From the Toronto Star

Healing the wounds of residential schools - All Canadians share a vital stake in work of truth commission, author argues

Jan 03, 2009 - Linda Diebel, NATIONAL AFFAIRS WRITER

On June 11, 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper rose in Parliament to apologize to aboriginal people on behalf of all Canadians for a system of Indian residential schools he called a "sad chapter in our history."

Letter to Industry Minister Tony Clement from Gareth Shearman, President, Telecommunities Canada

December 30, 2008

Re: the need to implement a national strategy for remote, rural and urban broadband infrastructure installation and/or upgrading and community support programs that support effective use.

Dear Minister Clement:

From The Globe and Mail

911 leaves North in cold

December 28, 2008

Kevin Doyle and Jessi Moekerk were driving across a snow-covered field near Yellowknife last month when the ground gave way and began to swallow their pickup truck whole.

What they thought was solid earth beneath them turned out to be an unmarked pond. As the truck sank through the ice, the doors jammed against a rising wall of snow.

May all the dreams in your eyes,

all the desires in your heart

and all the hopes in your life blend together,

to give you the most spectacular New Year ever.

Happy New Year 2009 to you and everyone around you!