Whitehorse Daily Star from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada • 9

Nation 9 The Whitehorse STAR Thursday August 22 1996 Chuvalo vows to help save kids from drugs LI Family members described Steven a heroin addict who spent time in jail recently for robbery as a caring but troubled man always thought come to terms with it We hoped one day be able to kick it but he last living son Mitchell eulogized change for the beautiful family that brought him back from the brink of death so many only daughter Vanessa read a eulogy written by 14-year-old daughter Rachel The teen leaned against her as she read know what it is like to lose two brothers and a Rachel wrote just deal with the pain I hope at After the service son Jesse 9 held onto the back of the coffin as it was carried out of the chapel TORONTO (CP) Former Canadian heavyweight boxing champion George Chuvalo buried his third son Wednesday and vowed to help others avoid his tragic fate Steven Chuvalo 35 was found dead Sunday of a drug overdose want to speak to high schools so they hear my George Chuvalo 58 said after the funeral in suburban North York ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure The horrible thing about drugs is the death It was the latest blow to Chuvalo the first boxer to last 15 rounds against Muhammad Ali His son George Lee died of a heroin overdose in October 1993 Two days later wife Lynne committed suicide Another son Jesse killed himself in 1 985 About 120 people filled a small Toronto funeral home chapel for the service Very few Bloc MPs will i i will remain a (member of the Quebec legislature) and I have no intention of giving up my seat to whoever it may Boulerice told The Canadian Press Bloc Leader Michel Gauthier said Tuesday he wants to know before the caucus in mid-September how many of his MPs will stick around to plan for the fall session of Parliament and the election expected in 1997 WlPiPWP wonderful charm She could get politicians in the palm of her hand but she never exploited that for her own One of the politicians she managed to impress was Rene Levesque die late Quebec premier When Two-Axe Ear-ley was denied time to air her views before a 1982 first-ministers' conference Levesque forced other premiers to listen after he offered her his seat Two-Axe Early was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from York University in 1981 She also received the Order of Quebec in 1985 and the Persons award in 1979 for contributing to the improvement of the quality of life of Canadian women She accepted a National Aboriginal Riverside Constituency Nomination meeting for Yukon Party candidate Tuesday August 27 7:30 pm Yukon Party Headquarters (4-204 Main St) Photo by CANADIAN PRESS FACE UFT Workers lift a huge sculpture Into place at the Aboriginal Center of Winnipeg The sculpture was designed by Larry Demedash a set designer at the Manitoba Theater for use during an Aboriginal Achievment Awards show QUEBEC (CP) The number of Bloc Quebecois MPs who seek another term in the Commons can be counted on one hand Quebec Le Soleil reported Tuesday Le Soleil says Paul Mercier Philippe Pare and House Leader Gilles Duceppe are pondering whether they would rather join the ranks of the separatist Parti Quebecois in its quest for sovereignty The Bloc with 53 seats in the Commons has a slight edge over Reform at 51 for the status of official Opposition Le Devoir reported last weekend that Duceppe may nuke the move to provincial politics where Premier Lucien Bouchard was said to have offered him a legislature seat and place in cabinet But Bouchard's office has called the report And PQ member Andre Boulerice quelled rumors Wednesday that he would give up his Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques seat to Duceppe dies at 84 Achievement Award last winter Her son Ed Two-Axe Earley said his mother tenaciously fought to achieve her goals one thing to fight for a cause but quite another thing when you do it in the midst of a community where people necessarily support he said When the Conservative government amended the Indian Act in July 1985 Two-Axe Earley became the first aboriginal woman in the country to regain her native status Family members said Two-Axe Earley had been ill for years and hospitalized since February A memorial service will be held Saturday Native rights activist Yukon River mm jump ship But Gauthier said he will speak to Duceppe as soon as he returns at the end of August from a trip to Malaysia Another MP who is contemplating his future is Jean-Marc Jacob the party defence critic who touched off a storm of controversy with a letter to Quebec military bases before last referendum inviting soldiers to transfer their allegiance to Quebec in the event of a Yes vote to sovereignty mi 'Yongue Groove A-L Pine Siding 1x4 180 10 12 ft a 4 200 i 14 ftuMNttiftMftHUUMMtHiu3l09 1 0 ft4aaM4aaM4aa34T 1x6 6ft 290 1 0 ft HlHtMinMtmmWtMtIMK 828 1 2 ftM4aaa44iHiMa300 14 ftMMMaaoM4a469 16ft 920 Chlptap Siding 1x6 8 ftnnMMniMMmMWitMHi 240 1 0 ft 300 390 14 ft 420 18 ft I44IM 480 Sawmill Special: Slabs bundle Firewood (no delivery) Volume Discounts Available Open Monday to Satuday 8 am to 5 pm Cal 668-1063 8 am to 11 am or evenings or leeMB message at 667-6578 Fax 668-1053 Marsh Lak6 i i I i i i i i i i i i 4 i MONTREAL (CP) Mary Two-Axe Earley who pressured the federal government into changing a section of the Indian Act that discriminated against native women died of respiratory failure Wednesday She was 84 Two-Axe Earley was thrust into the public spotlight in 1968 when she founded Equal Rights for Indian Women to repeal a section of the Indian Act that stripped aboriginal women of their native status when they married non-natives Aboriginal men who married nonnative women were not subject to the same law Two-Axe Early a Mohawk fought for 20 years to ensure native women could be buried on their ancestral lands She lost her own rights to live and own property on a reserve when she married Edward Earley an Irish-American electrical engineer in 1938 In 1969 following the death of her husband she returned to the Kahnawake reserve south of Montreal to live with her daughter who had regained her native status after marrying a Mohawk man She then took her struggle to the national stage appearing first before the Royal Commission on the Status of Women and later criss-crossing the country to educate others about the plight of native women seek the spotlight She was the most remarkable woman ever said Joan Gordon a friend of 25 years had grit and she had the most Price list-3 9 ft 1 00 10 ft MMM44HM0 1 72 0 ft HIMfflHMMMf IMMltinMHt 210 10 ftMiiMii262 12 ftMMMNMMMR310 14 ftMMUliHltllHltMtMMt317 1 0 ft MHtWIIIMMUnMIlMUHNM 420 £X4 8 ft 10 ft 3 1 2 ft 4 10 ft 6 'ii 20 1 0 ft 8 1 2 ft niMNNrtMMNIIlHMMIMII Oi 10 ft MMtniMtHNMIMMtniiiMt 8i A 2x3 a ft a 1 ft 12 ft 14 ft 10 19 ft 12 '-v Cxio a ft a 10 ft 11 13 14 ft 19 10 or 40 98 40 00 90 70 BO 14 97 20 74 20 19 49 77 10 39 4x4 8 ft 679 THE YUKON LAW FOUNDATION is now accepting applications for grant funds for: Legal Education Legal Research Legal Aid Reform Law Reform The Development Maintenance of Law Libraries Consideration will be given to projects benefiting the people of the Yukon The proposed projects must demonstrate that they are supported by the community at large Limited core funding is available but ideally the request should be for a specific project THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13 1996 Application forms can be obtained bv contacting YUKON LAW FOUNDATION Call (403) 668-4231 POBox 5330 ntr 201-302 Steele Street Whitehorse Yukon UIi Whitehorse Yukon Y1A4Z2 Y1A2C5.