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Health Council of Canada press release

Canada’s Health Care System: Dissed in America 

TORONTO (April 6, 2009) – When U.S. President Barack Obama recently announced his intention to create a public health care system that would be accessible and affordable for all Americans, he touched off a firestorm of criticism with some south of the border saying Canadian-style health care is not the way to go.

North American First Nations

Tournament of Champions

Men's Recreation Hockey Tournament

featuring community based clubs with

two imports

Sandy Bay with the Routlette brothers

Giinogaming Hawks wtih Nathan O'Nabigon,

Colt King of the CHL and Mike Auski of Ryerson Rams

From SLFNHA web site ...

From TheSpec.com

Judge bars natives from Hagersville development - Judge bars natives from Hagersville development

April 03, 2009 - Dana Brown - The Hamilton Spectator

A land developer building affordable townhomes in Hagersville has been granted an injunction barring Six Nations protesters from stopping work on the property.

From Intercontinential Cry  

One for One and All for None: the Indian Revolution?

By John “Ahni” Schertow - April 3, 2009

Some people would have us believe that Indigenous People need a revolution in individual rights. That they need to be able to enjoy the secular wonders of colonial society - and know that, after 500 years of being kept face down as a people, they can finally have a chance to live “the good life”.

OTF press release  

The following statement from Australia's parliament highlights the importance of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for recognizing and respecting First Nations everywhere. Only the Canada's Conservative government remains against this declaration as President Obama pledged to examine his country's support for this important declaration.

KO and its partners on the VideoCom research project have been successful in two grant proposals to continue the work for at least another three years. The project is focused on video communications (videoconferencing and online video) in remote and rural First Nation communities.

K-Net and KORI have played a key role in the project since it began in 2006 and will continue in the next phase, now funded to 2012.

If you want to see direct evidence of racism towards First Nations with lots of "blaming the victim" and "shooting the messenger", just scan the comments made by Canadians about this story. Those of us living and working in the north with First Nations have always known these realities and now, thanks to Dr. Smylie, who took the time to come and work in Sioux Lookout and in the north, her research is highlighting the inadequacies and inequalities in the delivery health services in First Nations.

From the Globe and Mail Opinion

Time to invest in aboriginal infrastructure

VERA PAWIS TABOBONDUNG - March 31, 2009