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One thing Elizabeth Hoover impresses upon her students is the diversity of American Indian societies.

Some years ago, in the heyday of cigarette smuggling, I found myself in a speedboat bouncing on the St.

In the midst of a world economic and environmental crisis, governments are spending billions to host a month long party for the rich.

Six people charged in last month's "Operation Seaway" drug sweep entered guilty pleas Monday in St.

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Smokers' craving for tobacco, coupled with the high cost of government-certified product, has long fuelled a market for illegal cigarettes.

It's Mounties vs. tobacco runners along the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall. A lot more than cheap cigarettes may be at stake Richard J. Brennan Ottawa Bureau RCMP footage shows a suspected cigarette smuggling boat near the south side of Cornwall Island in the Akwesasne Mohawk reserve.

Akwesasne officials are negotiating a multi-million dollar settlement for an historical land claim on Cornwall Island involving a former Cornwall politician.

Two more people were arraigned Thursday in St. Lawrence County Court over their alleged roles in a marijuana-smuggling operation that moved and distributed hundreds of pounds of pot throughout the north country.

The border marker that was removed last week by the Warrior Society has been smashed, according to Akwesasne Women's Fire, a Mohawk blog.

Palestinian scare tactic in peace talks? The Palestinians should give up seeking an independent state and pursue a single country with equal rights with Israelis, the chief Palestinian negotiator in Mideast peace talks says.

In the midst of a world economic and environmental crisis, governments are spending billions to host a month long party for the rich.

The black market, cross-country tobacco trade has created an underground economy Canadian authorities fear could be used to finance overseas terrorism, internal RCMP intelligence documents obtained by Canwest News Service show.

Taylor Nanos wishes she could get her hands on the black-market cigarettes that -- according to a new study -- are flooding the market and aimed at teens.

Confiscated cigarettes are shown at the RCMP office in Cornwall, Ont. The RCMP say most of the illegal cigarettes sold are smuggled into Canada though the Akwesasne reserve, which straddles the Canada-U.S. border near Cornwall.. The study commissioned by the Canadian Convenience Stores Association found 30 per cent of butts gathered outside Ontario ...

Despite all the tough laws, rules and regulations, getting cigarettes is still no problem for the underage smokers around Newmarket High School.

The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne wants the customs booth on this island to reopen, this time with tribal members inside.

Since 9/11, communities along Canada's southern border have been forced to accommodate an ever-expanding apparatus of surveillance, physical barriers, and military technology.

Montreal's Patrick Laperle used smart tire strategy and a strong car to win the American Canadian Tour Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Fall Foliage 300 after leading the majority of the way.

Carly Weeks Last updated on Tuesday, Sep. 08, 2009 09:32AM EDT A significant portion of young smokers regularly choose contraband cigarettes, a serious public-health problem that undermines efforts to curb young smoking rates, according to a study published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.