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23 novembre Treaties worth more than Gameshttp://www.timescolonist.com/business/Treaties+worth+more+than+Games/2250637/story.html British Columbians would be much better off if the provincial and federal governments had brought the same commitment to reaching treaties with B.C. First Nations as they did to getting ready for the 2010 Olympics. First Nations leaders connect with executives in SFU-partnered programNovember 19, 2009 The Leadership Exchange program, created by SFU’s Learning Strategies Group (LSG) in partnership with the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business (ICAB), is the first to pair aboriginal and non-aboriginal business leaders so that they can experience each other’s work and cultural environments. The goal: to develop deeper business relationships based on mutual respect and understanding.
Absence of treaties harming economy: reportCompleting them would benefit the province and first nations to the tune of billions of dollars, says B.C. Treaty Commission Aboriginals and prisons
Published On Sat Nov 21 2009 One in five inmates in a federal prison is aboriginal. For women, that figure rises to one in three. These are astonishingly high rates of incarceration given that aboriginal people account for just 4 per cent of Canada's adult population. A new report, commissioned by Canada's correctional services watchdog Howard Sapers, gives us a partial, and troubling, answer as to why aboriginals are so vastly overrepresented in prison. http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/728332--aboriginals-and-prisons
Skatin church to be upgraded
By Jesse Ferreras An antiquated church in the In-SHUCK-ch community of Skatin is getting a facelift, courtesy of the federal government. http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/pique/index.php?cat=C_News&content=Skatin+church+1647 Nisga'a approve historic land use law
B.C. first nation allows its members to own, mortgage and re-sell individual parcels of treaty land First Nations applaud fishing rulingPublished: November 18, 2009 3:00 PM The Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group’s chief negotiator is cautiously optimistic about what a court ruling on aboriginal fishing rights could spell for local treaty talks. http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_central/nanaimonewsbulletin/news/70414042.html 27 ottobre First Nations members cautious about flu vaccine
Last Updated: Monday, October 26, 2009 | 6:17 PM CT Members of Manitoba's Garden Hill First Nation lined up at to receive H1N1 vaccinations on Monday. (CBC) Not all residents of an isolated Manitoba First Nations community hit hard by the first wave of the H1N1 flu are eager to be vaccinated against an expected second outbreak of the virus. One person living on the Garden Hill First Nation died after swine flu emerged in the spring, and 50 other cases of the virus were confirmed in the Island Lake region that includes the reserve. Leaders have estimated that hundreds more people may have contracted H1N1. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/10/26/man-h1n1-garden-hill.html Local treaty committees cutAboriginal Relations Minister George Abbott Black Press By Tom Fletcher - BC Local News Published: October 26, 2009 2:00 PM Local government treaty advisory committees have taken a cut along with many other non-core services in the provincial government, says Aboriginal Relations Minister George Abbott. Flu vaccine rolls out in B.C. as second wave of H1N1 moves towards peak
(CP) – 1 day ago VANCOUVER, B.C. — Prescriptions for antiviral drugs to combat the H1N1 flu have been flying off British Columbia pharmacy shelves for weeks and starting Monday there will finally be a new tool to fight the flu in the province. The H1N1 vaccine begins a slow rollout with only the most vulnerable able to stand in line. Provincial medical health officer Dr. Perry Kendall said the province is about four weeks deep into it's second wave of the H1N1 flu. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gcu7QCjAuf9Cp1Nw9ToP3LoA68aw B.C. First Nation blames federal government for slow and costly treaty process
By Terri Theodore (CP) – 1 day ago VANCOUVER, B.C. — When Roy Francis talks about the 70 kilometres of British Columbia waterfront land that could soon be owned by the Tla'amin First Nation his voice fills with pride. "It's a jewel," he said of property near the Powell River, B.C. "It's incredible." But his voice hardens when he talks of the treaty process to get the land and federal government foot-dragging that has cost the tiny First Nation of just 1,000 people more than $2 million in the past two years. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gS3-ZEeaQGlkda8J0SnHibY-tr2w Web Extra: Treaty groups and government need to wrap things upLadysmith Chronicle Text By Stephen Thomson - Ladysmith Chronicle Published: October 23, 2009 3:00 PM Updated: October 23, 2009 3:19 PM The lead negotiator for an alliance of local First Nation groups says he supports a call for the provincial and federal governments to focus more on reaching agreement at B.C. treaty tables. http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_central/ladysmithchronicle/news/65850667.html Native knitters investigated, B.C. MLA saysLast Updated: Thursday, October 22, 2009 | 8:17 PM PT Cowichan native knitters were upset when they saw the sweater design worn by the woman in this photo. (CBC) On a day when Vancouver's police chief insisted his officers would not act with a heavy hand against Olympic protesters, B.C.'s solicitor general was having to field questions about how heavily Olympic security personnel have dealt with a group of First Nations knitters. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/10/22/bc-cowichan-sweater-rcmp.html 21 ottobre The Chilcotin War isn’t over yetCaledonia Courier
Please bear with me, dear reader, for another walk through the dark forest of aboriginal rights. I promise you news and a ray of light on the far horizon. First, the trail so far. Regular readers will be aware of the relentless march of aboriginal title cases through Canada’s highest courts. Each victory seems to lead to another, more sweeping lawsuit, lending more weight to the claim made by some, including NDP leader Carole James, that most of B.C. is “stolen land.” Man. First Nations ramp up H1N1 responseLast Updated: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 | 7:23 PM CT Manitoba First Nations communities have kicked their preparations for a fall outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus into high gear. An incident commander has been appointed for all provincial First Nations communities, and about half have completed an emergency response plan, Glen Sanderson of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs told CBC News on Tuesday. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/10/20/201009-first-nations-prep-h1n1.html Squamish First Nation puts Olympic pooh-bahs on the spotBy Miro Cernetig, Vancouver SunOctober 19, 2009
Whatever you think of the Squamish First Nation's leaders erecting massive billboards in front of some of the West Coast's iconic vistas -- and I think it's sheer greed -- you have to give them this. When it comes to hard-nosed business, it plays the angles with the best of them. 20 ottobre Vancouver 2010 names six Aboriginal flame attendants, torchbearers and honorary elder fire keepers for Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch RelayVANCOUVER, Oct. 19 /CNW/ - Meagan Big Snake, a talented Siksika hockey player from Alberta, will use her athletic prowess and community spirit in the job of a lifetime this winter - running with the Olympic Flame as its guide and protector to ensure it keeps burning bright on its cross-Canada journey, starting in just 11 days in Victoria, BC. http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/19/c7927.html 16 ottobre Canada likely to face criticism over first nationsBy Miro Cernetig, Vancouver SunOctober 15, 2009
Canada's aboriginal fact is now literally etched into Vancouver's Winter Olympics for the world to see. The raven and orca, the timeless motifs of West Coast aboriginal culture, are the background of the Games' gold, silver and bronze medals unveiled Thursday. British Columbia's first peoples, who lived here thousands of years before Europeans arrived and largely avoided treaties signing away their lands, are in fact woven into the fabric of the 2010 Olympics as never before. Winnipeg first stop for residential schools commissionBy Jorge Barrera, Canwest News ServiceOctober 14, 2009
Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA — The commission created to delve into the dark history of Indian residential schools in Canada plans to make Winnipeg the first stop on a cross-country, five-year journey, commission chairman Murray Sinclair said Thursday during an emotional ceremony in Ottawa at Rideau Hall. First Nation approves controversial TV-like billboards for scenic B.C. localsBy Terri Theodore (CP) – 22 hours ago VANCOUVER, B.C. — A controversial business move by a Vancouver-area First Nation has put it at odds with residents who say they've become unlikely defenders of the environment against the aboriginal group. Squamish First Nations chiefs and councillors gave final approval Thursday to erect six TV-like electronic billboards, each the size of a city bus, on its property in some of the most scenic areas of British Columbia. Depending on whose opinion you listen to, the billboards are either a traffic hazard and a blight on B.C. scenery or a financial fix for a struggling First Nation. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jYohHhUwMyykbD8ax5fyf1e_y66g |
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