First Nations District Hockey tournament in Sioux Lookout - Dec 20 and 21
December 11, 2008 - 10:40am | by AnonymousFIRST NATIONS DISTRICT HOCKEY
COMING UP SOON!
DECEMBER 20/21, 2008
IN SIOUX LOOKOUT, ONTARIO
FIRST NATIONS HOCKEY AT IT'S BEST!
Ontario Climate Change Action Plan report indicates efforts to meet targets on track
December 11, 2008 - 7:20am | by brianbeatonOntario Press Release
Reporting On Ontario’s Climate Change Action Plan: McGuinty Government Tables First Annual Report; Shows Province On Track To Meet Targets
December 10, 2008
Ontario is on track to meet its aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets and adapt to climate change impacts.
The province’s first-ever report on its climate change action plan focuses on the starting points of the plan and documents the government’s actions over the past year.
Annual First Naions Elders Online Christmas gathering by videoconference being hosted by KOTM
December 10, 2008 - 3:12pm | by brianbeatonKO Telemedicine is holding its Annual Elders Christmas event by videoconference
on Thursday, December 11, 2008 from 9:30-1:30 Central time (10:30-2:30 Eastern time).
Over 30 First Nations sites will be participating nationwide:
Aboriginal day school students left out of residential school settlement suing for compensation
December 10, 2008 - 3:03pm | by brianbeatonIndian residential day school students launch lawsuit
December 8, 2008
Aboriginal day school students are launching a class action lawsuit hoping to receive compensation for alleged abuse during the residential school era.
It is estimated 75,000 day school students attended government funded, church-run residential schools. But they lived in boarding houses, convents, hostels and orphanages, rather than school dormitories.
Supreme Court of Canada dismisses mining company's appeal against First Nation protesters
December 10, 2008 - 6:43am | by brianbeatonPress release
Supreme Court Upholds Decision Releasing Native Protesters Big Victory for Civil Rights
December 9, 2008
Canada continues to block the rights of Indigenous people in efforts to address climate change
December 9, 2008 - 10:51pm | by brianbeatonAFN press release ...
Canada's opposition to the human rights of Indigenous People at UN Conference on Climate Change is shameful says AFN National Chief
OTTAWA, Dec. 10 /CNW Telbec/ - This International Day for Human Rights on December 10 marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
First Nations economic stimulus package to address economic crisis strategy good for Canada
December 9, 2008 - 10:34pm | by brianbeatonAFN press release
AFN to Discuss the need for a First Nations Economic Stimulus Package to address economic crisis
OTTAWA, Dec. 9 /CNW Telbec/ - At the opening of the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa today, AFN National Chief Phil Fontaine announced the details of an Economic Stimulus Package for First Nations that will be discussed by First Nations leadership during the three-day Assembly.
Obama understand the importance of including Broadband in US economic stimulus package
December 9, 2008 - 6:40pm | by AnonymousObama to include broadband in economic stimulus package
Last weekend in his weekly radio address, President-Elect Barack Obama announced that he would be including money for broadband deployment and adoption in his economic recovery plan (http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/the_key_parts_of_the_jobs_plan).
Obama said:
Little Bands Youth Hockey Tournament 2009 - last week in February in Sioux Lookout
December 9, 2008 - 10:21am | by Anonymous
LITTLE BANDS YOUTH HOCKEY TOURNAMENT 2009
February 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , March 1 , 2009
Sioux Lookout ARENA
Novice ,- 6 ,7 years old
Atoms - 8 , 9 ,10 years old
Peewees ,10,11,12 years old
Bantams - 13 , 14 , 15 years old
Midgets- 15,16, 17 years old ...No 18 years olds - dont ask
New website from Aboriginal AIDS Network for Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week (Dec 1-5)
December 8, 2008 - 7:10am | by brianbeatonNews Release
“I had sex without a condom with someone I hardly know, is it possible for me to have contracted HIVor a Sexually Transmitted Infection? What do I do now?”
(Ottawa—December 5, 2008) Aboriginal youth now have a new on-line resource to help them get answers to these and other questions about HIV/AIDS, thanks to a new website.
