left them unrecognized.

At least until Filmmaker Alexandra Lazarowich, who brought forth her

hopes of telling the story of the Cree soldiers from Alberta who played vital roles in the allied victory plans of the war to light.

“We want justice for them. That’s what we want to do with this film.

In my secret heart of hearts I’m hoping to get congressional medals for them. …They were never honoured while they were alive. This is the best we can do for them now,” said Lazarowich.

“I think it’s important to highlight the Cree language and the role it played in winning the war,” she said. “I’m Cree myself and I think that (the docu-mentary) will be a great way to inspire youth to learn more about their heritage and language, and be proud of it.”

Lazarowich, who was chosen from a pool of over 20 applicants to take part

in the year-long production, will be teaming up with Smithx to create a 10 minute documentary short about the Cree soldiers as part of the National Screen Institute of Canada’s Aboriginal Documentary Training Course. The short will the be featured at film festivals at the national and international level.

And after pitching the project, the duo won first place at the Hot Docs BravoFactual short pitch competition on April 29, with a prize of $30,000 to help boost the project.

Along with the financial success, the project itself holds a lot more weight for Lazarowich.

Charles “Checker” Tomkins was a Cree code talker and also Laza-rowich’s uncle. He passed away in 2002, but before passing he opened up about his

Charles “Checker” Tomkins, Lazarowich’s late uncle.

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recollections of the war to the Smithsonian, the only organi-zation that attempted to document the

stories of the Cree code talkers for the historical record. Now only audio recordings of his recollec-

tions remain.

But Lazarowich is working with Smithx to find more stories and more recollections, as Tomkins will be in the short. She has reached out on several platforms in hopes of finding more.

“The saddest part is these (Cree men) were never honoured, never rec-ognized by the Canadian or American governments. They went to resi-dential school and were told never to speak their language, and then when war came, their language was leveraged to win the war,” she said.

She also hopes to start a letter writing campaign to congress and the president on behalf of the Cree code talkers’ service to the American country.

The short is to be broadcasted on Bravo and APTN.

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OHSWEKEN — The Oakville Titans and the Six Nation Rivermen got at it Friday and Saturday nights as the OSBLL playoff season began.

Both semi-final series went a full five games, with Oakville eliminating Brooklin in the other series.

Game 1 was staged at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville Friday, with the Titans coming out on top 7-4. It was 1-0 before most people found their seats when Chris Young took the ball from the opening faceoff and buried it seven seconds into the game. Then, with Brock Farmer off for holding, John St. John made it 2-0 for the Titans before the end of the period.

Cree Blakely gave Oakville a 3-0 advantage at 13:45 of the second

Six Nations Rivermen attacker Rayce Vyse gets a pass off against Oakville Titans’ pressure at the GPA. The Rivermen and Titans are locked at one game apiece in the best-of-five OSBLL playoffs with Game 3 set for Aug. 10 at the Toronto Rock Athletic Arena, with PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE Game 4 back at the Gaylord Aug. 11 at 7 pm.

period, which seemed to turn on a switch for Six Nations, who bounced back with Wayne VanEvery scoring a power-play goal, followed by Chayton King and VanEvery’s second of the period, to draw even at 3-3 after two

frames.

The Titans would not relent and began the third period with three quick goals, and it was suddenly a 6-3 Oakville lead. Joe Maracle got one back at 6:57, but Cree Blakely entered the 7-4 goal into the

records as the final score.

Down a game, the Rivermen dug a little deeper for Game 2 on Saturday night and squeezed out a 10-9 overtime win at the Gaylord Powless Arena to tie the series at a a game apiece.

Once again the Titans got out to the early lead, scoring three goals in four minutes before Joe Maracle put a Band-Aid on it to end the period with the Rivermen behind 3-1.

There were a total of 10 goals scored in the second

The Rivermen punched their ticket to the next round of the OSBLL playoffs by winning the fifth game of their series against Owen Sound on July 31.

period, five per side. Six Nations’ Roger Vyse netted two 40 seconds apart to fire up the Rivermen.

VanEvery, King, and Tom Montour also scored.

Oakville still led 8-6 heading into the third period.

Matt Lee put Oakville up 9-6 at 3:10 but that would prove to be the Titans' last goal of the game, as the Rivermen came on strong late in the game.

King scored his second of the game, Van Every made it a one-goal difference and King sent the GPA fans into a frenzy by scoring with two seconds remaining on the clock to send it into overtime.

Greg Longboat won it from Joe Maracle Jr. and Roger Vyse to even the series at 1-1. Game 3 was played in Oakville Tuesday night in a game that missed our deadline, with Game 4 set for the GPA on Saurday, Aug. 11. If a Game 5 is necessary, it will be played in Oakville on Tuesday, Aug. 14.

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SIX NATIONS — The Jr. C Six Nations Warriors were put out of the Meredith Cup playoffs by the Wilmot Wild after dropping Game 4 of the best-of-five series by a score of 13-11 on Thursday, Aug. 2.

Just like last year, the Warriors’ regular season was great and most of the smart money was on the Warriors to win the Jr. C championship.

But Wilmot proved be a bridge too far, as the Wild came out one goal shy in a most exciting Game 4 at the Gaylord Powless Arena.

Wilmot gets full points for the win, but the Warriors hung tough until the very end. The Wild lost to the Clarington Shamrox for the Cup last season and will get a chance to right that wrong, from their perspective.

The Wild defence and power play were the difference in the game as Wilmot's power-play unit excelled against a suddenly defenceless Warriors

The Warriors celebrate a goal, but the big celebration would be reserved for the Wilmot Wild, who bounced Six Nations from the PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN Meredith Cup playoffs.

The Warriors did not make it easy for the visitors. Wilmot's Brett Lebold collapses in pain and exhaustion beside the bench after a PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE particularly hard shift against Six Nations.

penalty killers squad.

But the game itself was exciting for the near-capacity crowd at the ILA, right to the very end.

Kennedy Miller excited the Six Nations fans by notching the first goal of the game at 20 seconds, with Shane Henry assisting off the faceoff. But the Warrios were only able

Sith Juke Finoror and Sam Dramnitzke both scored on the same five-minute major to end the first period 5-3 in Wilmot's favour.

Wilmot added one more log to the fire in the second period, outscoring the Warriors 4-3 for a two-period lead of 9-6.

Six Nations scorers were Shane Henry, Jordan Mike

to carry that lead four minutes.

Tylar Verutis, Tyler Nagy and Kent Radbourne scored for the Titans, but AP call-up Ty Cowan scored back-to-back to even the game at 3-3.

A high-sticking major penalty to Emmitt Smith opened the door to the ready Wild power play.

and Todd Thomas Jr. The Warriors were getting chances, but the goalposts and Wilmot goalie Andrew Chenier kept the ball out.

On one occasion the goalpost even got an assist on a Wild goal when a long hard shot from a Warriors stick made it past Chenier but hit the

post and careened down the floor where Wilmot's Tyler Nagy was breaking out.

He captured the rebound past centre floor and broke in alone for the Wild’s 7th goal.

Matt Miller opened the third period with a goal, but Wilmot scored the next three in a matter of less that two minutes and it was 12-7.

The Warriors did not give up. Shane Henry led a three-goal shove-back closely followed by Smith and Mike, making it 12-9.

Landon Whitlow scored for Wilmot to stop the momentum for a bit, and Matt Miller scored at 19:35, but it would be too little and too late as Wilmot held on to win 13-11.

Both Warriors goalies, Mike Martin-Able and Josh Daley, saw action in the Six Nations loss.

All attention of Six Nations lacrosse fans now focuses on the Sr. B Six Nations Rivermen and the Major Series Mann Cup-defending Six Nations Chiefs, who are both sill alive in the OLA post season.

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Chiefs ready to rock in MLS semifinal versus Oakville

If necessary, Game 5 is Monday, August 13 in Oakville at 8 pm.

Game 6 would be played Wednesday, August 15 at the ILA at 8 pm.

Game 7 would be Thursday, August 16 at 8 pm in Oakville.

On Monday the season closed on both teams in Oakville. The Rock started rolling at 5:29 with Jeremy Noble, Andrew Kew and Challenge Rogers building up a 3-0 first period lead before Kyle

Jackson put the Chiefs on the scoresheet at 15:17 from Liam Powless and Tyson Bomberry.

Down 3-1, the Chiefs couldn’t seem to find their groove and got further behind 7-3 heading into the third frame.

Kew, Craig Point, another by Kew, and one by Kyle Jackson were scored in that order in the third period for the 9-5 final score in Oakville’s favour.

The Chiefs finished the regular season at home Tuesday by reversing the outcome of the night earlier on Oakville. This time the Pro-Fit Chiefs took the 9-3 decision with Craig Point (3G,3A), Jordan Durston (2G,2A), Brendan, Bomberry, Jerry Staats, Brodie Merril and Shane Simpson, and Khan General contributing as well to the 2018 regular season ending win.

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taking down the Brampton Excelsiors 6-3 in Brampton.

Game 2 did not go the way of the home team as the Excelsiors defeated the Northmen 10-8 to even the series at a game apiece. On Friday, August 3, the home crowd further charged the Excelsiors into a 7-4 win and 2-1 series advantage.

On Sunday, August 5,

the series shifted back to Orangeville but the Northmen could not hold back the Excelsior attack and Brampton earned a hard 9-8 win to take a 3-1 stranglehold on the series.

Game 5 was set for Tuesday, Aug. 7th, in Brampton with Game 6 Thursday in Orangeville and Game 7, if necessary, will go to Brampton on Friday.

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The Six Nations Pro-Fit Chiefs’ best-of-seven Major Series semifinals against the Oakville Rock could seem more like a best-of-nine should the series go the distance. The last two games of the regular season was a homeand-home series with the Rock, which they split.

The defending Mann Cup champion Chiefs finished the regular season in third after 16 games with an 8-7-1 record for 17 points.

Oakville hung onto second place with a 10-51 record, while first place Peterborough went 123-1 in the regular season.

Brampton and Cobourg will miss the playoffs this year.

In Oakville on Thursday, Ian Mackay put the Chiefs ahead 1-0, catching a down-floor pass from goalie Doug Jamieson.

The Six Nations Pro-Fit Chiefs and Oakville Rock are doing battle in the OLA Major Series Lacrosse playoffs for the chance to represent SUBMITTED PHOTO the OLA at the Mann Cup. The Chiefs hope to defend their title as Mann Cup champions.

Jason Noble evened the score at the 5:56 mark and Cody Jamieson closed the period from Craig Point and Brendan Bomberry.

The first half of the second period belonged the Chiefs, scoring four in a row before Oakville did the same in the second half of the period scoring four of their own, leaving the Chiefs hanging onto a one-goal margin.

Second-period Chiefs goals were scored by

Jamieson, Jordan Durston Craig Point and Eric Fennell. Jamieson got his second goaltender assist on Fennell’s goal.

Scoring for Oakville were Jeremy Noble, Johnny Powless, Challen Rogers, and Andrew Kew. Jamieson was on his game and made it very difficult for Oakville shooters, stopping 45 of 50 shots while contributing two assists.

He and the Chiefs defence built a wall around

first period that produced a 1-1 score, the Green Gaels disappeared in the second period when the Mohawks filled the Gaels net with eight goals while allowing just one for a two-period score of 9-2.

The Gaels got their balance back in the third but the damage was already done, and the Mohawks took the first game 13-5.

The Mohawks were led by Kurtis Woodland (three goals, five assists), and Cole Spear (three goals, four assists).

It was back at the Elora Community Centre for Game 2 on Sunday, August

5, and a 9-7 Elora win, but it would take a huge third period comeback to do it.

The Gaels got off on the right foot, racking up a 4-1 first period lead.

The Mohawks clawed back a goal in the second period, which ended with the Gaels in charge 6-4.

The game ended 9-7 for the Mohawks after a lategame, four-goal storm blew through. The last goal was into an empty net.

Tuesday night it could be all over in Clarington as the Gaels are pressed to win or say goodbye to each other for the rest of the summer.

Excelsiors push Northmen to the brink JIM WINDLE

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CLARINGTON — In OJBLL junior B playoff action, the Elora Mohawks lead the best-of-five championship series two games to none going into Tuesday night’s all-important Game 3 at the Darlington Sports Centre.

The Mohawks easily won Game 1 by a score of 13-5 on August 3. Give Mohawks goalie Landon Kells the game ball after turning away 54 of 59 shots to backstop the win.

After a relatively even

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the Chiefs crease while Fennell score his second of the game and Jeremy Thompson provided the last goal of the game for the Chiefs' 8-5 win in Game 1 of the Major Series Lacrosse semifinal playoffs.

Game 2 was played Tuesday night, after print deadline, at the ILA. The series moves to Oakville for Game 3 on Thursday at 8 pm before returning to the ILA on Sunday at 7 pm.

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The Brampton Excelsiors were one win away from eliminating the Orangeville Northmen in the best-of-seven OLJALL junior A final, as of deadline on Tuesday night.

The series began July 31st with the Northmen

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Curt Styres, right, was again named best general manager in the National Lacrosse League. With Styres are Dwayne Jacobs and Jeremy Henhawk, all from Six Nations.

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For the second time in his career, Rochester Knighthawks’ Curt Styres has been named the National Lacrosse League General Manager of the Year. The award is the fourth won by the Knighthawks this offseason after an incredible run to the 2018 NLL Finals.

“I am honored to win the General Manager of the Year,” said Styres. “There are so many great organizations out there that it’s tough to say who’s better, who’s luckier. I think we are all good at what we do.

But as the old cliché says, ‘the harder you work, the luckier you get.’”

Styres completed his eighth season as the team’s general manager in 2017-18. During his tenure, the Knighthawks have advanced to the playoffs six times, reached the Finals on four occasions and won a league-record three straight championships from 2012-14. In 2011, he was named the winner of the General Manager of the Year and Executive of

Curt Styres said he was honoured to receive the National Lacrosse League General Manager of the SUBMITTED PHOTO Year award for the second consecutive year.

the Year awards.

Styres admitted that this year’s honor was again the result of the hard work and dedication of the Knighthawks’ lacrosse operations staff.

“The General Manager of the Year award is more of a team recognition because of the success we had this year,” he said. “We have the biggest staff in the league because being a GM requires you to wear so many hats.

“Being surrounded

by so many good people makes the job a lot easier.

Sometimes you have to be at seven arenas in one night. No one person can do that and watch all the potential players and do assessments on them. I would like to thank Duane Jacobs, Jeremy Henhawk, Stu Brown, Gewas Schindler, Kevin Hill, Bruce Clark, Jody Gage, Tom Cincebox, Tracy Johnson, Paul Gait and Brian Hobart.”

The Knighthawks owner and general manager

especially recognized the behind-the-scenes work of Hill and Clark, who are two of the veterans of the group. Although often out of the spotlight, they have worked together since 2012 to provide the Knighthawks with detailed, up-to-date information on players out west.

More importantly, they both played a major role in the team’s run to three straight titles.

Hill, who hails from Six Nations, enters his ninth

season with Rochester in 2018-19. The Knighthawks have benefitted from his vast knowledge of the game. Since first playing lacrosse when he was 5 years old, he has been involved with lacrosse for over three decades as a player, coach and executive. The former goalie’s playing career spanned 19 seasons and ended in 2017 with the Ladner Pioneers of the West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association.

Styres was honored with the NLL General Manager of the Year award because he has been the man behindthe-scenes orchestrating moves at every level of the organization.

“I am really happy for Curt because he’s done an amazing job, not only putting a great staff of coaches and scouts together but retooling our whole team,” said Knighthawks VP of Player Personnel Jody Gage. “He loves this game and loves the players, so it’s nice to see all the hard work rewarded with this honour.”

“Curt Styres is more

than deserving of this General Manager of the Year award,” said Knighthawks Alternative Governor Gewas Schindler. “He put together an amazing staff and an amazing draft.

It all started at this time last year when we were preparing for the draft.

It was a team effort with the group; they did all the work, and it paid off. Curt did a great job of being the leader of that group and putting all the pieces together.”

When learning that he was receiving the award, Styres also pointed out that the coaches – which included head coach Mike Hasen, and assistants Mike Accursi, Pat O’Toole, Jason Johnson and Marshall Abrams – did an incredible job getting production from their young core of players.

“The whole coaching staff last year trained the younger guys to play like veterans, even though they were first-year guys,” said Styres. “They got a lot out of them. That had a lot to do with their teaching methods and how they set high expectations.”

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LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, behind the big lion’s roar beats the heart of a pussy cat. Your sensitive side is bound to come through this week, when you may provide comfort to a person in need.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 What you show to the public may not be the true Virgo you keep close to yourself. Let a few intimate details sneak out, and you may be surprised at the reactions.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 This is a prime time to nurture business relationships that could push your employment career into a new direction, Libra. There are many possibilities at your disposal.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 It can be difficult for your detailed-oriented self to draw the line at what to include in a task and what to leave out. You strive for perfection in all you do, Scorpio.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 You are wondering if you should play it safe or dance closer to the edge this week, Sagittarius.

It may be because you are feeling trapped by routine. Change can be good.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, you want to be there for all the people who may need your assistance. But avoid stretching yourself too thin so you can approach each situation energetically.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Choose your battles, Aquarius. There are not enough hours in the day to be an activist for every cause. Only select the ones that you truly feel strongly about.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Try not to record every moment on social media, Pisces. It’s good to leave an aura of mystery from time to time and enjoy the moments.

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