Archive - 2010
March 17th
Poverty and housing crisis in First Nations leading many young people into gang activity
March 17, 2010 - 5:27am | by brianbeatonNative gangs spreading across Canada, says RCMP
The Canadian Press
Date: Tuesday Mar. 16, 2010 7:03 AM ET
Aboriginal gangs are proliferating across Canada as criminal organizations exploit the intense poverty and squalid conditions that many First Nations youth live in, says a top officer with the RCMP's aboriginal police division.
March 16th
Funding for Community Internet Access sites to continue - Industry Canada minister
March 16, 2010 - 10:28pm | by brianbeatonInternet access funds not cut: Clement
March 16, 2010
Minister of Industry Tony Clement told reporters on Tuesday funding will continue to community institutions that provide free internet access to Canadians. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
March 15th
Government cuts threatens Canada's digital strategy in libraries, community groups
March 15, 2010 - 8:11pm | by brianbeatonFrom the Canadian Press at CBC.ca
Libraries, community groups squeezed by cuts to Internet program
March 15, 2010 - Jennifer Ditchburn
OTTAWA - The Conservative government is quietly cutting funding to hundreds of community groups and even hospitals that provide free Internet access to Canadians who might not otherwise have a chance to get online.
Pelican Falls First Nations High School heading to Ottawa as a E-Spirit finalist school
March 15, 2010 - 4:19pm | by brianbeatonPress Release
A decade of support to Aboriginal youth - BDC announces E-Spirit finalist schools
MONTREAL, March 15 - The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) congratulates the 32 schools that qualified to attend the E-Spirit national gathering in Ottawa, May 10-13, 2010. This year E-Spirit celebrates ten years of continuous support to Aboriginal youth across Canada.
Free Impact Benefit Agreement Toolkit to guide First Nations negotiating with resource companies
March 15, 2010 - 4:06pm | by brianbeatonPress release
March 14th
Wahsa Distance Education Centre becomes the latest victim of government funding cuts
March 14, 2010 - 10:15pm | by brianbeatonLetter to the Chiefs of the Sioux Lookout area First Nations
Chief and Council
Friday March 12, 2010
Schedule of events for Sioux Lookout's Race Relations Week - March 21-28
March 14, 2010 - 8:14pm | by brianbeaton“Every One Has A Story”
Canadian Teachers’ Federation report identifies racism in education as challenge for all
March 14, 2010 - 4:51pm | by brianbeatonPress release (see Report Recommendations below)
March 12th
First Nations Control of First Nations Citizenship required to address inequities in Indian Act
March 12, 2010 - 10:35pm | by brianbeatonPress Release
AFN National Chief Responds to Federal Legislation to Address Gender Inequity in the Indian Act: Calls for First Nations Control of First Nations Citizenship
OTTAWA, March 12 /CNW Telbec/ - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo commented today on Bill C-3, Gender Equity in Indian Registration Act, tabled in the House of Commons on Thursday, March 11.
