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From The Toronto Star

Unfulfilled nation torn from its aboriginal roots

Writer John Ralston Saul ponders reason for Canada's failure to achieve its full potential

Book Review By Haroon Siddiqui - Sep 21, 2008

Flying back to Canada from abroad, have you ever noticed that the immigration officer examining your passport is wearing, and perhaps sweating in, a bulletproof vest?

Chiefs of Ontario letter ... 

First Nation Water Policy Forum is Confirmed and Scheduled for October 15-16-17, 2008

September 19, 2008

Dear Leadership:

Please be advised that the First Nation Water Policy Forum is confirmed and scheduled for October 15-16-17, 2008. It will be held at the Garden River First Nation Recreation Centre located close to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Once finalized, information on travel and accommodations and the draft agenda will be forthcoming.

From the Ottawa Citizen 

Gag order - Privy Council Office tightens muzzle on public service for campaign

David Pugliese and Kathryn May, Ottawa Citizen - September 19, 2008

Ottawa - The Privy Council Office has put an unprecedented clamp on government business during the federal election, slowing the workings of the bureaucracy almost to a crawl in some areas.

From the Orillia Packet and Times

Court ruling a blow to Rama - First Nation asked for its 35 per cent casino cut to be maintained

By Courtney Whalen - September 19, 2008 

A Superior Court ruling dismissing a Chippewas of Rama bid to retain 35 per cent of net revenue from Casino Rama has left the chief, council and community “surprised and disappointed” says Chief Sharon Stinson Henry.

Letter from Chiefs of Ontario Office re: Special Chiefs Assembly, November 18-20, 2008

Dear Leadership:

As per the direction of the Political Confederacy please be advised that the Chiefs of Ontario will be holding a Special Chiefs Assembly for November 18-19-20, 2008. It will be held at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel located in Toronto, Ontario.

Once finalized, information on travel, accommodations and the draft agenda will be forthcoming.

KOTM Press Release ...

KOTM visits Beausoleil First Nation

09/18/2008

In August KOTM Regional Coordinator Nancy Muller was invited to visit Beausoleil First Nation, a KOTM community on Christian Island in the Georgian Bay.

NishTV.com covered the 4th Annual Full Moon Memory Walk in Thunder Bay with a great video. The walk remembers the native women murdered and missing in the city.

Check it out at http://nishtv.com ... be sure to check the entire web site and its creator ... Richard Ogima ..

NAN press release 

NAN shocked by McGuinty cabinet shuffle

THUNDER BAY, ON, Sept. 18 /CNW/ - Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy was shocked and disappointed to learn that Aboriginal Affairs Minister Michael Bryant has been moved from his portfolio as news leaked of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty's cabinet shuffle Thursday.

From the Canadian Press ...

Aboriginal leader says millions withheld by feds from Kashechewan housing project

September 18, 2008

TORONTO — An aboriginal tribal council in northern Ontario that has waited a year for millions of dollars in promised funding from Ottawa to rebuild homes fears bankruptcy, says the region's grand chief.

From the Globe and Mail

Tories apologize for 'sober' remark to aboriginal protester

September 18, 2008

OTTAWA — The Conservatives have issued another apology, this time for comments caught on video Wednesday by an assistant to Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon.

Mr. Cannon was campaigning in Maniwaki, Que., Wednesday when a group of protesters from the divided native community of Barriere Lake showed up to outline their demands.