Industry Canada determining funding for broadband telecom infrastructure in First Nations
March 30, 2010 - 9:00am | by brianbeatonFrom Industry Canada's Broadband Canada: Connecting Rural Canadians website
March 29, 2010 - The Broadband Canada program has now completed its assessment of applications and has begun contacting applicants. 226 of the 570 applications received have been deemed eligible for funding. However, the total funding requested from those applications is over $500 million, and therefore not all eligible applications can be funded.
AFN calls on government to support Aboriginal Healing Foundation community-based programs
March 29, 2010 - 10:50pm | by brianbeatonAFN press release
Assembly of First Nations calls for support for Aboriginal Healing Foundation
OTTAWA, March 29 /CNW Telbec/ - Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo and AFN Regional Chief Bill Erasmus today issued a call for all governments and the private sector to support the Aboriginal Healing Foundation so it can continue to fulfill its critical role in supporting Indian residential school survivors and their families.
National Aboriginal Achievement Awards recepients for 2010 recognized in special gala
March 28, 2010 - 10:55pm | by brianbeatonOutstanding aboriginals honoured during achievement awards
By Tim Switzer, Regina Leader - March 27, 2010
Don Worme knows his career choice isn’t going to make him a lot of friends.
But the veteran Saskatchewan-based lawyer would never change the path he chose.
Earth Hour TODAY - Are you going to turn off your lights for one hour tonight?
March 27, 2010 - 8:08am | by brianbeatonEarth Hour events to shed light on climate change
Mar. 27, 2010 - The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER — Joy Hellinger plans to spend an hour on Saturday evening doing the same thing she did last year about this time: sitting with her husband in their home in Chilliwack, B.C., in the dim glow of candlelight with nothing but their conversation to pass the time.
KO Secondary School Services Administration Assistant Coordinator
March 26, 2010 - 3:53pm | by AnonymousKERC's First Nations Successful School Program Photography and Story Telling Project
March 26, 2010 - 2:24pm | by brianbeatonKwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre's FNSSP Photography and Story Telling Project
Sioux Lookout region First Nation schools (Grades 4 to 6) are invited to join this exciting pilot project being supported within the Nishnawbe Aski Nation First Nations Success Schools project (http://fnssp.knet.ca).
First Nation organizations respond to the Ontario budget plans
March 26, 2010 - 1:48pm | by brianbeatonNAN press release
NAN Reacts to 2010 Provincial Budget
THUNDER BAY, ON, March 26 /CNW/ - Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy is reacting to the McGuinty government's 2010 Ontario Budget tabled yesterday.
Raising the Children website makes Facilitator Native Parenting Manual available online
March 25, 2010 - 11:00pm | by brianbeatonWith the re-launch of the Raising the Children web site at
Assembly of First Nations National Chief message to communities and members
March 24, 2010 - 7:05am | by brianbeatonWatch and listen National Chief Atleo's March address at
http://www.youtube.com/user/afnposter#p/u/0/NvE02cskJSk
From http://AFN.ca
First Nations University partners with the Saskatchewan government to continue operating
March 24, 2010 - 5:22am | by brianbeatonSaskatchewan government puts up money for aboriginal university in new agreement
March 23, 2010 - Jennifer Graham, THE CANADIAN PRESS
REGINA - An agreement has been reached that's being called "a blueprint" that could save the embattled First Nations University of Canada.
