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Government cutting science and tech research while subsidizing private sector "partners"

From VancouverSun.com

Feds to cut funding for science and technology sectors, but business expects boost

 BY FIONA BUCHANAN, POSTMEDIA NEWS JULY 30, 2013

Conservative gov't dismisses call for inquiry for missing and murdered First Nation women

From HuffingtonPost.ca

The Time Is Now to Inquire About Missing and Murdered Women

MARGOT FRANSSEN, Advocate for advancement of women and girls - Posted: 07/30/2013

Aboriginal leaders gain support from provincial premiers for inquiry into missing aboriginal women

From CTV.ca

Premiers call for inquiry into missing aboriginal women

Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press, July 24, 2013

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. -- Provincial and territorial leaders threw their support Wednesday behind a national public inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls, ratcheting up the pressure on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to follow suit.

First Nation gatherings calling on all Canadians to urge government to honour the apology

From HuffingtonPost.ca

Honour the Apology: Fasting for My Father, a Residential School Survivor

Wab Kinew, Director of Indigenous Inclusion, the University of Winnipeg - 07/25/2013 

Chiefs of Treaty 3 First Nations form a new board to address issues at T3 Police Services

From CBC.ca

Treaty Three Police won't close up shop - yet

First Nations police service board aims to address issue of chronic government underfunding

Jul 24, 2013 9:32 AM ET 

First Nations in northwestern Ontario and eastern Manitoba may not lose their Aboriginal police force after all.

Acquittal for logging blockade in Barriere Lake First Nation lands defense

From Intercontinentialcry.org

Blockade Charges; Forestry Company Caught Lying On The Stand

BY  • JUN 11, 2012