August 24, 2009
Vancouver - The New Relationship Trust (NRT) and the National Centre for First Nations Governance (NCFNG) today released the Governance Best Practices Report. The report profiles First Nation communities that provide exceptional examples of NCFNG’s principles of effective governance. The best practices are drawn from the experience of First Nations, tribes and Aboriginal organizations across Canada and the United States.
Aug 23, 2009
Premier Dalton McGuinty says his government is building a "new respect and working relationship" with First Nations.
Yet chiefs of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) territory – seething over new planning legislation for the far north – are now threatening to "exercise full and exclusive jurisdiction" over traditional lands.
August 2009
By JOSEPH QUESNEL - 22nd August 2009
A Winnipeg MP will be leading an effort within the governing party to reach out to Canada's First Nations.
Press release
TORONTO, - Aug. 20 - Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Hall, together with an estimated 50 First Nation members some of whom are also evacuees, is calling on Indian Affairs Minister Strahl to come to the community to see for himself the conditions that the people have to live under.
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NAN press release
August 14, 2009 - By Peter Nowak, CBC News
The cellphone industry is set to introduce a "wireless code of conduct" on Sept. 1. (Manu Fernandez/Associated Press)