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Northerners to benefit from better internet

August 29, 2008

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories - Fifty-six remote communities across Northwest Territories and Nunavut will soon benefit from enhanced broadband access, which will improve community sustainability in Canada’s North.

 From the First Perspective

Ontario minister walks out of meeting with Aboriginals

August 29, 2008 - by Murray Sinclair

The personal and the political clashed August 27 when Ontario’s natural resources minister walked out of a meeting with aboriginals in the province’s north.

From YorkRegion.com

Aboriginal police chief Trivett dies

By: John Slykhuis, Staff Writer - August 29, 2008

A funeral service will be held Saturday on Georgina Island for Paul Russell Trivett, the chief of police of the largest aboriginal police service in Canada and second largest in North America.

Mr. Trivett, 52, died Tuesday at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket after battling cancer.

From the Toronto star

Joyless return for native students

Colleen Schenk

The first week of school is filled with excitement and anticipation for millions of children as they head back to the classroom. But for First Nations children on reserves, it is blighted by the conditions they will find.

From Parent Central 
 
Native agency hailed for saving kids - Northern Ontario's Tikinagan Child and Family Services recognized for work

Kerry Gillespie - QUEEN'S PARK BUREAU - Toronto Star, August 21, 2008

KASABONIKA, ONT.–The homes are full of mould, sewage backs up in the bathtubs, power is iffy and food costs twice what it does everywhere else.

NAN Press Release

NAN CONCERNED ABOUT GOVERNMENT’S LACK OF CONSULTATION WITH FIRST NATIONS PRIOR TO CONCEPTION OF NEW PROGRAMS

THUNDER BAY, August 19, 2008: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler expressed concern about the lack of consultation with First Nations prior to the inception of new programs following an announcement for Aboriginal community justice initiatives made by Attorney General Chris Bentley at the Thunder Bay Indian Friendship Centre today.

NAN Press Release

PRELIMINARY HEARING TO BEGIN FOR NEW ROWE CHARGES

THUNDER BAY, ON, August 19, 2008: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) representatives will attend a preliminary hearing for new charges laid against convicted pedophile Ralph Rowe in Kenora this week.

From CBC.ca

Critics launch cyber battle over copyright bill

August 17, 2008

Canadian Press: Kate Scroggins

OTTAWA - Critics of the Harper government's proposed changes to the Copyright Act have launched a cyber crusade to fight the controversial bill.

They're using everything from Facebook to YouTube to Wikipedia to blogs to get their message out. They want the government to either scrap or make serious amendments to Bill C-61 when Parliament resumes next month.

From the Sudbury Star

Mining talks bring different results for Northern Ontario First Nations

Posted By THE CANADIAN PRESS    

Officials of the Lac Seul First Nation say they're upset that talks with Gold Eagle Mines failed to produce any benefits for the northwestern Ontario reserve.