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Cancer Care Ontario's Aboriginal Cancer Care Unit (ACCU) and the Ontario division of the Canadian Cancer Society are teaming up on a campaign aimed at educating Aboriginal people about cancer.
The campaign, Let's Take a Stand Against Cancer NOW!, had its launch in Sudbury on Dec. 12. The aim of the campaign is to provide information about cancer and to educate people on…
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A project being organized by the National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA) is giving up-and- coming Aboriginal performing artists a chance to have their music heard.
Dig Your Roots-Aboriginal will showcase the talents of up to 100 Aboriginal artists from across the country, who will have their work featured on the Dig Your Roots Web site. Out of those 100 or…
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Celebrating business success was on the agenda on Nov. 29 as the Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF) handed out its annual Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Business Awards in Thunder Bay.
Among the winners of the 2005 awards were Bruce Brunette, who was named Business Man of the Year, and Laureen Wassaykeesic, named Business Woman of the Year.
Brunette, a member of…
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After spending more than a month away from home, the last evacuees from Kashechewan First Nation were expected to be back in the community in time for Christmas.
About 1,000 of Kashechewan's 1,900 residents were flown out the community at the end of October after Ontario's minister of Aboriginal Affairs, David Ramsay, declared a medical emergency on the First Nation.…
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Members of cultural organizations on Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve will be able to spend less time trying to raise funds and more time planning and holding events in 2006, thanks to funding from Canadian Heritage.
The money-a maximum of $500,000 according to the press release from Canadian Heritage-comes along with the community's designation as one of five Cultural…
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The provincial and federal governments are joining forces with Union Gas and six northern colleges to increase access to training in the trades for people living in the north.
The project, designed to redress the shortage of skilled tradespeople in Northern Ontario, will provide funding for development of new training programs and infrastructure at College Boreal, Sault…
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The provincial and federal governments are joining forces with Union Gas and six northern colleges to increase access to training in the trades for people living in the north.
The project, designed to redress the shortage of skilled tradespeople in Northern Ontario, will provide funding for development of new training programs and infrastructure at College Boreal, Sault…
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A group of 14 Aboriginal youth were recently given the opportunity of a lifetime when they were selected to travel to Europe as part of the Aboriginal Spiritual Journey.
The journey took place from Oct. 28 to Nov. to give Aboriginal veterans a chance to return to the places where they had fought during the Second World War to pay their final respects to fallen comrades.…
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More than a month has passed since David Ramsay, Ontario's minister of Aboriginal Affairs, declared a medical emergency in Kashechewan First Nation and announced plans to evacuate about 1,000 of the community's 1,900 or so residents to nearby communities such as Ottawa, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timmins, Attawapiskat, Sault Ste. Marie, Peterborough and Moosonee.
The move came…
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More than a month has passed since David Ramsay, Ontario's minister of Aboriginal Affairs, declared a medical emergency in Kashechewan First Nation and announced plans to evacuate about 1,000 of the community's 1,900 or so residents to nearby communities such as Ottawa, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timmins, Attawapiskat, Sault Ste. Marie, Peterborough and Moosonee.
The move came…
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Aboriginal youth that commit minor crimes in the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Treaty area now have a better option than facing criminal charges and jail.
On Nov. 16 a youth pre-charge diversion protocol was signed between the Nishnawbe Aski Legal Services Corporation (NALSC) and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).
The purpose of the protocol is to better facilitate…
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Aboriginal youth that commit minor crimes in the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Treaty area now have a better option than facing criminal charges and jail.
On Nov. 16 a youth pre-charge diversion protocol was signed between the Nishnawbe Aski Legal Services Corporation (NALSC) and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).
The purpose of the protocol is to better facilitate…
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The Metis Nation of Ontario (MNO) is heading back into the courts again with the government of Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) over Metis hunting and fishing rights.
A number of MNO harvesters have been charged with hunting infractions dating back to the time before the MNO and the province signed an interim agreement on harvesting in July 2004.
An…
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The Metis Nation of Ontario (MNO) is heading back into the courts again with the government of Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) over Metis hunting and fishing rights.
A number of MNO harvesters have been charged with hunting infractions dating back to the time before the MNO and the province signed an interim agreement on harvesting in July 2004.
An…
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A new scholarship program designed to provide financial assistance to Haudenosaunee people wanting to study at Syracuse University in New York State will be available to students on both sides of the Canada/U.S. border.
The Haudenosaunee Promise Scholarship program, announced by the university on Aug. 15, will provide financial assistance to qualifying students equal to…