Archive for category Aboriginals
Ignatieff outlines Liberal priorities in open letter to Harper
Posted by sitemaster in Aboriginals, Accountability, Canadian Armed Forces, Crime & Safety, Democracy, Employment, Energy, Environment, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Human Rights, Justice, Pensions, The Economy on February 17, 2010
Please click here to read Michael Ignatieff’s open letter to Stephen Harper, dated February 15, 2010.
Missing women’s initiative in limbo as memorial marches approach
Posted by sitemaster in Aboriginals, Crime & Safety, Women's Rights on February 13, 2010
BY MIA RABSON, WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, February 13, 2010
OTTAWA — Missing and murdered women in Canada will be remembered Sunday in memorial marches across the country.
But the occasion may also become a memorial for a government-funded research project that put a spotlight on the hundreds of aboriginal women who have gone missing or were murdered in this country. Read on »
‘We don’t want a second Oka crisis’
Posted by sitemaster in Aboriginals on January 26, 2010
BY KATHERINE WILTON, THE GAZETTE – JANUARY 26, 2010
The Mohawks of Kanesatake called on the federal government yesterday to return to the negotiating table to settle a long-standing land claim, a section of which is slated for development in the heart of Mohawk territory.
With a developer planning to build three luxury houses across the highway from “the Pines” – a tree-covered land adjacent to an aboriginal burial ground – the council wants talks to resume as soon as possible, Kanesatake Grand Chief Sohenrise Paul Nicholas said. Read on »
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