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Ontario gearing up for Aboriginal summer games

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Aboriginal athletes from across Ontario will be gathering in Sudbury for four days in July to compete in the second annual Ontario Aboriginal Summer Games.

While last year's games focused only on track and field competition, two new sports-basketball and TaeKwonDo- have been added to the roster for this year's event, taking place July 14 to 17.

The Ontario games are the brainchild of Ontario Aboriginal Sport Circle (OASC) executive director Shelly Burnham-Shognosh. The OASC is the provincial voice for Aboriginal sports.

Ontario gearing up for Aboriginal summer games

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Aboriginal athletes from across Ontario will be gathering in Sudbury for four days in July to compete in the second annual Ontario Aboriginal Summer Games.

While last year's games focused only on track and field competition, two new sports-basketball and TaeKwonDo- have been added to the roster for this year's event, taking place July 14 to 17.

The Ontario games are the brainchild of Ontario Aboriginal Sport Circle (OASC) executive director Shelly Burnham-Shognosh. The OASC is the provincial voice for Aboriginal sports.

AFN regional chief resigns

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The chemistry of the executive board of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) will change in June, now that Ontario Regional Chief Charles Fox has submitted his resignation.

Fox's resignation will be effective as of the Chiefs of Ontario annual meeting to be held in Eagle Lake First Nation near Dryden from June 14 to 16. His successor will be chosen at that meeting.

The regional chief occupies the influential Ontario seat on the 10-member AFN executive board. A long list of potential replacements for Fox is being discussed in First Nation political circles.

AFN regional chief resigns

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The chemistry of the executive board of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) will change in June, now that Ontario Regional Chief Charles Fox has submitted his resignation.

Fox's resignation will be effective as of the Chiefs of Ontario annual meeting to be held in Eagle Lake First Nation near Dryden from June 14 to 16. His successor will be chosen at that meeting.

The regional chief occupies the influential Ontario seat on the 10-member AFN executive board. A long list of potential replacements for Fox is being discussed in First Nation political circles.

Tom Hill says his goodbyes at 30th annual art show

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Sunday, May 8 marked both an artistic milestone and the end of an era fueled by the artistic passion of Tom Hill at the Woodland Cultural Centre (WCC) in Brantford. First Nations Art celebrated its 30th annual showing and Hill launched his final art show before retiring from the position of museum director.

This year's exhibition includes 76 works of art by 45 artists. Mixed media, sculpture, beading, fibre art, soapstone carvings, photographs, paintings and pottery were all represented in the exhibition.