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The contiguous national parks of Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho, with the adjoining Mount Robson, Hamber and Mount Assiniboine provincial parks (50°34'-53°28'N, 115°10'-119°32'W), are World Heritage Sites located at the continental divide of the central Rocky Mountains at their highest point.
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There must have been 50 or more people in togas in the Hamber common room.
spectre12 Diary Entry spectre12 2005
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"If we can't treat the victims of the past with due dignity we can hardly expect the victims of present crimes to ever receive due recognition for their suffering," Hamber said.
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Hamber criticised the government for ignoring the TRC recommendations on how to raise the money needed for reparation payouts and refusing to engage in debate on the matter.
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And since reparations will only be decided on once the commission's work is over by the end of the year, the majority of victims might feel that they had to give more than the perpetrators, Hamber says.
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Hamber said he was more concerned that the spirit of forgiveness which has characterised the testimony of many of the witnesses, would be endangered by the "horrendous details" of human rights abuses which are likely to emerge from the commission's amnesty hearings.
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Hamber of the Centre for Study of Violence and Reconciliation said the submissions were a particularly important and historical moment in the life of the TRC.
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Hamber said the comic would be distributed to non-government bodies and rural advice offices as part of an educaional package including a video made by a group of victims and a flip-chart explaining how the commission will work.
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Hamber said the NGOs would keep copies of the database's files so that they could monitor the commission's use of the information and to ensure that certain key issues, such as violations against women, were placed on the body's agenda.
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He went to elementary school in Ladner, then attended the Catholic middle school Vancouver College, where he developed a "brutish, fart-centred sense of humour," before entering Eric Hamber Secondary.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed TOM HAWTHORN 2011
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