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Margaret Commodore: First-ever First Nation Woman named to Yukon Cabinet
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FIRST-EVER FIRST NATION WOMAN NAMED TO CABINET NDP MLA Margaret Commodore (formerly Margaret Joe) of B.C.'s Sto:lo Nation named Minister of Health and Human Resources.
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