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from CTV.ca

Focus shifts to policy as Canada marks Earth Day

CTVNews.ca Staff - Apr. 22 2012

From thechronicleherald.ca 

Everyone has the right to access information

April 21, 2012 - BY DULCIE MCCALLUM

This is the information age. At the core of our global and local communities is information. Accessing the Internet is how people learn and conduct research, find employment and volunteer work, socialize with friends and family, and sell/shop.

From CBC.ca

Walls crumble, mould infects First Nation school - North Caribou Lake First Nation says students suffer injustice in education funding

Jody Porter CBC News Posted: Apr 19, 2012

North Caribou Lake First Nation resident Lakota Pans loves going to school, but her learning environment is hindered by mouldy floors and crumbling walls. (Jody Porter/CBC)

Lakota Pans loves school. Math is the 13-year-old's favourite subject.

From CBC.ca

Keewaytinook Okimakanak and our partners are hosting two information sessions to present the results of the KO survey about the online services being provided by KO along with the use of ICTs in remote First Nations that was conducted during the month of November, 2011. Every person with an @knet.ca email address was invited to participate in the online survey.

Everyone is very welcome to join us on Friday afternoon (April 20) at:

What type of society and values do we want to pass onto our children and grandchildren? How are all these cuts shaping our society and our values? Somehow everyone must consider what kind of values we want in our homes, in our community and across our country. It is so important that young people understand that the values in society are shaped by political decisions and that in these times we have to work harder to stay true to our own values concerning what is right and what we are hoping to pass along to our children.

Press Release

Feds Cut NCFNG Nation Rebuilding Services

Ottawa, April 16, 2012 – Federal funding for the National Centre for First Nations Governance (NCFNG) has been cut by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. The Centre will no longer offer its popular nation rebuilding services and will close it doors by March 31, 2013.

Notice from Government of Canada

Further to the 2012 Budget, tabled on March 29, 2012, this is to advise you of a decision that affects the business relationship between Public Works and Government Services Canada Publishing and Depository Services Program, and your organization.

from Huffingtonpost.ca

Cat Lake: Children On First Nations Reserve Send Heartbreaking Letter To Drug-Addicted Parents

Posted: 04/15/2012

CAT LAKE, Ont. - Item number nine in the letter to members of the Cat Lake reserve from the children in Grade Six is as blunt as it is painful.

from CalgaryHerald.com

Why First Nations cling to their reserves

BY RICHARD WAGAMESE - APRIL 15, 2012

Certain questions come back time after time in mainstream Canada's hunt for understanding of First Nations issues. One of the most important focuses on the nature of reserve communities. If the situations on Canada's First Nations reserves are so horrible, why don't the people just leave?