AFN press release

December 16, 2010

Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

COMMUNITY YOUTH JUSTICE WORKER
1 Full-Time Position – Sioux Lookout

"Building on Our Success – Moving from Endorsement to Action"

Click here to Watch the AFN meetings on their live webcast

National Chief's Opening Remarks VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/v/WU4gfOP7dmI

Press release

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Announces New Chief of Police

(Thunder Bay) The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service Board is pleased to announce that Claude Chum has been appointed as Chief of Police for the largest First Nation Police Service in Canada.

The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples has the honour to table its SEVENTH REPORT - The Journey Ahead: Report on progress since the Government of Canada’s apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools 

COO press release

Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse Addresses the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples Regarding First Nations Education Challenges and Opportunities

December 14, 2010

AFN press release

From Canada.com

First Nations could get access to millions of investment dollars

By Elizabeth Thompson, iPolitics.ca December 10, 2010

The Harper government is quietly setting the stage for a landmark move that could pump millions of dollars worth of investment into reserves across the country and mark a change in the relationship between Ottawa and Canada's First Nations, iPolitics has learned.

Recently, I spoke on Wawatay Radio regarding one of the more vital issues concerning our People. It is my prayer some of our Chiefs will take up this call and lead the charge.

Prescription Drug Abuse got little attention at the recent Special Chiefs of Ontario Meeting. I was encouraged to seek support from our own People before coming back to the Chiefs to seek their support for Biblical-based Treatment Programming.

From the Winnipeg Free Press

Poverty the real disease - Millions spent fighting TB may be missing mark, some experts argue

By: Jen Skerritt - 11/12/2010

BERLIN, Germany -- Over the past year, Canada contributed close to $140 million to global efforts to fight tuberculosis and other diseases in developing countries such as Sudan, Ethiopia and the Philippines.