The Toronto Star reports that the Assembly of First Nations exchanged information about protests with the Mounties and provincial police and developed common stances leading up to a national Aboriginal day of action in the summer of 2007.

Canadian Rangers Corporal Donald Anguyoak died in a snowmobile accident during a training exercise near Gjoa Haven, Nunavut on Feb. 17. The member of Canada’s Arctic reserve force was on a military exercise intended to monitor snow and ice conditions in the Northwest Passage. “This is a stark reminder of the very real dangers that the Canadian Rangers and other members of the Canadian Armed Forces face regularly while promoting national security and exercising sovereignty in our harsh northern territories,” said Prime Minister Stephen Harper upon hearing news of Anuyoak’s death.

The 82nd session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) began Feb. 18 in Geneva, Switzerland. The CERD is considering a submission from the International Indian Treaty Council and the Mushkegowuk People of Attawapiskat First Nation. They had filed an Early Warning Action the previous week.

Writing and performing in Chocolate Woman Dreams the Milky Way was a journey of discovery for Monique Mojica, actor and playwright. Mojica is descended from the Guna people of Panama and the Rappahannock of Virginia and currently lives in Toronto. She performs in the play together with her mother, Gloria Miguel, a founding member of New York’s Spiderwoman Theatre.

The Ministry for Children and Family Development failed in its dealings with an 11-year-old Aboriginal boy with complex care and rage issues, reads a report released Feb. 7 by B.C. Children’s Representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafonde about a tasering incident in the province’s north.

The report, entitled “Who Protected Him? How B.C.’s Child Welfare System Failed One Of Its Most Vulnerable Children” is a result of an in-depth investigation into what Turpel-Lafonde calls a “disturbing case” of a boy who has suffered a lifetime of abuse and neglect.

Perhaps one day organizers of the Little NHL Tournament will want to consider changing its moniker.

That’s because the event—officially the Little Native Hockey League Tournament—is not quite so little anymore.

A tournament record of 153 clubs will participate at the 42nd annual running of the event, scheduled for March 11 to 14.

That’s a far cry from the 17 squads that took part in the inaugural tournament in Little Current, Ont.