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The Inuit are warning the federal government that allowing gays and lesbians to marry would conflict with a traditional way of life that is based on survival and procreation. In the Baffin Island community of Iqaluit, population 6,000, Inuit leaders gathered in a local hotel yesterday to make presentations to the House of Commons justice committee as it wrapped up cross-country hearings with a rare trip to the north. Speaking through an interpreter in her native language of Inuktitut, Kanayuk Salomonie said homosexuality is very much in the closet around the Nunavut capital, and that's where it should stay. "We...

Alouettes win 90th Grey Cup The Montreal Alouettes defeated the Edmonton Eskimos 25-17 to win the 90th Grey Cup Sunday in a game that featured a slick field and a wild ending. The Als survived an Eskimos touchdown and failed two-point conversion in the game's closing seconds, then, surprisingly ran back the Eskimos on-side kick attempt for the touchdown to seal the win. The last time the Alouettes won the Cup was in 1977 when the routed the Eskimos 41-6. With temperatures hovering around freezing, the field turned slick and both squads struggled to find their footing and move the...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. FAIRBANKS (AP) -- A budget shortfall being blamed for planned layoffs by the Tanana Chiefs Conference. Conference officials said 10 employees will lose their jobs by the end of the year to help make up for a $6.5 million crunch. ''We've been forced to cut back,'' TCC President Buddy Brown told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. ''We've got increasing prices with a fairly flat revenue stream.'' Brown cited rising costs of prescription drugs and higher bills from other health-care providers contracted by TCC. The positions to be eliminated are administrative. Brown said...