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COO press release

Ontario Regional Chief Supports Grassy Narrows First Nation in their Call for Governments to Deal with Mercury Pollution

Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - TORONTO, ON – Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse today expressed his full support for the Grassy Narrows First Nation as they demand that the Ontario and Canadian governments address the mercury pollution that has poisoned their peoples, the waters, and their lands for the past forty years.

 AFN press release

Assembly of First Nations Welcomes Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study: "Survey Reinforces First Nations Priorities"

OTTAWA, April 7 - Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo commented on the findings of the National Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study released yesterday noting consistency with First Nation interests.

From Canoe.ca Technology

Feds plan consultation to help Canadians catch up to digital wave

By JENNIFER DITCHBURN, The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Canadians might love their Blackberries, their eBay shopping and their PVRs, but businesses in this country haven’t embraced the new digital world as much as other competitive nations.

From the Globe and Mail

Canada's digital divide

Iain Marlow and Jacquie McNish - From Saturday's Globe and Mail - Apr. 03, 2010

As urban centres rush to build high-speed broadband networks to keep up with exploding demand, many rural regions are being left behind. Unreliable and expensive connections are costing outlying communities a shot at economic prosperity

From TheMarkNews.com

OPINION: Aboriginal Schools in Canada - The Way Forward

2010/04/01 - Jennifer Dalton, Research Fellow at York University

From the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal  

Chiefs study road network

JIM KELLY - 04/01/2010 

The early closure of winter roads this year is having severe repercussions on remote First Nation communities, the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation Winter Chiefs Assembly heard Wednesday.

From the Sudbury Star

Highway Stop Tax: First Nations plan road tolls July 1

Posted By Craig Gilbert, QMI Agency - April 1, 2010 

ESPANOLA — Ontario First Nations are planning to make travel in this province difficult if not impossible Canada Day weekend.

Press release 

From The Vancouver Sun

Lifelong learning key to future economic success: Report

By Amy Husser, Canwest News Service - March 30, 2010

Ontario press release 

First Nations And Ontario Celebrate National Aboriginal Languages Day

March 31, 2010

The Ontario government, the Chiefs of Ontario and the Anishinaabek Mushkegowuk Onkwehon:we Language Commission of Oniatari':io (AMO) are celebrating the progress made to revitalize the province's Aboriginal languages. First Nations across the country are making the preservation of their languages a priority, recognizing its role in the health, strength and vitality of First Nation communities.