Archive - Oct 9, 2008

"Stop Harper Now" efforts gaining support from First Nation, environmental, artist, cultural, children groups

Press release ...

Stop Harper Now, say Environmental, Labour, Arts, First Nations, Anti-Poverty Leaders

TORONTO, Oct. 9 - Eight leaders representing diverse organizations joined together to convey the need to defeat the Stephen Harper Conservatives in the October 14th federal election.

Tomson Highway working with TBay institutions to address literacy issues in the region

First Nation schools and organizations are invited to contact Peter Andre Globensky in Thunder Bay at 683.0585 or by email at basa.tb@tbaytel.net to arrange a special event with Tomson Highway during his stay in Thunder Bay.

Project press release ... 

Tomson Highway brings unique talents to Thunder Bay - First-ever Artist-in-Residence at Negahneewin College & Lakehead University

29 September 2008 - Thunder Bay, Ontario

War machine will cost Canadians over $28 Billion to be in Afghanistan from 2002 until 2011

See below for CBC's article on the release of the government report and their figures ...

From CTV.ca

Afghanistan mission to cost $28B, group says

Oct. 8 2008

On the eve of a parliamentary report on the financial cost of the Afghanistan mission for Canada, an independent group has released their own answer on the subject: $28 billion.