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Ontario press release 

First Nations And Ontario Celebrate National Aboriginal Languages Day

March 31, 2010

The Ontario government, the Chiefs of Ontario and the Anishinaabek Mushkegowuk Onkwehon:we Language Commission of Oniatari':io (AMO) are celebrating the progress made to revitalize the province's Aboriginal languages. First Nations across the country are making the preservation of their languages a priority, recognizing its role in the health, strength and vitality of First Nation communities.

From Industry Canada's Broadband Canada: Connecting Rural Canadians website

March 29, 2010 - The Broadband Canada program has now completed its assessment of applications and has begun contacting applicants. 226 of the 570 applications received have been deemed eligible for funding. However, the total funding requested from those applications is over $500 million, and therefore not all eligible applications can be funded.

AFN press release 

Assembly of First Nations calls for support for Aboriginal Healing Foundation

OTTAWA, March 29 /CNW Telbec/ - Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo and AFN Regional Chief Bill Erasmus today issued a call for all governments and the private sector to support the Aboriginal Healing Foundation so it can continue to fulfill its critical role in supporting Indian residential school survivors and their families.

From Canada.com 

Outstanding aboriginals honoured during achievement awards 

By Tim Switzer, Regina Leader - March 27, 2010

Don Worme knows his career choice isn’t going to make him a lot of friends.

But the veteran Saskatchewan-based lawyer would never change the path he chose.

from CTV.ca

Earth Hour events to shed light on climate change

Mar. 27, 2010 - The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER — Joy Hellinger plans to spend an hour on Saturday evening doing the same thing she did last year about this time: sitting with her husband in their home in Chilliwack, B.C., in the dim glow of candlelight with nothing but their conversation to pass the time.

Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre's FNSSP Photography and Story Telling Project 

Sioux Lookout region First Nation schools (Grades 4 to 6) are invited to join this exciting pilot project being supported within the Nishnawbe Aski Nation First Nations Success Schools project (http://fnssp.knet.ca).

NAN press release

NAN Reacts to 2010 Provincial Budget

THUNDER BAY, ON, March 26 /CNW/ - Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy is reacting to the McGuinty government's 2010 Ontario Budget tabled yesterday.

With the re-launch of the Raising the Children web site at

Watch and listen National Chief Atleo's March address at

http://www.youtube.com/user/afnposter#p/u/0/NvE02cskJSk

From http://AFN.ca