.tJA ADS- " North America's #1 Native Weekly Newspaper $1.00 fir 1lL 11L 11L "Mk imr, --- L ' S, FIST -gm- 4^- r p an t Canad of National Library i i I a Collection Newspaper Street S O arahsonha kenh Onkwehonwene Si x Nations of the Grand Ri 395 Wellington 2005 Ottawa ON K1A ON4 +-{ a00 RCMP misled Six Nations dec 05 M r police over cigarette raids, II _ o organized crime associates spotted here By Lynda Powless Editor Six Nations Police Chief Glenn Lickers says RCMP "bla- tantly misled" Six Nations police when they were told a January RCMP raid on two local smoke huts was based on h a criminal warrant not a custom and excise tax warrant. Z In an interview Friday, Lickers search warrant was not for a crimi- told Turtle Island News, the Six nal matter, but for an excise and tax Nations Police department did not I learn until a week later that the (Continued on page 2) I ~J High Natural Gas rates blamed on client debts and I overhead costs to a By Lynda Powless 3 C- Editor Six Nations Natural Gas Company customers are facing \ higher rates largely because their neighbours may not be t I paying their bills. ,.r r Only about 20 people turned out Natural Gas clients are deadbeats a S t to the first ever Six Nations it turned their anger into surprise. Natural Gas public meeting held With the warmer spring weather last Wednesday at the community hitting manager Nick Petrozella hall to find out why their bills said the gas company "just shut were so high. off alot of people in the past two And they found out one reason is weeks'. Company customer Six Nations Parks and Recreation have begun demolition of the front of the arena to make way for full scale renovations to the complex. (Photo by Donna Duric) . about one third of Six Nations (Continued page 2) . Inside McDeal $3.99 Couple seeking financial aid to stay with Local 2 child at Toronto Sick Kids Editorial 4 By Donna Durk to inject herself with insulin sever- Becky's sister-in -law. "She's had a Sports .8 Staff Writer al times a day. rough go of her diabetes." . ._ A Six Nations infant has been "She takes quite a bit of insulin Becky, daughter of Melvin and National `v - G 18 - struggling to survive at the Toronto every day," says Crystal Maracle, (Continued on page 6) , `,u..i_ Careers 20 Hospital for Sick Kids and his par- . ents are asking for the communi- Classified 22 ty's financial help in enabling them Ted Nolan is back..!Head Different Sandwich Business Directory 23 to visit him while he gains his everyday! strength. coach of Moncton Wildcats Includes medium fry On April 24, 22- year -old diabetic MONCTON, N.B. (CP) - Ted Nolan is finally step- & drink Becky Maracle gave birth seven ping out of the shadows and into the spotlight. 0 1> weeks premature to 31b. 14 oz. The Moncton Wildcats confirmed rumours by intro James Edrick Anthony Maracle- ducing the former National Hockey League Coach General. James was born with a of the Year as their new head coach and director o heart defect called Tetralogy of hockey operations during a news conference mP lov" it Fallot, basically meaning his heart Tuesday. 282 Argyle SL, is underdeveloped. Nolan, 47, is the highest profile head coach it ó 74470 04551 9 Becky was diagnosed with juvenile Caledonia Resturans on Sports ) Ted Nolan diabetes at the age of nine. She has (Continued Bob Hoover &k. Sons Inc. ti "Home Comfort Specialists Since 1952" Plumbing Heating 662A HWY. *6 N., Air Conditioning CALEDONIA, ONTARIO likit N3W 1M6 Sales Service Installations LENNOX BUS. (905) 765-2627 -- FREE ESTIMATES FAX. (905) 765 -8527 MN MI - - 1 May 4, 2005 /. May 2005 2 Local 4, 1(4.;, local 3 Smoke hut industry drawing criminal elements, police chief says Six Nations Natural Gas prices up as some clients don't pay (Colnued front front page) rem tan happy about symantics on what is a criminal gaups lookthe diplomatic route by 'That to me is discriminatory in a (Continued/corn fronO increased the service charge and matter. He said I "we dont w ant he warrant and isming letters toth...Mies and land that is supposed to be free" Wmuor Muse lowered the delivery charge the Lickers said the RCMP are fully impression Nat we support or don't He said "It's very important that holding meetings to try and are Jacobs memiood cigarette mat Mamde.wd in fat 177 people only people who win see a savings are the Six Nations police will support tlse tobacco issue. Bt two we have a good relationship with what could be done to prevent facMer Grand River lawman, were shut off "That's one third of me the h...rittu not 'collating taro, ". were blatantly mislead by the everyone on First Nations and that fume raids. and the fact that it pays about SIN oar customers," she said He told are soup henna* look RCMP. They told moat thing that tut ny to maze in the best "It seemed with the police that It million. year in excise taxes inn hold an energy efficiency Six Nations.at Six Neural him. total I put on the shelf," says Deimos 'T would like both govern- in the fall, and check our Lickers said "our p itioonash not rued out not to be hue;' he said. u nee err base of 150 customers. show changed since the k eel." He saidid he bar spoken to senior Jacobs, chair of the protest group man on Six Nations see that that Of that. "75 per cent are always in Prices for mom ago efficient He said they had been, told by the embers of the RCMP "We have Indigenous People Against Taxes ys here in the form of sawn. That's a huge parcels,¢ of (uwances. n on known to the "We were blatantly -tacs didn't see any anon rust fund. I'm looking to try to marlin said, is RCMP that the search warrant made urre open? arrears ' carrying," said board Buttit men.h 'p RCMP being done. Although letters were for the the pep- with mmedpopulatlonbase,Lm- "was for a senior members ofthe that misled by the RCMP.. resolve. benefit of Elaine Tickets. we sa s eras they would tom out. Mere was nothing else plc" iced cam c 1 and industrial "We were /old it was criminal ne the they told us one thing, six Natron Natural Gas is owned do this to us." being done." Since to raids in January, rumours bee. only wry the company meter. That ki involved wag by Ile Six Nations community. The infringement." He said Try impression was the that turned out not to its Jacobs, who did not attend the have been frequently cropping up That annoucemeo didn't sit easy would be able to lower cots is, "is' Custom and Excise unit from meeting, says he does not advocate that another mid is going to take people pry thou bilh- He said the products did involve rare. "Glenn Lickers for the hwdfulofNatorpl Gai cos tobacco products. "Bra it was clear Milton decided to aggressively ,sine and that "die next urn place_ Jacobs says it has orealed omen who showed np for the Six datio mom off I, unto Six Nations Chief of would be to continue with bad debt. in 2004, In March 1, to us from Me RCM Mat Ms was push this. They almost operate diploma paranoia nth reserve. ling it had M not an excise themselves Near They have then Police y" Tabby Jamieson, owner of Angel's Carolyn Beaver told use gu com- 2005 had $25o,o31 bad debts criminal matter. It was a trade- own agenda. They do their own However, he adds, although he smoke shop on Hwy. 54, was one soy Innil. "what cmwedotocutcut and by March 31st that debt mark sitmtion These- Ile mid "if there have been misty doesn't advocate violence, history of the stare owners at the meeting. this. Cm you hill month before. Mopped to $80,000 in bad debts. Lickers said he understand the derstandings we try to avoid those tally it 's Me only wry lek. as do article in Me f,n He said they were told it Lumme the uamn Js they are ad RCMP at the Hamilton-Niagara to the best Mom ability." First Nation have Po (heir Ilrun4.J Exposit that quoted unte.ir leve For us Mati is a em going to use *the next ,Vaasa. Cards BeaverItk why there are set many delinquent worm. sedge lees, luxe helms.. : questions' as huge difference. It was criminal no detachment are not happy with the RCMP communications once point across, tiling standoffs such him vying at the meeting, "If bill them in dvanceadvance if Nay owe (Photos by Nee C holes) "They happy with Corporal Howard Adams said th as Oka and Ipperwash. those guys come and try and fight custom or excise We.- nit Ile said mike case of Six Nations council was held. "We ere told petal Ihal aide to council's aver - Milton either. We have a protocol warrant climi with he guys down hen, it will Lids mr aidthe raid has "caused Councillor Dave Hill also a gas Housing any gas bills left you cannot Tom off w housing several Years ago to establish It was M counterfeit modem.- make Oka look like a pillow fight" us concern." ompanry customer told he board, mmndia by tenants who move rentals s public money.