Archive - Nov 24, 2008

UN drawing attention to hundreds of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada

From CBC.ca

Canada must probe cases of slain, missing aboriginal women: UN

November 24, 2008

The United Nations is calling on the Canadian government to investigate why hundreds of deaths and disappearances of aboriginal women remain unsolved.

It's asking Ottawa to report back in a year on the status of more than 500 cases that "have neither been fully investigated nor attracted priority attention, with the perpetrators remaining unpunished."

National Aboriginal Achievement Awards announces its 2009 List of Outstanding Achievers

NAAF press release 

16th Annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards announces its 2009 List of Outstanding Achievers

November 24, 2008 - TORONTO – Fourteen exceptional achievers, coming from diverse backgrounds, both culturally and geographically have been named recipients of the 2009 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, the highest honour the community bestows upon its own achievers.

Open District Hockey Tournament in Sioux Lookout, Dec 19-21

OPEN DISTRICT

FIRST NATIONS

HOCKEY

SIOUX LOOKOUT,ONTARIO

DECEMBER 19-21ST,2008.

MEMORIAL ARENA

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CALL 737 7653