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"I'm every woman," sings one of the characters in Marie Clement's play, The Unnatural and Accidental Women. The play, which opened in Toronto Nov. 18 and ran until Dec. 5, is based on a true story and takes place in Vancouver's downtown east side.
Clement shows us the last days in the lives of several women who were lured to their deaths by Gilbert Paul Jordan..Plying…
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Accompanied by the beat of a hand drum, the unfaltering voice of Karen Manitowabi filled the halls of Wasse-abin high school Nov. 17. The Odawa poet from Manitoulin Island allowed the drum and her song to convey a personal journey to forgiveness and self-acceptance.
"I'm really happy," she told well wishers assembled in the Wikwemikong public library, which is located in…
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It may have been the rock groups that scooped up the lion's share of the awards going at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards show Nov. 26 in Toronto, but it was the traditional group performances that rocked the audience that evening.
Alberta's Grammy-award winning Northern Cree Singers blew the roof off the John Bassett Theatre with a brilliant performance of two songs,…
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December 1 was a time to celebrate the achievements of Aboriginal entrepreneurs and organizations during the 14th annual Nishnawbe Aski Nation Business Awards handed out in Timmins.
This year's Youth Award was presented to Stan Kapanshesit, a member of the Moose Cree First Nation who co-owns and operates Solstice Productions. Along with partner Jay Monture, Kapanshesit…
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More than 200 people packed the lobby of the Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts on Nov. 13 as four inductees including Six Nations actor, publisher and philanthropist Gary Farmer were added to the prestigious list of names gracing the Brantford Walk of Fame. Farmer was recognized along with former elite hockey player Wayne Gretzky; film producer, director and writer Linda…
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In an announcement by Indian Affairs Minister Andy Scott, the National Aboriginal Veterans Association will receive $100,000.
Of the funding, $50,000 will go towards the completion of the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument in Ottawa. Four bronze panels depicting the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and peacekeeping will be set into the monument granite base…
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Just under 16 per cent of Canadian children-more than one million-live in poverty. Among Aboriginal children living off-reserve, that percentage jumps to 40 per cent. These staggering figures are only part of the story told by a recent report by Campaign 2000, a non-partisan organization formed in 1991 to build public awareness and support in the fight to eliminate child poverty…
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While ruling that a lawsuit launched by former Ontario residential school students could proceed as a class action, a panel of three Ontario appellate court judges vehemently discarded arguments that the federal government's alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process would be a better way to settle the dispute.
Justice Stephen Goudge, a former lecturer in both labour…
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"It's an exciting project," the new president of SEM Resort Ltd. said about the joint venture corporation that recently rescued the financially foundering St. Eugene Mission Resort to turn it into a top-rung tourist draw.
Daniel Shilling, understandably, does not want to dwell on past "management problems and cost over-runs." He sees great opportunities for this resort…
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Nishnawbe Aski Nation hosted its Keewaywin Awards ceremony at a Celebration of Youth banquet held at the annual Chiefs' Assembly this year on Nov. 3.
"These annual awards give Nishnawbe Aski Nation an opportunity to give back to our communities," said Grand Chief Stan Beardy. "It is very exciting for us to recognize and acknowledge the important achievements of our people…
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In Paul Chaput's second CD, Old Lovers, the Metis musician really lets his roots shine through in a lot of his songs.
Chaput, who has been performing for more than 30 years, expresses harmony between men and women, between people and Mother Nature and between the instruments he and his accompanists play.
The opening track, Rosie, really shows what 30 years of…
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A unique collaboration between a First Nation theatre troupe and a Toronto repertory company is allowing northern Ontario students to view William Shakespeare in a new way.
From Oct. 12 to 24, Wikwemikong's De-ba-jeh-mu-jig Theatre Group hosted representatives from Toronto's Soulpepper troupe. During the artists' exchange, the actors travelled to elementary and high…
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Georgina Beyer, Labour MP from Wairarapa, New Zealand, received a standing ovation at her first speaking engagement in Canada.
Beyer, who spoke at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto on Oct. 20, has won recognition internationally as a leader in the Aboriginal and the transgender communities.
She is the first Maori to be elected to Carterton District Council in…
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Now that the federal court as ruled that off-reserve Aboriginal people have been discriminated against when it comes to skills and training funding, what has the federal government done to remedy that discrimination?
Pit on-reserve people against off-reserve people in a scrap over money, say two women associated with a Toronto Aboriginal employment and training agency.…