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Canada Files WTO Complaint Over European Trade Restrictions on … – CanadianBusiness.com
Canada Files WTO Complaint Over European Trade Restrictions on Seal Products
Bradley S. Klapper
September 26, 2007 – 07:45 a.m.
GENEVA (AP) – Canada has brought a complaint to the World Trade Organization over Belgian and Dutch rules prohibiting the sale of seal products, trade officials said Wednesday.
Canada’s annual seal hunt has long been condemned by animal rights activists as cruel, and it is facing a number of possible bans on its seal products in Europe.
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D8RT4DP80
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Storytelling critical to healing process – Regina Leader-Post
Storytelling critical to healing process
Elizabeth Huber, Leader-Post
Published: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
The history of residential schools is still fresh in the minds of many aboriginal people living in Saskatchewan, where the last school closed in 1996.
The effects of the federal integration program are only beginning to be dealt with.
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/city_province/story.html?id=ec9ab291-921b-43c5-8526-4cee4706f628
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Boy, 11, missing – Regina Leader-Post
Boy, 11, missing
The Leader-Post
Published: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
The Regina Police Service is asking for the public’s help in finding an 11-year-old boy who has been missing since Thursday.
Anthony Gary Machiskinic was last seen around 8:30 a.m. Thursday in the 1100 block of McTavish Street.
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=cc4f380b-af14-4f75-bb42-83350caee89f
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Millbrook chief says about 10 Mi?kmaq killed when 1917 blast … – ChronicleHerald.ca
Memorial in works for ‘forgotten’ explosion victims
Millbrook chief says about 10 Mi’kmaq killed when 1917 blast destroyed their settlement
By STEVE BRUCE Staff Reporter | 5:34 AM
A NATIVE LEADER wants to build a memorial for the “forgotten” victims of the Halifax Explosion.
About 10 Mi’kmaq died after their settlement in Tufts Cove in north-end Dartmouth was destroyed by the Dec. 6, 1917, blast in Halifax Harbour.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/898880.html
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SNTC names playwright King artistic director – StarPhoenix
SNTC names playwright King artistic director
The StarPhoenix
Published: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company (SNTC) has appointed Alanis King, a playwright and director, as its new artistic director.
King, originally from Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve in Ontario, is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. She has 20 years of experience in the theatre, and most recently oversaw the construction of the Garden River First Nation outdoor amphitheatre.
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/lifestyle/story.html?id=c8e1a32a-69fa-4560-93fc-8a3e4272e145
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Police seek First Nation recruits – StarPhoenix
Police seek First Nation recruits
Saskatchewan News Network
Published: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
REGINA (SNN) — As it wrestles with low employment numbers among First Nations people, the province has found a new way to tap into the aboriginal labour pool.
Wavell Starr is hoping to use some of his reputation in the aboriginal community to his advantage as he tackles his new role as the aboriginal representative workforce recruiter with Saskatchewan’s Public Service Commission.
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/local/story.html?id=5f6c8a91-7f00-4188-b63b-bb945da6ab8d
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Line drawn in forests -Winnipeg FP
Line drawn in forests
Wed Sep 26 2007
MANITOBA Hydro announced Tuesday that it has caved in and will waste hundreds of millions of dollars building a transmission line down the west, rather than east side, of Manitoba in order to appease Premier Gary Doer’s ambition to be seen as conservationist.
Some east side aboriginal leaders vowed they would fight the decision, which serves affluent environmentalists at the expense of impoverished First Nations. They fear, however, that without the resources that can be mustered by the government and environmental lobbies, they will be unable to ensure that common sense prevails. Manitobans should see that their own interests are served by supporting the chiefs’ cause.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4045526p-4653405c.html
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George Blondin award to help NWT students – Northern News Services
George Blondin award to help NWT students
Christine Grimard
Northern News Services
Published Monday, September 24, 2007
YELLOWKNIFE – George Blondin is a Northern role model, and a new a scholarship established in his honour is hoped will inspire the territory’s youth to succeed.
The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF) announced this month the George Blondin Aboriginal Scholarship Award, a bi-annual scholarship given to a status Indian originating from the NWT enrolled in any post-secondary school.
http://nnsl.com/northern-news-services/stories/papers/sep24_07gb.html
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NB kicks in more funding for off-reserve housing – CBC
N.B. kicks in more funding for off-reserve housing
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 | 4:25 PM AT
CBC News
The province of New Brunswick announced Tuesday it will contribute $5.5 million to housing for aboriginal people who don’t live on a reserve.
That money will be added to the $6.7 million promised by the federal government earlier this year.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2007/09/25/nb-offreserve.html
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NAIT taps strength of aboriginal alumni -Edmonton Journal
NAIT taps strength of aboriginal alumni
Awareness week kicks off with announcement of new mentorship program
Keith Gerein, edmontonjournal.com
Published: Monday, September 24
EDMONTON – The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology has created a new alumni association specifically for aboriginal graduates.
One of the new group’s key projects will be a role model program to pair successful grads with young aboriginal students.
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=f3df7be8-988a-4a7f-a963-0023d0ec6219&k=33515
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