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First Nation fishermen and their non-Native employees are being charged or threatened with charges because the Ontario government's Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is operating under a policy that gives enforcement officers too much discretion, provincial NDP leader Howard Hampton said.
A former minister of Natural Resources in the Bob Rae government, Hampton said his…
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First Nation fishermen and their non-Native employees are being charged or threatened with charges because the Ontario government's Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is operating under a policy that gives enforcement officers too much discretion, provincial NDP leader Howard Hampton said.
A former minister of Natural Resources in the Bob Rae government, Hampton said his…
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The owner of a small First Nations company has brought high-speed Internet to cottage country to ensure that his people can share in an increasingly electronic world.
"We're bringing Wahta to the world,'' said Bill Hay, whose company Indigiinet Corp. began installing wireless broadband Internet service to homes and businesses on this tiny Muskoka reserve and to their…
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The owner of a small First Nations company has brought high-speed Internet to cottage country to ensure that his people can share in an increasingly electronic world.
"We're bringing Wahta to the world,'' said Bill Hay, whose company Indigiinet Corp. began installing wireless broadband Internet service to homes and businesses on this tiny Muskoka reserve and to their…
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When Allan Syrette moved his family back to his home community of Batchewana First Nation after a lengthy absence, he wanted to do something to help his then 15-year-old son Tyler keep busy and out of trouble. Tyler told his father that he liked basketball, and thought it would be great if there were somewhere he could play. Syrette made arrangements to use the gym at the…
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A Manitoulin Island youth justice worker has been commended for his outstanding community involvement.
Eli Fox of M'Chigeeng First Nation received a Scotiabank Anishinabek Youth Achievement Award, a new award handed out by the Anishinabek Nation for the first time this year
Fox, Zoongaabwe-od Eshniiig-jik program manager, has worked for the United Chiefs and…
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A Manitoulin Island youth justice worker has been commended for his outstanding community involvement.
Eli Fox of M'Chigeeng First Nation received a Scotiabank Anishinabek Youth Achievement Award, a new award handed out by the Anishinabek Nation for the first time this year
Fox, Zoongaabwe-od Eshniiig-jik program manager, has worked for the United Chiefs and…
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A group of Indigenous youth are planning to run thousands of miles to retrace their ancestors' footsteps while at the same time praying for healing and unity among their people.
Everyone is encouraged to join the Spirit of the Youth Run for Unity 2005, which will take place from July 24 to Aug. 5, but the focus is on participation by youth.
The Spirit of the Youth…
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A group of Indigenous youth are planning to run thousands of miles to retrace their ancestors' footsteps while at the same time praying for healing and unity among their people.
Everyone is encouraged to join the Spirit of the Youth Run for Unity 2005, which will take place from July 24 to Aug. 5, but the focus is on participation by youth.
The Spirit of the Youth…
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The first study in Canada of racial profiling by a police service has turned up results showing what Aboriginal people have thought all along-police target Native people.
Scot Wortley, a professor with the University of Toronto criminology department, headed up a study done on the Kingston police department. Released in May, the study found that police were 3.7 times more…
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The first study in Canada of racial profiling by a police service has turned up results showing what Aboriginal people have thought all along-police target Native people.
Scot Wortley, a professor with the University of Toronto criminology department, headed up a study done on the Kingston police department. Released in May, the study found that police were 3.7 times more…
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Ontario now has a new regional chief.
Angus Toulouse of Sagamok Anishinabek First Nation was elected to the position in a traditional standing vote during a Chiefs of Ontario meeting held on Eagle Lake First Nation on June 14. He replaces outgoing regional chief Charles Fox who announced his plans to resign in May.
Toulouse has been chief of the Sagamok Anishinabek…
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Even though there has been explosive testimony coming out of the Ipperwash Inquiry over the last few months, the leader of Ontario's New Democratic Party still believes the most interesting material is yet to come.
Howard Hampton is a veteran of Ontario provincial politics. His party had just been pushed into opposition by the Mike Harris Conservatives' "Common Sense…
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Even though there has been explosive testimony coming out of the Ipperwash Inquiry over the last few months, the leader of Ontario's New Democratic Party still believes the most interesting material is yet to come.
Howard Hampton is a veteran of Ontario provincial politics. His party had just been pushed into opposition by the Mike Harris Conservatives' "Common Sense…
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The Ontario Metis Aboriginal Association (OMAA) has lost a bid to try and get constitutionally-protected Metis hunting and fishing rights recognized for its members.
In an order handed down on June 17 in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Justice I.S. McMillan ruled that the OMAA application "does not constitute a matter in which this court should exercise its…