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Health Canada Releases New Report on Human Health in a Changing Climate: A Canadian Assessment of Vulnerabilities and Adaptive Capacity

(see the press release below) 

OVERVIEW

Climate change is expected to increase risks to the health of Canadians through many pathways: the food they eat, the air they breathe, the water they drink, and their exposure to extreme weather events and infectious diseases found in nature.

From Community Press

Greater broadband access for rural Ontario

By Mark Hoult

Peterborough Cty. – One of the benefits of the recently signed $6.2 billion Building Canada Plan Framework Agreement will be greater broadband Internet access for residents of rural southern Ontario, says Peterborough MPP Jeff Leal.

INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS SURVIVOR COMMITTEE

As part of the implementation of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA), the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is interested in receiving applications from individuals, survivors, Aboriginal organizations, and others familiar with the operation of Indian Residential Schools in Canada, to serve on the Indian Residential Schools Survivor Committee (IRSSC).

State of Learning in Canada: Toward a Learning Future

Canadian Council on Learning
July 31, 2008

An interesting report that states a lot of what might be expected and contains an unsurprising call for action. Among other things, the report states:

Press release 

From the Globe and Mail

When will there be real justice for First Nations people?

HAYDEN KING - July 27, 2008

Wind Matters 2008 Seminars
Wind and Aboriginal Communities Seminar

Ottawa, Ontario
September 11-12, 2008

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From Tuesday's Globe and Mail  

Canada can learn from Yukon's unique partnership

GARY MASON - July 29, 2008

WHITEHORSE — In this often forgotten part of Canada, there is a revolution under way. And with any luck, and with further progress, it may be a model for what native/non-native relations can be in this country.

From the Edmonton Sun

Ontario women picking blueberries say they saw sasquatch

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

GRASSY NARROWS, ON. — Maybe he just wanted to help, but two women on their way to pick blueberries in northern Ontario say all he did was scare the living daylights out of them.

Helen Pahpasay and her mother were driving to a spot about 25 kilometres north of Grassy Narrows last week when they spotted a tall, black creature roughly 15 metres ahead.

The AFN's emergency resolution unanimously passed by the Chiefs-in-Assembly in July directs the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to remove lawyer Owen Young from the commission due to his statement to the court in the KI-6 sentencing hearing. Mr. Young, acting on behalf of the Ontario government, asked the court to assign a large enough fine on the KI leadership "to make it hurt". (see CBC.ca story below)