Archive - 2014
August 28th
Nishnawbe Aski Nation and city of Thunder Bay working together to create a positive experience
August 28, 2014 - 1:58pm | by brianbeatonPress release
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August 28, 2014 - The City of Thunder Bay and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) are pleased to have had a joint meeting of leadership including Grand Chief Harvey Yesno, Mayor Keith Hobbs, NAN Deputy Grand Chiefs and members of the City's Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. |
August 27th
UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report highlights dangerous impacts of climate change
August 27, 2014 - 10:14am | by brianbeatonClimate change impacts 'might already be considered dangerous'
Language stark in latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report
By Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press Posted: Aug 27, 2014
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples highlights obstacles
August 27, 2014 - 9:36am | by brianbeatonAugust 26th
Deer Lake First Nation hosting Northern Ontario School of Medicine officials tomorrow
August 26, 2014 - 11:31am | by brianbeatonNOSM press release
NOSM Engages Communities in Strategic Planning
Together, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) and the people and communities of Northern Ontario are creating a Strategic Plan for the School for the years 2015-2020.
August 23rd
Canadian leaders challenge prime minister position on inquiry on murdered and missing Aboriginal women
August 23, 2014 - 11:19am | by brianbeatonStupidity outbreak mars Harper's visit
EDITORIAL - John Thompson - August 22, 2014
What a relief. Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Whitehorse yesterday and shared with the territory a fresh insight: the plight of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada is not, in fact, a "sociological phenomenon." Rather, the root of the problem is that we simply haven't locked enough people away in prison.
August 22nd
Forty years after Anicinabe Park armed stand-off and First Nations are still fighting to protect their lands
August 22, 2014 - 4:18pm | by brianbeaton
Assembly of First Nations' Acting National Chief challenges government and media to be open and honest
August 22, 2014 - 2:03pm | by brianbeatonIt's Ottawa's turn to be transparent
GHISLAIN PICARD, CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Published Aug. 22 2014
Ghislain Picard: Chiefs and councillors in First Nations communities have difficult, complex and time-consuming jobs. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)
August 21st
"The north is a great treasure house that must be plundered" says Canada's Prime Minister
August 21, 2014 - 6:26pm | by brianbeatonPrime Minister Stephen Harper takes another northern tour
Is the government's approach to Canada's North failing?
By James Cudmore, Posted: Aug 18, 2014
James Cudmore, Parliamentary Reporter covers politics and military affairs for CBC News.
August 20th
Remote Training Centre celebrated in Neskantaga First Nation
August 20, 2014 - 9:40am | by brianbeatonNeskantaga First Nation finds hope after suicide crisis
New high-tech training centre allows residents to receive job training without leaving home
By Jody Porter, Posted: Aug 20, 2014
Need for a national inquiry into the missing and murdered aboriginal women across Canada
August 20, 2014 - 9:36am | by brianbeatonCOO Press Release
Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy statement ON THE TRAGIC DEATH OF TINA FONTAINE AND THE PUSH FOR A NATIONAL INQUIRY INTO MURDERED, MISSING Aboriginal WOMEN
TORONTO, ON (AUGUST 19, 2014) - Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy is devastated by the news of Tina Fontaine, the 15-year-old girl found dead in the Red River Sunday and demands that federal government stand with all Canadians in their plea to launch a national inquiry into the missing and murdered aboriginal women across Canada.