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Established in 1983 to serve the needs of northern Alberta, Windspeaker became a national newspaper on its 10th anniversary in 1993.
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It took barely 10 minutes on Jan. 26 for the nine justices of the Supreme Court of Canada to decide they would not revisit the conviction of the Ontario Provincial Police officer who shot and killed Ipperwash protester Dudley George in September 1995.
"This appeal comes to us as of right," said Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin for the court. "Assuming without deciding that…
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The door is wide open for the federal government to use the police to further political agendas in Canada, say opposition members and at least one former RCMP investigator.
Questions about how the Royal Canadian Mounted Police force deals with the federal government have been raised in the House of Commons and elsewhere recently, as Progressive Conservative leader Joe…
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The door is wide open for the federal government to use the police to further political agendas in Canada, say opposition members and at least one former RCMP investigator.
Questions about how the Royal Canadian Mounted Police force deals with the federal government have been raised in the House of Commons and elsewhere recently, as Progressive Conservative leader Joe…
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The national chief believes he can take control of the agenda when it comes to modernizing the Indian Act because his organization has a much better understanding of what First Nations need than does the Department of Indian Affairs.
Bob Nault, the minister of Indian Affairs, announced in a series of media interviews over a month ago that he wants to introduce a First…
National Chief Matthew Coon Come reports the Atlantic chiefs are willing to reserve judgement on the recently announced treaty process in Atlantic Canada.
It was revealing, he said, that it took a year-and-a-half for the federal government to come up with a forum for discussing how to react when the Supreme Court says a policy is legally wrong - which is essentially what happened in the…
National Chief Matthew Coon Come reports the Atlantic chiefs are willing to reserve judgement on the recently announced treaty process in Atlantic Canada.
It was revealing, he said, that it took a year-and-a-half for the federal government to come up with a forum for discussing how to react when the Supreme Court says a policy is legally wrong - which is essentially what happened in the…
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In the upcoming weeks and months you may be hearing a lot about the Metis, as a landmark court case known as R v. Powley was heard by the Ontario Court of Appeal, Jan. 10 to 12.
The facts in the case are clear: two Metis hunters, Steve and Roddy Powley (father and son), shot a bull moose for their winter harvest near Sault Ste Marie in October 1993. The Powleys tagged…
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In the upcoming weeks and months you may be hearing a lot about the Metis, as a landmark court case known as R v. Powley was heard by the Ontario Court of Appeal, Jan. 10 to 12.
The facts in the case are clear: two Metis hunters, Steve and Roddy Powley (father and son), shot a bull moose for their winter harvest near Sault Ste Marie in October 1993. The Powleys tagged…
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While admitting that part of the city of Sarnia is on land improperly carved away from the Chippewas of Sarnia's reserve, the Ontario court of appeals still rejected the First Nation's claim that it still holds title to the land.
Legal observers say the final decision was not much in question in that case, even before the trial that produced the appeal. Everyone was…
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While admitting that part of the city of Sarnia is on land improperly carved away from the Chippewas of Sarnia's reserve, the Ontario court of appeals still rejected the First Nation's claim that it still holds title to the land.
Legal observers say the final decision was not much in question in that case, even before the trial that produced the appeal. Everyone was…
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An Ontario Court of Appeals decision, with potentially far-reaching implications for land claim lawsuits in all parts of the country, will be appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada.
The five-member Ontario appeals court ruled the Chippewas of Sarnia are not the legal owners of land that is now part of the city of Sarnia, despite the fact the Chippewas never surrendered…
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An Ontario Court of Appeals decision, with potentially far-reaching implications for land claim lawsuits in all parts of the country, will be appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada.
The five-member Ontario appeals court ruled the Chippewas of Sarnia are not the legal owners of land that is now part of the city of Sarnia, despite the fact the Chippewas never surrendered…
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Robert Nault, the minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, let it be known in mid-January that an idea he has been pondering since his appointment 18 months ago has now been moved onto the front burner.
"This last week I announced that we are now, as a department, in full blown review of the Indian Act with the intention of bringing in a First Nations governance act as…
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Robert Nault, the minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, let it be known in mid-January that an idea he has been pondering since his appointment 18 months ago has now been moved onto the front burner.
"This last week I announced that we are now, as a department, in full blown review of the Indian Act with the intention of bringing in a First Nations governance act as…
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Leonard Peltier's name was not on the final list of people who were granted executive clemency by out-going President Bill Clinton. Peltier has been imprisoned, some insist wrongly, for the killing of two FBI agents in the 1970s, shot during the desperate days of violence on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
In all, Clinton announced 140 pardons and 36…