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From the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal

Water protection goes local

BRYAN MEADOWS - June 30, 2008
 
A new venture is tapping local talent to ensure safe water on area First Nations.

Anishinnaabeg Kakenwaydemiwatch Nepi (AKN) was created in response to the safe water operations program instituted by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada in 2006. The not-for-profit corporation celebrates the grand opening of its Dryden office on Thursday.

Ontario government press release ...

Ontario Moves to Protect Sturgeon

June 27, 2008

McGuinty Government Restricts Harvest In Both Recreational And Commercial Fisheries

As of July 1, 2008, recreational anglers will no longer be allowed to keep any lake sturgeon they catch.

Evidence shows that overharvesting is a major factor in putting the species at risk. As a result, only catch and release of this species will be allowed.

From the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal

Food banks caught in the middle as prices rise

Sarah Elizabeth Brown 06/28/2008

Food, gas and energy prices are soaring and more Ontarians are having a tougher time paying basic bills.

Caught in between are food banks, which are feeling the pinch of higher food and fuel prices as well as seeing more people coming to them for help.

Ending Poverty in Ontario:
Building Capacity and Organizing for Change
A Workshop for Engaging Low Income People

Spring 2008

This manual has been developed by Campaign 2000 and Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) to assist facilitators to hold community-based workshops with low income people and other community members active in ending poverty. The workshop is designed to encourage discussion about what is needed to end poverty in Ontario, and to identify actions that can be taken within your community.

Click on the link below to download a copy of MNDM's updated June 2008 Quick Reference to Funding Sources for Canada-Wide and Ontario-Based Organizations booklet (Word document, 778K).  

http://knet.ca/documents/MNDM-Funding-Sources-June2008 .doc

First Nations once again are forced to take the protection of their treaty and traditional rights to court as the media and others fight to remove the recognition of these rights ...

From Halifax's Chronicle Herald

Kashechewan First Nation Chief and Council press release

June 25, 2008

Today, the Chief and Council of Kashechewan First Nation has served noticed to Nishnawbe Aski Police Service advising them that Kashechewan First Nation is pulling out of the current policing agreement. The Leadership has notified Nishnawbe Aski Police Service that it has given a 90 day grace period for the community to look at other options for policing.

Anishinabek Nation press release 

Anishinabek outlaw term 'aboriginal'

    WHITEFISH RIVER FIRST NATION, ON,June 25 /CNW/ - Chiefs of the 42 member communities of the Anishinabek Nation have launched a campaign to eliminate the inappropriate use of the term "aboriginal".

    During the annual Grand Council Assembly in this Manitoulin Island community, Chiefs endorsed a resolution that characterized the word as "another means of assimilation through the displacement of our First Nation-specific inherent and treaty rights."