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The Georgina Island Day School was presented the "Young Heritage Leaders" certificate in achievement for their participation in planting more than 2,500 white pine trees on Georgina Island.

The children started by planting 1,000 white pine trees in 2000, then another 1,500 in 2002, reviving the forest that burned down on the island many years ago.

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If you aspire to a job in the media-whether magazine, radio, or TV-an event billed "Making It" was the latest must-do event for you. Billed as a creative summit, Making It more than lived up to its name.

On May 22 and 23, hopeful young journalists, producers and filmmakers crowded into the Colony Hotel in downtown Toronto to hear experienced media reps share their stories.

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Naomi Sayers of Garden River First Nation has earned the Silver award at the E-Spirit Business Plan Competition held in Halifax May 16. Sponsored by the Business Development Bank of Canada, the annual Internet-based competition encourages Aboriginal young people in grades 10 to 12 to experience entrepreneurship through hands-on learning.

Sayers' business concept, Etcetera Event Planning, provides special occasion planning services for both families and businesses.

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Connie Perron's $400-million claim against the federal government for rights lost as a result of Bill C-31 was restructured by an Ontario court judge.

The details of Ontario Court Justice Colin Campbell's decision were released May 9.

Perron and her lawyer, Mary Ebert, were seeking to have the case certified as a class action, so that all people who allege their Aboriginal and human rights were violated by the Department of Indian Affairs' membership regulations could seek compensation. Primarily affected are First Nation women and their children.

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Aboriginal students from Northern Ontario may soon be able to complete their medical education without moving far from home, thanks to plans for a new medical school in the area.

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On May 30, Native Earth Performing Arts-Canada's oldest professional Aboriginal theatre company-celebrated its twentieth birthday with "Best of," a fundraising evening featuring scenes from Native Earth's best-known plays, as well as a book launch. The celebration took place at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. A silent auction of donated packages and First Nations' artwork was also held.

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It was both one of the proudest and one of the saddest moments of Berdina Johnston's life.

Fighting back tears, the usually reticent Ojibway woman stood before a crowd of about 100 people at the dedication to the memory of her sister Rose Nadjiwon at the M'Wikwedong Native Cultural Resource Centre in Owen Sound.

The occasion was the dedication of a building on the east side of the Georgian Bay community of Owen Sound.

The community had rented it for a few years and now they own it.

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As part of the Liberal government's strategy to privatize public services, the Haida at the northern end of Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) have been awarded a contract to manage a provincial park.

The Haida were chosen from among four finalists applying for the contract.

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The sun shone almost as brightly as did the entertainers during a First Nations theme day at the 26th annual Vancouver International Children's Festival, which took place May 26 to June 1.

Festival publicist Ellie O'Day said of the May 29 First Nations Day, "We honour the site we're on. It's old territorial land here on the inlet."

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The legal hot water in which the Haida Bucks restaurant in Massett found itself two months ago appears to be simmering still.

Haida Bucks was told by the Starbucks coffee chain to change its name, because of alleged trademark infringement, but so far the tiny eatery has refused to comply.

One of the four co-owners of Haida Bucks is Darin Swanson.