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Batchewana First Nation Leadership temporarily close access to Whitefish Island – Karina Hunter
BATCHEWANA FIRST NATION, ON – Batchewana First Nation (BFN) Chief and Council have decided to temporarily close access to Whitefish Island due to several bear sightings in the area. The First Nation’s Operations and Maintenance department have erected several signs indicating the closure and ask that the public respect and obey these signs for their […]
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Indigenous fashion week weaves identity, tradition and social change – CP
May 30, 2018 12:52 By Cassandra Szklarski THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ Fashion is about more than just making beautiful things for designer Sage Paul, and she hopes this week’s Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto makes that clear. The Dene artist says beading, weaving, textiles and sewing are inextricably linked to so much of her upbringing and identity. For […]
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BR Commons Extended Hours – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire May 30, 2018 OTTAWA – M-Ps will burn the midnight oil for the next month as the federal government scrambles to tie up legislative loose ends before Parliament breaks for the summer. The Trudeau government has paved the way for the House of Commons to sit until midnight each day, […]
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Where the leaders are for Wednesday, May 30 – CP
Source: The Canadian Press May 30, 2018 Where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are campaigning on Wednesday, May 30: ___ Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne 10:15 a.m. _ Makes an announcement, Stelco, 386 Wilcox St., Hamilton. 12:45 p.m. _ Makes an announcement, Liberty Suites, 7191 Yonge St., Unit 1201 – Lobby Balcony, Thornhill, Ont. 3:30 p.m. […]
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A look at childcare plans proposed this election by Ontario’s three main parties – CP
Source: The Canadian Press May 30, 2018 By Allison Jones THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ Childcare is one of the major issues in Ontario’s election, with all three main parties proposing vastly different visions of how best to help families at a time when daycare can cost parents as much as $20,000 a year. Here is a […]
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$4.5B Trans Mountain plan won’t mean Ottawa in pipeline business, says Morneau – CP
Source: The Canadian Press May 29, 2018 By Mia Rabson THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ The federal Liberal government has no plans to drag Canada permanently into the pipeline business, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Tuesday as he unveiled a $4.5-billion plan to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline and its various assets to ensure a planned expansion […]
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Feds fail to measure social, economic gaps between First Nations, others: audit – CP
Source: The Canadian Press May 29, 2018 By Janice Dickson THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ Indigenous Services Canada is failing to measure and accurately report the social and economic gaps between First Nations people on reserves and other Canadians, auditor general Michael Ferguson said Tuesday. “There are so many discussions about the need to close the socio-economic […]
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Indigenous STEM Conference offers a new world of possibilities – McMaster U
Over 200 Indigenous students from grades 4-8 participated in STEM workshops, received valuable career advice and experienced university life at the annual two-day conference. Romyn Montour held his light sabre up proudly, as if channelling his inner Luke Skywalker. He made it himself using LED lights, wax paper, batteries, wires, tape, a plastic cup and […]
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Fundamental flaws’ in government attempts to improve quality of life for Indigenous people: auditor general – Ottawa Citizen
May 29, 2018 OTTAWA — The auditor general is taking aim at the federal government’s “seeming inability to improve the quality of life of Canada’s Indigenous people” in two new reports that criticize Ottawa’s attempts to close socio-economic gaps between First Nations and other Canadians. One audit found the federal government has been dramatically overstating […]
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Canada to buy major pipeline to ensure it gets built – CP
Source: The Associated Press May 29, 2018 By Rob Gillies THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO _ Canada’s federal government said Tuesday it is buying a controversial pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific Coast to ensure it gets built. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government plans to spend $4.5 billion Canadian (US$3.4 billion) to purchase Kinder Morgan’s […]
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