Community News
Forty years after Anicinabe Park armed stand-off and First Nations are still fighting to protect their lands
August 22, 2014 - 4:18pm | by brianbeaton
Assembly of First Nations' Acting National Chief challenges government and media to be open and honest
August 22, 2014 - 2:03pm | by brianbeatonIt's Ottawa's turn to be transparent
GHISLAIN PICARD, CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Published Aug. 22 2014
Ghislain Picard: Chiefs and councillors in First Nations communities have difficult, complex and time-consuming jobs. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)
"The north is a great treasure house that must be plundered" says Canada's Prime Minister
August 21, 2014 - 6:26pm | by brianbeatonPrime Minister Stephen Harper takes another northern tour
Is the government's approach to Canada's North failing?
By James Cudmore, Posted: Aug 18, 2014
James Cudmore, Parliamentary Reporter covers politics and military affairs for CBC News.
Remote Training Centre celebrated in Neskantaga First Nation
August 20, 2014 - 9:40am | by brianbeatonNeskantaga First Nation finds hope after suicide crisis
New high-tech training centre allows residents to receive job training without leaving home
By Jody Porter, Posted: Aug 20, 2014
Need for a national inquiry into the missing and murdered aboriginal women across Canada
August 20, 2014 - 9:36am | by brianbeatonCOO Press Release
Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy statement ON THE TRAGIC DEATH OF TINA FONTAINE AND THE PUSH FOR A NATIONAL INQUIRY INTO MURDERED, MISSING Aboriginal WOMEN
TORONTO, ON (AUGUST 19, 2014) - Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy is devastated by the news of Tina Fontaine, the 15-year-old girl found dead in the Red River Sunday and demands that federal government stand with all Canadians in their plea to launch a national inquiry into the missing and murdered aboriginal women across Canada.
Expropriation of First Nation lands still strong despite Supreme Court rulings
August 20, 2014 - 9:26am | by brianbeatonAboriginal land will be expropriated
Elizabeth Brubaker, Special to Financial Post | August 20, 2014
Ontario Regional Report of First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study available
August 18, 2014 - 11:48am | by brianbeatonCOO Press Release
Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy SAYS NEWLY RELEASED NUTRITION REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE 'Shocking' NEED FOR BETTER LIVING STANDARDS IN FIRST NATIONS
TORONTO, ON (AUGUST 19, 2014) - Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy says the new First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study (FNFNES) released yesterday highlights the need for Canada to improve health standards in First Nation communities and underscores the fact that communities continue to face significant barriers to accessing safe and healthy food.
Residential school education credit system creating anger and frustration among First Nations
August 17, 2014 - 10:36am | by brianbeatonColonialism and treaty citizenship today prevents First Nations and settlers from realizing original shared goals
August 17, 2014 - 10:33am | by brianbeatonTo all my relations: Contemporary colonialism, and treaty citizenship today
BY AARON MILLS | AUGUST 14, 2014
First Nation literacy camps coordinated by Frontier College successful in preparing kids for school
August 16, 2014 - 11:59am | by brianbeatonSummer Camps Help Aboriginal Kids Find Fun in Reading
By Leigh Anne Williams | Aug 14, 2014
