Community News
Making policy without concrete evidence with First Nation consultation becomes the norm of government
May 12, 2013 - 8:48am | by brianbeatonOntario covering First Nation policing funding shortfall for officers salaries as Ottawa cuts funds
May 9, 2013 - 6:32am | by brianbeatonFrom Kenora Daily MIner and News
Ontario decides to replace lost federal funding for First Nations police officers
By Alan S. Hale, May 8, 2013
One month after the Treaty Three Police laid off seven officers because the federal government funding program being used to pay them elapsed, the Ontario government has promised to replace the lost revenue.
Latest Statistics Canada report presenting many stories about First Nations across Canada
May 8, 2013 - 8:38pm | by brianbeatonStatistics Canada report (click on title to access)
Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: First Nations People, Métis and Inuit
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Nearly half of children in foster care Aboriginal: Statistics Canada
NATIONAL NEWS | 08. MAY, 2013
Bid to establish a UNESCO World Heritage wildness site along Berens River delayed at a year
May 5, 2013 - 6:34pm | by brianbeatonSeveral First Nations across northern Ontario dealing with spring flooding
May 5, 2013 - 6:20pm | by brianbeatonGovernment plans to re-write Canadian history to cover past 100 years leaves First Nations out
May 4, 2013 - 6:41am | by brianbeatonInstead of recognizing the REAL history of this special place, learning about the land and the original people's recent history of a thousand or two thousand years ago. the government of the day is now going to try to transform Canada's history as being something that happened over the past few years. It is important to recognize Canada's TRUE history as told and understood by the original people of this land covering thousands of years ...
Rapid loss of Arctic sea ice worrying governments, scientists and Indigenous people
May 3, 2013 - 10:20am | by brianbeatonWhite House warned on imminent Arctic ice death spiral
National security officials worried by rapid loss of Arctic summer sea ice overlook threat of permanent global food shortages
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples finally allowed to visit Canada
May 3, 2013 - 9:39am | by brianbeatonFirst Nations groups welcome visit from UN official later this year
BY MICHAEL WOODS, POSTMEDIA NEWS APRIL 29, 2013
OTTAWA - First Nations groups say they are eager to speak with a special UN official who will visit Canada later this year to examine its human rights record toward Aboriginal Peoples.
Research, history, facts and reason being abandoned and changed by Federal government
May 3, 2013 - 9:36am | by brianbeatonFormer Tory strategist Allan Gregg rips Harper Cons' 'systematic attack' on facts and reason
BY DAVID J. CLIMENHAGA | APRIL 30, 2013
Long-time Tory pollster and strategist Allan Gregg ripped into the Harper Government on Saturday for what he termed its "systematic attack on evidence-based research."
Auditor General identifies internal problems with government funding to address First Nation issues
May 1, 2013 - 9:08am | by brianbeatonAuditor general takes aim at aboriginal issues in latest report
Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press - April 30, 2013
OTTAWA -- The federal auditor general says two of the government's key pillars meant to improve the lives of aboriginal peoples have gone awry because of infighting, poor co-ordination and lack of planning.
