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A decision by the Ontario provincial government to evacuate some residents of Kashechewan First Nation will help the community in the short term, but it still remains unclear when or if any long-term solutions will be offered up, and who will be doing the offering.

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First Nations online education ventures are emerging across the country, each with their own approaches to solving issues like geographic isolation, poor student performance and a lack of cultural diversity in standard education, and giving students more choices.

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First Nations online education ventures are emerging across the country, each with their own approaches to solving issues like geographic isolation, poor student performance and a lack of cultural diversity in standard education, and giving students more choices.

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Metis musicians, dancers, artists and storytellers will be gathering in Toronto from July 22 to 24 to take part in the Metis Arts Festival.

This is the second year for the festival, organized by Black Creek Pioneer Village and the Metis Artists Collective.

The event is a bilingual celebration of Metis people, featuring a mix of the traditional and the contemporary, with ballet and jazz finding their place alongside traditional Metis fiddling and jigging. The festival will also feature performances by First Nation dancers and Inuit throat singers.

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Metis musicians, dancers, artists and storytellers will be gathering in Toronto from July 22 to 24 to take part in the Metis Arts Festival.

This is the second year for the festival, organized by Black Creek Pioneer Village and the Metis Artists Collective.

The event is a bilingual celebration of Metis people, featuring a mix of the traditional and the contemporary, with ballet and jazz finding their place alongside traditional Metis fiddling and jigging. The festival will also feature performances by First Nation dancers and Inuit throat singers.

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Wunnumin Lake First Nation

June 21 was a time to celebrate for the people of Wunnumin Lake First Nation, who marked National Aboriginal Day by officially opening their new water treatment plant.

"We're pleased to see the completion of the plant, and an end to the boil water advisory which has been in effect in this community for the past three years," Wunnumin Lake Chief Archie Wabasse said of the opening of the plant. "Our residents can now look forward to a better standard of living."

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Wunnumin Lake First Nation

June 21 was a time to celebrate for the people of Wunnumin Lake First Nation, who marked National Aboriginal Day by officially opening their new water treatment plant.

"We're pleased to see the completion of the plant, and an end to the boil water advisory which has been in effect in this community for the past three years," Wunnumin Lake Chief Archie Wabasse said of the opening of the plant. "Our residents can now look forward to a better standard of living."

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"Sustainable housing is a big problem," said Mary Anne Shoefly, a social worker with Anishnawbe Health Toronto. She spoke at the recent Equity and Diversity Conference held in Toronto June 10 to 12.

Shoefly and colleague Walter Lindstone (Anishnawbe, Martin Clan) both work on Circle of Care, a new project at Anishnawbe Health Toronto to aid the Aboriginal people in the city who are homeless. They call Circle of Care a "taking it to the streets" approach.

June 6 was the official start date for the program, which took a couple of years to develop.

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"Sustainable housing is a big problem," said Mary Anne Shoefly, a social worker with Anishnawbe Health Toronto. She spoke at the recent Equity and Diversity Conference held in Toronto June 10 to 12.

Shoefly and colleague Walter Lindstone (Anishnawbe, Martin Clan) both work on Circle of Care, a new project at Anishnawbe Health Toronto to aid the Aboriginal people in the city who are homeless. They call Circle of Care a "taking it to the streets" approach.

June 6 was the official start date for the program, which took a couple of years to develop.

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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 party had a different way of doing business that the Dalton McGuinty Liberals could have adopted.