[Ost-news] Fort Chipewyan Takes Action in Edmonton

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Note: Fort Chip is not a reserve, but a hamlet.  
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By SHANNON MONTGOMERY The Canadian Press  
Sun. Mar 2 - 4:46 AM

EDMONTON — Janelle Vermillion owns a house in the tiny northern Alberta community of Fort Chipewyan. Her family, including her brother, still lives there. She considers it home.

But the 27-year-old woman says she will never again feel safe living there.

"I just want to move back home," she said, fighting back tears as she gestured to the pink-clad six-month-old baby in the stroller in front of her.

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