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Press release http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/17/c7077.html

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From: Tina Kakepetum Schultz, Session Coordinator and Facilitator 
Subject: Winners for the Elders' Story Telling Contest - June 16, 2011

Hello everyone,

On Monday, June 13, representatives from Bolivia's Ministry of Health met with Indigenous Commission for Communications Technologies in the Americas and Keewaytinook Okimakanak along with several other interested groups to discuss the use of communication technologies in supporting Indigenous groups to address health issues.

Fort Severn Election 2011

Voting Day: Thursday June 30, 2011

Place: E-Centre 807-478-1171 or 1170

Time: 10:00am-6:00pm EST

Off reserve band members can call in and vote.

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Councillor Candiates

Roy Gray

David Matthews Sr.

Press Release

Telecom 2011 Conference: Broadband Breakthrough - Major Advancements Forecast for Northern Canada

Rouyn, Québec, June 14, 2011: This Fall, northern Quebec will able to connect directly to Eeyou Communications Network (ECN) broadband. The quality of this new fibre optic facility will outperform most Canadian networks. Canada’s telecom regulator has called on all Canadian service providers to match the standards that ECN plans to deliver.

Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry press release

Northern Economy Continues To Grow - McGuinty Government Connecting Communities And Supporting Training

June 14, 2011

Ontario is helping to build a stronger, more sustainable and diverse northern economy by supporting new infrastructure and training in Northern Ontario.

These new improvements include:

Press Release from Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU)

Media Advisory: Overcrowded hospitals, inadequate resources for cleaning, kill thousands each year

Mobile hospital on northern Ontario tour to fight hospital-acquired infections in Sioux Lookout, Kenora, Fort Frances this week

From Toronto Star

Keewaytinook Internet High School
Graduation and Awards Ceremony
Wednesday, June 8, 2011, at 1:30 CST

Four grade 12 graduates from Saugeen Nation

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From the Toronto Star

Living conditions on First Nations reserves getting worse: AG

OTTAWA—The federal government has not come through on its commitments to improve living conditions aboriginal reserves, where things have gotten worse over the past decade, says a report from the auditor general.