Source: The Canadian Press Sep 7, 2015 By Murray Brewster THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ The Conservatives stumbled as the federal election reached an unofficial milestone on Monday, dropping two candidates from their slate in the important Greater Toronto Area battleground after embarrassing videos surfaced in the mainstream media and online. Jerry Bance, who was running in […]
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 7, 2015 By Murray Brewster THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ The Seafarers International Union of Canada is preparing to take the federal government to court over the use of foreign sailors _ some of whom are allegedly being paid as little as $2 per hour _ on internationally-flagged ships in Canadians waters. […]
TORONTO, ON–(September 08, 2015) – Carlisle Goldfields Limited (“Carlisle” or the “Company”) (TSX: CGJ) (OTCQX: CGJCF) announces the appointment of Jamie Porter, CPA, CA to the Board of Directors, subject to TSX approval. Mr. Porter is the Chief Financial Officer of Alamos Gold and has over 15 years of progressive experience in the mining industry, […]
September 4, 2015 Assembly of First Nations Calls for Coordination and Collaboration to Support and Strengthen First Nation Families (Ottawa, ON): Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Manitoba Regional Chief Kevin Hart is urging the Manitoba government to work directly with First Nations on approaches that support and strengthen First Nation families and drastically reduce the […]
An Open Letter on the 20th anniversary of the shooting death of Dudley George On September 6 it will be 20 years since Anthony “Dudley” George, an unarmed First Nation man, was shot by the Ontario Provincial Police and died. He and other First Nation men, women and children had been […]
Toronto, Sept. 3, 2015 – The first ever circumpolar action plan to protect polar bears was released yesterday during the Polar Bear Range States meeting in Ilulissat, Greenland. The five polar bear range states – Canada, Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland), Norway, Russia, and the United States – have committed to a 10-year plan that aims […]
Aboriginal women are over-represented among murder victims in Canada and, alarmingly, their presence in those statistics is only growing, according to a report from the RCMP. The report, called a “national operational overview on missing and murdered aboriginal women,” identified 1,181 missing and murdered aboriginal women between 1980 and 2012. The new figure outpaces previous […]
September 3, 2015. Incoming students to participate in week-long series of events to ease transition to university The Trent University campus will be a flurry of bright colours and team spirit starting Sunday, September 6 through to Saturday, September 12 as over 2,000 new students take part in 2015 Orientation Week at Trent, designed to help […]
Sep 03, 2015 Isadore Day offers solution to upping prosperity of indigenous and non-indigenous Canadians It’s official. Canada is in a recession. The cold hard truth is First Nations have been in economic depression since Canada carved out the first postage-stamp size reserves over 200 years ago. Neither of us needs to be in this […]
On September 1, 2015 a meeting took place between Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) President Gary Lipinski and the Honourable Dr. Eric Hoskins, Ontario’s Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. The meeting focused on a range of health access and wellness issues and set the stage for formalizing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the […]
