Archive - 2010
May 26th
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May 26, 2010 - 11:42am | by AnonymousPublic Legal Education & Communications Officer available at NALS in Thunder Bay
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May 23rd
Ontario First Nations protesting HST measures agree to meet with Canada Finance minister
May 23, 2010 - 7:07am | by brianbeatonFrom Sault Ste Marie SooToday.com
Regional Chief Isadore Day statement on HST measures
By SooToday.com Staff - May 22, 2010
LAKE HURON REGIONAL CHIEF - First Nations oppose HST
SHAWANAGA FIRST NATION - "Our treaties prove that our citizens did not agree to taxation," says Lake Huron Regional Grand Chief Isadore Day of Serpent River First Nation.
Couchiching First Nation operating toll booth on highway to protest land use issues
May 23, 2010 - 6:52am | by brianbeatonSAVE YOUR LANGUAGE! Conference on June 5-6 in Vancouver
May 23, 2010 - 6:38am | by brianbeatonCongressional resolution apologizes on behalf of the people of the U.S. to all Native Peoples
May 23, 2010 - 6:03am | by brianbeatonFirst Nations' right to free, prior and informed consent required for any forest agreements
May 23, 2010 - 5:55am | by brianbeatonPress Release
NAN SAYS NEW NATIONAL BOREAL FOREST AGREEMENT DISRESPECTS FIRST NATIONS RIGHTS
THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy says the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, recently signed by Canadian forest product companies and environmental groups, disrespects First Nations rights.
May 21st
Nutrition North Canada to replace Canada's Food Mail Program by next year
May 21, 2010 - 9:34pm | by brianbeatonGovernment of Canada announces Nutrition North Canada to support healthy eating in the North
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT (May 21, 2010) - A new northern food retail subsidy program called Nutrition North Canada will make healthy food more accessible and affordable to Canadians living in isolated Northern communities, thanks to the Government of Canada.
First Nation leaders protesting Nipissing University's efforts to honour Mike Harris
May 21, 2010 - 8:37pm | by brianbeatonPress release
Anishinabek against any honours
UOI OFFICES, NIPISSING FN (May 21, 2010) – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee says that Mike Harris does not deserve any honourary treatment, in the view of First Nations citizens in this province.
“He doesn’t deserve titles or tributes of any kind,’ said Madahbee on learning that Nipissing University plans to confer an honourary Doctor of Letters on the former Ontario premier in a June 11 convocation ceremony.