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DENVER (AP) — On a hazy July afternoon, wolf expert Karin Vardaman returned to a spring-fed pond in Colorado’s northwestern-most corner. Enough rain had fallen to wet the ground around the watering hole.

For nearly two years, wolf expert Karin Vardaman has tracked wolves in northwest Colorado's Moffat County for Working Circle, a nonprofit that helps ranchers live with predators.

Staff photo. Residential School memorial We must continue to listen and respect the survivors of the residential school system. That’s the message being delivered by the City of Dryden in response to the horrific discovery of the remains of 215 children buried at a former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia. Deputy Mayor Norm Bush is a member of the ‘Working Circle’, aimed at bringing the Indigenous and non-Indigenous community closer together. “We wanted to reach out and r...

Posted: Apr 28, 2021 7:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 28 Colonization Road in Fort Frances, Ont., will be renamed after a committee and town council sift through suggested names. Colonization Avenue in Dryden, Ont., will officially have a new name as of June 21, 2021. City councillors voted on Monday night to change the name of the southern portion of the road to Memorial Avenue, and the northern section of the street to Boozhoo Avenue. The names were chosen by the Working Circle, a committee o...

Goodbye Colonization, hello Boozhoo and Memorial Avenues. Like other municipalities in northwestern Ontario including Fort Frances, Dryden is also grappling with the history and negative connotations behind the term colonization and featuring it as a prominent roadway name within the community. Now, thanks to work done by the city and the Dryden Working Circle Committee, along with input from emergency first responders, the town has chosen new names for the pair of roads, aiming to replace Colo...

Response to the potential renaming of Colonization Avenue in Dryden has been well received. Shayne MacKinnon p...

Dryden Working Circle/CKDR Files The City of Dryden and the Working Circle are inviting you to participate in the proposed renaming of Colonization Avenue. Local residents are encouraged to provide input as well as suggest a new name. Cheryl Edwards and Councillor Shayne MacKinnon are both members of the Working Circle. Edwards explains the Colonization name has such a negative impact for Indigenous people. “It is a reminder of atrocities that have occurred with Indigenous people in the past....

Dryden, Ont., starts process to rename Colonization Avenue Dryden City Council has accepted a proposed street renaming application for Colonization Avenue, and has begun to seek public input on the process.  Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jan 14, 2021 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 14 The Dryden Working Circle said the street is a hurtful reminder of the negative effects of colonization to many Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples who visit or live in and around the City of Dryden. ...

Dryden Council has confirmed its intention to rename Colonization Avenue. The decision was made Monday night following a request from the newly formed Working Circle. The next step will be seeking public input over a 60 day period once it is formally approved by Council. A presentation was made by Working Circle members Shayne MacKinnon and Cheryl Edwards. It included video testimonials from residents, businesses and high-profile figures in the community that fully support the name change and m...

Experiments in Coexistence Juliet Grable December 22, 2020 It’s after midnight, and Alyssa Mahaney is standing at the edge of a pasture, howling. If a wolf responds in kind, she’ll know better where to focus her nightly patrol. Perhaps she’ll set up a “scare box,” which blasts music unpredictably, or shoot off a few blanks from her pistol to scare it away. The Rogue Pack is responsible for more livestock kills than any other in Oregon. Its founder was OR-7 (pictured), arguably t...