From CBC.ca

Head of commission into Indian residential schools resigns

THE CANADIAN PRESS - October 20, 2008

TORONTO - The head of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission has called it quits.

The Canadian Press has learned Justice Harry LaForme resigned from the panel, which is tasked with documenting the experiences of residential school survivors.

AFN Press Release ...

National Chief Praises decision regarding Human Rights Complaint on Child Welfare

     OTTAWA, Oct. 16 /CNW Telbec/ - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine and First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (FNCFCS) executive director Cindy Blackstock praised today's decision by the Canadian Human Rights Commission to allow a tribunal to hear a human rights complaint regarding First Nations children in state care.

From CTV .ca 

The Internet needs traffic cops: report

The Canadian Press - Oct. 17 2008

MONTREAL -- The Internet shouldn't be "romanticized" as a place where all content flows equally, and it needs some kind of traffic management as the number of users and the amount of video increases, says a report on Net neutrality.

APTN MEDIA ADVISORY 

Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny Wins At the Gemini Awards 

October 16, 2008

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) congratulates the producers, cast and crew of Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny for their success at the 23rd Gemini Awards. The show earned the Canada Award which recognizes excellence in mainstream television programming which best reflects the racial and cultural diversity of Canada.

NAN Press release ...

Family of 11 homeless after fire destroys house, community unable to house them

    THUNDER BAY, ON, Oct. 17 /CNW/ - Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, together with Kashechewan First Nation Acting Deputy Chief Sidney Goodwin, is calling on the Government of Canada to step in to assist NAN Elder George Wesley and his family after their Kashechewan home was destroyed by fire.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation and the Union of Ontario Indians

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Data and Information Management Forum 2008

for First Nation Leadership, Education Authorities, Directors of Education, Principals, Education Organizations and open to all First Nations in Ontario

Nov. 4, 2008
Travelodge Hotel Airlane

Press Release

McGuinty Government Seeks Community-based Greenhouse Gas Reduction Projects

October 15, 2008 

Ontario is helping communities reduce greenhouse gasses by continuing funding for local projects through its Community Go Green Fund.

Now in its second year, the fund supports grassroots, community-based initiatives that complement other strategies in the government's plan to fight climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Celebrating the Local, Negotiating the School: Symposium on Language and Literacy in Aboriginal Communities

Nov. 7-8, 2008

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug
Chief Donny Morris
On the Ontario Mining Act
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
October 10th, 2008

Introduction

First of all I would like to acknowledge and thank the Mississauga peoples for allowing me to hold this Press Conference in their traditional territory.  It is important to acknowledge the Indigenous Peoples whose lands we are enjoying.

Chief and Council Incarcerated

FIRST NATIONS HOCKEY TOURNAMENT

DECEMBER 19-21ST, 2008

SIOUX LOOKOUT MEMORIAL ARENA

12 MENS HOCKEY TEAMS - ENTRY FEE $1,500.00

$8,000.00 CHAMPIONSHIP ( based on 12 teams )

$5,000.00 FINALIST ( based on 12 teams )