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Truth & Reconciliation | Posted May 18 2012

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:04:14 +1700

Truth & Reconciliation

Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission...
Inuvik: No Truth, Damn Little Reconciliation

~ Bill Annett

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It's still a shock sometimes, after all these 20 years since the truth of Canada's colonial past hit the fan, to realize the incredible gulf between the official line, the story most Canadians still swallow, and the reality of our history, which still plays out today. More than 70 years ago, Hugh MacLennan wrote a novel called “Two Solitudes,” depicting the separation between two founding nations. Hugh, baby, you didn't understand the half of it - you replicated our story since Cartier and Cabot, but you left out the real founding nation....

For full article read here:
http://whispernthunder.org/Truth___Reconciliation_3HTR.html
Whisper n Thunder

May 19th, SLAVE LAKE, AB Honoring the Fire Round Dance | Posted May 18 2012

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:56:02 +1700

SLAVE LAKE, AB **Honoring the Fire Round Dance** Saturday May 19, 2012

Event for ALBERTA & SASKATCHEWAN ROUND DANCE AND POW WOW LISTINGS · By Jenn Cardinal

Saturday
17:00 in UTC-06

Slave Lake, AB @ the Field House

HONOURING FIRE Mother Earth has gifted Fire to her children to provide warmth and energy. The gift of Fire is believed to be the giver of new life and is often associated with fertility. Fire is the element that requires the utmost care and attention since it can bring new life and take life away. Fire can devastate land during times of drought but can also provide a natural cleansing of Mother Earth. The element of fire provides the gifts of all sources of energy to her children.

Sawridge First Nation & Tri Council Area welcomes everyone to the "Honoring the Fire" Round Dance
Pipe Ceremony @ 5pm
Feast @ 6pm
Round Dance to Follow
Drummers Paid
Those who were impacted by the fire are encouraged to come heal through Drum & Song
For Info contact 780.843.6917

Tories shut down ‘groundbreaking’ freshwater research station | May 17 2012

Thu, 17 May 2012 22:09:19 +1700

Tories shut down ‘groundbreaking’ freshwater research station

ANNE McILROY
OTTAWA— Globe and Mail Update
Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:34PM EDT

The federal government is closing a research station scientists have used for decades to study how pollutants like acid rain and phosphates affect lakes....

For full article read here:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/p ... h-station/article2436094/
The Globe and Mail

Surprise! Trio of ministers shows up unexpectedly for environment hearings | May 17 2012

Thu, 17 May 2012 21:08:10 +1700

The Canadian Press - ONLINE EDITION

Surprise! Trio of ministers shows up unexpectedly for environment hearings

By: Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press

Posted: 2:32 PM | Comments: 0 (including replies)

OTTAWA - Three cabinet ministers made a surprise appearance at the subcommittee looking into the environment provisions in the government's massive budget bill — raising questions about the Conservatives' commitment to giving the bill a full hearing.

Environment Minister Peter Kent, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver and Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield popped up at the subcommittee hearing Thursday morning, without advance public notice.

They stayed for just over an hour, delivering prepared statements and taking MPs' questions.

It was the subcommittee's first hearing into the parts of the bill that will overhaul environmental assessments and change surveillance of fisheries.

Opposition members complained they were given little opportunity to grill the ministers over fundamental changes to Canada's environmental framework, and accused the Conservatives of trying to stifle debate.

The Conservatives have loaded the budget bill with dozens of major changes to the way government works, saying they are lumping them all together because they want to get the legislation passed quickly.

Letter: Proposed Gas Pipelines will not be Allowed to be Constructed on Unceded Wet'suwet'en Territories | May 17 2012

Thu, 17 May 2012 20:30:30 +1700

NEWS RELEASE about Peace/WarIndigenousDirect Action posted on May 17, 2012 by dawn

Letter: Proposed Gas Pipelines will not be Allowed to be Constructed on Unceded Wet'suwet'en Territories

"We will stop them at our traditional boundary lines and prevent them from proceeding with plans on our territories"

by Hereditary Chief Toghestiy of the Likhts'amisyu Clan

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Camp in the right of way of the proposed PTP natural gas line // Dawn Paley

This is in response to Gordon Hamilton's article in the Vancouver Sun, which was published on May 15, 2012. We feel it is important to let you know that the proposed Pacific Trails Pipeline (PTP) project will not be allowed to be constructed on unceded Wet'suwet'en territories. We will stop them at our traditional boundary lines and prevent them from proceeding with plans on our territories.

These are our reasons:....

For full article read here:
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/10939
Vancouver Media Coop

Indigenous protecting Arctic expose Shell as corporate criminal | May 17 2012

Thu, 17 May 2012 19:29:41 +1700

Indigenous protecting Arctic expose Shell as corporate criminal

Posted by Brenda Norrell - May 17, 2012 at 1:49 pm

Indigenous launch campaign in London to protect the Arctic and expose Shell as a corporate criminal

By Brenda Norrell

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Photo: Alaska's Big Village Network

As Shell goes to extreme measures to halt Greenpeace protests to protect the Arctic, Indigenous Peoples have launched their own campaign to halt Shell’s dirty energy projects and its targeted destruction of the Arctic....

For full article read here:
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/note ... -shell-corporate-criminal
Narcosphere

FEDERAL HEALTH FUNDING CUTS WILL BE DISASTROUS IN THE LONG TERM | Posted May 17 2012

Thu, 17 May 2012 19:17:15 +1700

FEDERAL HEALTH FUNDING CUTS WILL BE DISASTROUS IN THE LONG TERM

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For Immediate Release:

May 11, 2012

London, ON – The Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI) urges the Federal government to reconsider the cuts being made to the Indigenous Peoples in the areas of health.

While the AIAI can appreciate the economic climate and the current focus on austerity by the Government of Canada, it is outraged that the government would target one of the poorest populations to achieve this goal.

The government continues to make unilateral decisions that have significant impacts on the health status of Indigenous Peoples. This is evident in the funding cuts to the national organization of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and to regional organizations such as the AIAI.

In essence, the cuts will discourage health care services and programs from taking a preventative and coordinated approach to addressing Indigenous health issues.

The gap in health status between Canadians and Indigenous Peoples will only widen with the elimination of direct and in-direct health care services. While planned health cuts will result in small immediate savings, long term health care costs will far outweigh any short term benefits.

Since Health Canada is possibly the largest federal department, it is surprising they are unable to absorb the budget reductions internally.

A letter has been sent to the Federal Minister of Health, Leona Aglukkaq formally requesting that funding be re-instated to the respective areas and calling for a stop of further reductions to the regions.

Grand Chief Denise Stonefish cautioned, “Any health funding cuts to Indigenous communities or organizations will result in disastrous long term consequences.” In a time when the Indigenous population is already at an extremely disadvantaged health status on a daily basis, the government would be wise to heed the warning.

The AIAI is mandated as a political territorial organization to defend and enhance the Indigenous and Treaty rights of its eight member First Nations. Visit them online at www.aiai.on.ca , https://twitter.com/#!/aiai_comms , www.facebook.com/aiai.pto , www.youtube.com/user/AIAIAdmin .

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For more information, please contact: John Jones, Communications Coordinator - AIAI at 519-434-2761 or jjones@aiai.on.ca .

June 01 2012, Shout Out Against Mining Injustice - Public Forum | Posted May 17 2012

Thu, 17 May 2012 19:08:31 +1700

Shout Out Against Mining Injustice - Public Forum

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PUBLIC FORUM: Friday, June 1 from 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph Street, Vancouver, B.C.

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Program starts at 7:00 p.m.
Admission to the public forum is a suggested donation of $20, or what you can afford. All donations will be used to help offset conference costs.

Performance by Mark Berube, Singer/Songwriter, Montreal, Quebec

Also:
- Rodolfo Arteaga, member, Comité Regional Ambientalista, Valle de Siria, Honduras
- Chief Marilyn Baptiste, Chief, Xeni Gwet'in First Nation, Tsilhqot’in National Government
- Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, Council of Canadians
- Leovigildo Vázquez Sánchez, member, Coordinadora de Pueblos Unidos del Valle de Ocotlan(CPUVO), México

RCMP conducted five-month national security probe into leaked F-35 story | May 17 2012

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:58:59 +1700

Canada

The Canadian Press - ONLINE EDITION

RCMP conducted five-month national security probe into leaked F-35 story

By: Murray Brewster and Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press

Posted: 05/16/2012 4:16 PM | Comments: 16 (including replies) | Last Modified: 05/16/2012 4:54 PM

OTTAWA - The Harper government called in the RCMP to investigate a politically embarrassing story involving the decision to sole-source the purchase of the F-35 stealth fighter, claiming it was a breach of national security, The Canadian Press has learned.

The Mounties conducted a five-month review into an alleged leak of cabinet documents under the Security of Information Act, recently used to charge a naval intelligence officer in an apparent spy case.

Records obtained under the Access to Information Act show investigators had doubts almost from the outset in July 2010 that any laws were broken in the Globe and Mail story.

The story revealed angst within government about possible alienation from Washington if a competition was held to replace the air force's CF-18s.....

For full article read here:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/cana ... f-35-story-151781025.html
Winnipeg Free Press

Fancy Feather Special Contest - 2012 Gathering of Nations | Posted May 17 2012

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:54:29 +1700

Fancy Feather Special Contest - 2012 Gathering of Nations

Published on May 11, 2012 by PowWowsCom

2012 Gathering of Nations

Source: Native Youth Movement
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