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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.

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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 neighbours in cottage country in early May.

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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 neighbours in cottage country in early May.

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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 Councils of Manitoulin (UCCM) since 2001. The 28-year-old father of three is dedicated to promoting positive-decision making for young people age 12 to 25.

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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 Councils of Manitoulin (UCCM) since 2001. The 28-year-old father of three is dedicated to promoting positive-decision making for young people age 12 to 25.

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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 Working Group, which is co-ordinating the run, considers youth to be 29 and under. In order to participate in the event, children 16 and under are required to have a chaperone with them.

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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 Working Group, which is co-ordinating the run, considers youth to be 29 and under. In order to participate in the event, children 16 and under are required to have a chaperone with them.

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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 likely to pull over a black person, and 1.4 times more likely to pull over an Aboriginal person, than a member of the white race.

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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 likely to pull over a black person, and 1.4 times more likely to pull over an Aboriginal person, than a member of the white race.

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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 First Nation, located near Massey, for the past 11 years and has served as a band councillor for six years.