Little Bands Youth Hockey Tournament February 2008 in Sioux Lookout
December 13, 2007 - 11:36am | by AnonymousLiitle Bands Youth Hockey Tournament 2008
February 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 2008
Sioux Lookout Ontario
Sioux Arena
Atoms Division
7,8,9 years old (4 teams only)
Peewee Division
10 , 11,12 , years old (6 teams only)
Bantam Division
13 , 14 years old (6 teams only)
International coverage of youth suicides in First Nations challenges Harper government
December 13, 2007 - 8:06am | by brianbeatonNative Youth Suicides in Canada Reach Crisis Rate
By Am Johal
VANCOUVER, Dec 12 (IPS) - Suicide rates are now five to seven times higher for First Nations youth than for non-aboriginal youth, according to Health Canada, and among Inuit youth, suicide rates are 11 times the national average. Some aboriginal bands have suicide rates over 800 times the national average.
Chiefs of Ontario host Chronic Care Management and Traditional Approaches Workshop
December 12, 2007 - 9:37pm | by brianbeatonCOO Press Release ...
"Chronic Care Management and Traditional Approaches Workshop"
December 7, 2007
Chiefs of Ontario is pleased to announce that we are coordinating a workshop for Community Support Services and Home and Community Care. The workshop is titled “Chronic Care Management and Traditional Approaches”. The workshop will be held at the Courtyard Marriott, 475 Yonge Street in Toronto on January 22nd and 23rd, 2008.
Malaysia E-Bario / UNDP workshop report from K-Net rep's perspective
December 12, 2007 - 12:59pm | by jessefiddlerThe eBario Knowledge Fair occurred on the days of Dec 6-9, 2007 in the small village of Bario, Sarawak, Malaysia.
The United Nation Development Program (UNDP) invited K-Net and Jesse Fiddler was sent to give a presentation on our work in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) here in Northern Ontario, Canada.
The Knowledge Fair had 2 concurrent workshop themes with one focusing on the local Bario ICT accomplishments and challenges, and the other focusing on the UNDP gathering to examine Asian Indigenous ICT and Media issues.
NAPS seeks assistance in case where shots fired at a home in Moose Factory
December 11, 2007 - 10:19am | by AnonymousNorthern Stores clarify their cheque cashing support for Residential School Survivors
December 11, 2007 - 6:55am | by brianbeatonLetter of the day - Dec 7 2007
Water is a Human Right - Canadian government votes against UN resolutions on the human right to water
December 10, 2007 - 4:00pm | by AnonymousWater is a human right. Take action now!
Today is International Human Rights Day.
The Council of Canadians is launching an online campaign to pressure Prime Minister Stephen Harper to stand up for the right to water at the United Nations.
There is no denying that a global water crisis is underway.
First Nation leaders express their frustration with Harper government inaction on Aboriginal issues
December 10, 2007 - 10:26am | by brianbeatonPress Release ...
Some residential school survivors in remote First Nations being charged 1.5% cheque fee
December 9, 2007 - 9:26am | by brianbeatonTwo conflicting stories in the Winnipeg Free Press indicates there is still lots of confusion about how Residential School Survivors are being supported in their communities by Northern Stores (see below for the December 6 story - North West nixes fees for survivors' cheques)
From Winnipeg Free Press - December 8, 2007
Residential school survivors gouged?
Northern stores charge 1.5% cheque fee
By Alexandra Paul
Lac La Croix First Nation students dancing their way to Toronto for experience of a lifetime
December 8, 2007 - 4:19pm | by brianbeatonFor youth on Ojibwa reserve, show much more than a performance
Susan Walker (DANCE WRITER) - Dec 08, 2007
LAC LA CROIX, ONT.–There's a skim of ice on the puddles, a whistle to the wind off the lake and a young buck, gutted down the middle, hangs from a tree next to the water, shot through the head a few days earlier.
