OttawaFirst Nations Politics
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Lil'wat Nation gains greater control over reserve lands after signing federal act
(5/23/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The Lil'wat Nation has become a signatory to the federal government's First Nations Land Management Regime (FNLM), a process that will allow it to...
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Harper government withheld documents in indigenous human-rights case
(5/19/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The Harper government withheld tens of thousands of documents that it was obligated to disclose as part of a human-rights case in which it is accused of...
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How natives find power in a long-distance walk
(5/11/2013)
(Ottawa) -- They are 30 years apart in age, but Stanley Vollant and David Kawapit share a vision. Quebec’s first aboriginal surgeon, Dr. Vollant is a 48-year-old...
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Senator Brazeau told to pay back $48,000 in housing expenses
(5/9/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Algonquin Senator Patrick Brazeau has been told to pay back at least $48,000 following an audit into his claimed living expenses.
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Political expediency trumps First Nations issues
(5/2/2013)
(Ottawa) -- When Prime Minister Stephen Harper was asked about why people turn to terror, his answer spoke volumes: "It is no time to commit sociology."
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Star obtains documents outlining federal objectives for meeting with aboriginal leaders
(4/23/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The Conservative government went into its January meeting with aboriginal leaders against the backdrop of the Idle No More movement planning to focus on how...
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Star obtains documents outlining federal objectives for meeting with aboriginal leaders
(4/22/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The Conservative government went into its January meeting with aboriginal leaders against the backdrop of the Idle No More movement planning to focus on how...
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First Nations leaders to meet with Ottawa
(4/16/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The federal minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada will be meeting with some Saskatchewan First Nations leaders to discuss flood...
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First Nations Claim Coercion as Harper Makes Aid Contingent on Legislation Support
(4/6/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Numerous First Nation bands are alleging that the federal government is threatening them with loss of funding for essential services if they do not, in...
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Nishiyuu Walkers: In Restlessness, There Is Power
(4/6/2013)
(Ottawa) -- When the Nishiyuu Walkers arrived in Ottawa on March 25, 2013, 68 days and 1,600 kilometres from the start of their journey, they were fulfilling a time-...
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Aboriginal Affairs Minister Valcourt meeting with hunger-striking Elder Robinson Friday
(4/4/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt is scheduled to meet with hunger-striking Manitoba Elder Raymond Robinson on Friday in Ottawa.
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First Nations leaders fear First Nation Education Act will be federally imposed without adequate consultation
(4/1/2013)
(Ottawa) -- It’s the next major issue the Conservative government is tackling in aboriginal affairs: the First Nation Education Act to be passed by September 2014...
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Native groups, opposition parties push for reserve education funds
(3/24/2013)
(Ottawa) -- First Nations groups and opposition parties continue to push the feds to fund reserve education and address crises in the system.
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Budget offers mixed-bag on infrastructure for Indigenous communities
(3/23/2013)
(Ottawa) -- While Finance Minister Jim Flaherty mentioned funding for First Nations infrastructure at least twice during a press conference Thursday, the 2013 federal...
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Manitoba grand chief furious over feds training program
(3/22/2013)
(Ottawa) -- First Nations leaders are unhappy with a federal government plan to offer trades training on reserves. The Conservative government announced plans to spend $...
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Native leader frustrated by lack of consultation with Ottawa on job program
(3/22/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The head of Canada’s largest aboriginal group says the fact that a controversial job-training measure was written into the federal budget without his...
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Federal budget 2013: No grand aboriginal strategy from Conservative government
(3/21/2013)
(Ottawa) -- There is no grand aboriginal strategy or focus in this year’s Conservative budget, but myriad measures designed to improve the health, welfare and...
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Budget shows Ottawa’s “commitment” to First Nations: Minister Valcourt
(3/21/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt dismissed opposition budget attacks aimed at a $241 million program linking job training and on-reserve welfare...
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Harper giving First Nations “the back of his hand” by linking welfare payments to job training: Mulcair
(3/21/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper is giving First Nations “the back of his hand” by introducing a program linking welfare payments to job training,...
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Harper government ties training to welfare for natives on reserve
(3/21/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The Harper government will provide job-training money to first nations that agree to force young people on social-assistance to take part in skills-...
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Ottawa budget creates $241M workfare program for First Nations youth
(3/21/2013)
(Ottawa) -- A major budget initiative to make social assistance for First Nations youth contingent on entering into a training program is likely to get a rough ride on...
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Ontario Gaming
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Councillor’s bid to revist casino decision sets off heated debate
(5/23/2013)
(Ottawa) -- After months of no action on the casino file, one councillor’s unexpected bid to revisit council’s decision is set to ignite a controversial...
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Ottawa Casino
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Little payoff for Ottawa in new casino table-game formula
(5/17/2013)
(Ottawa) -- A new formula for giving host cities a cut of the money from new casinos is likely to mean more money for Ottawa, but only a little.
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Sweeter casino deal coming to Ottawa: Watson
(5/17/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Mayor Jim Watson says he expects the city to receive more money from an Ottawa casino after the provincial government unveiled on Friday a new method of...
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Casino du Lac-Leamy revenues up 1.9%
(5/11/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The Casino du Lac-Leamy increased the amount of money it brought in during its 2011-12 fiscal year, posting a revenue growth of 1.9 per cent as it prepares...
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New group created to demand a say in an Ottawa casino
(4/6/2013)
(Ottawa) -- This press release from a group calling itself “Casino Choice Ottawa” just landed in my inbox. If you’re interested in this issue —...
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Health agencies unite to oppose an Ottawa casino
(3/25/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Nine local health agencies were to announce Monday that they are opposed to the expansion of gambling in Ottawa, and are asking city council to improve...
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Watson threatens to pull the plug on Ottawa casino
(3/21/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Mayor Jim Watson is set to pull the plug on a new Ottawa casino if he doesn't get the same sweetheart deal offered to Toronto.
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Chianello: Watson letter forces OLG back to formula drawing board
(3/20/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The angry letter Mayor Jim Watson wrote last Friday threatening to pull out of the casino process if Toronto got a sweeter deal than Ottawa sparked a series...
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Ontario casino funding formula and journalism math explained
(3/19/2013)
(Ottawa) -- In the last couple of days there’s been much confusion over whether Toronto would get a richer deal from a potential new casino than Ottawa would get...
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Chianello: Special casino deal for Toronto is news only to Ottawa city council
(3/18/2013)
(Ottawa) -- It was a reaction that seemed out of character for our usually measured mayor. Mere hours after a Toronto newspaper reported that city stood to benefit from...
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Mayor Jim Watson still wants casino response from OLG
(3/18/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Despite having fears about a potential side deal between the City of Toronto and Ontario Lottery and Gaming assuaged, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said Monday he...
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Ottawa mayor upset OLG not offering the city same casino hosting deal as Toronto
(3/16/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson is threatening to scrap city plans for a casino if the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation doesn’t offer the same profit...
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Census
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The Aboriginal population: younger and more troubled
(5/8/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The dry data of the National Household Survey paints a grim picture of the challenges facing Canada’s First Nations youth. But what, if anything, can...
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Land Issues
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Ottawa threatening to shut down land claim negotiations, says grand chief from Mohawk community at heart of Oka Crisis
(5/6/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The grand chief for the Mohawk community at the heart of the Oka crisis says Ottawa’s lead negotiator threatened to shut down land claim negotiations...
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Idle No More
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The future of First Nations relations: peace or strife?
(5/5/2013)
(Ottawa) -- It appears that the First Nations Idle No More protests that dominated our headlines for months are finally over. Has the conflict in fact ended or are we...
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Budget 2013 could reinvigorate Idle No More movement
(3/24/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Last week’s federal budget has left a sour taste in the mouths of some First Nations leaders, who say it represents the status quo in the Conservatives...
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Cree youth near Ottawa, end of Idle No More journey
(3/24/2013)
(Ottawa) -- A group of young people from the James Bay Cree community of Whapmagoostui, Que., has arrived in the Ottawa-Gatineau region as they near the end of a 1,600-...
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Nishiyuu Walkers reach Gatineau, their ranks swollen from seven to several hundred
(3/24/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Every step David Kawapit took on Sunday brought him closer to Parliament Hill, the final stop on an extraordinary journey that has galvanized aboriginal...
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Cree Idle No More walkers near end of 1,600 km trek to Ottawa
(3/22/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The long walk will soon be over for a group of youths from the James Bay Cree community of Whapmagoostui, Que., who expect to arrive in Ottawa Monday after...
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Residential Schools
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Minister Valcourt unaware of residential school document destruction denial policy
(5/3/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt says he’s unaware of an internal analysis drafted by his department outlining Ottawa’s position to...
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Extend mandate of aboriginal Truth and Reconciliation Commission: opposition
(5/2/2013)
(Ottawa) -- In the wake of a damning auditor general’s report casting doubt on creating a legacy of Indian residential schools, opposition members are calling for...
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TRC ready to again take residential school document fight with Ottawa to court
(5/1/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner Murray Sinclair says he will again take the battle over historical Indian residential school documents to the courts if...
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Indian residential school historical record threatened by TRC, Aboriginal Affairs bumbling: Auditor General
(4/30/2013)
(Ottawa) -- In Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s spring 2013 report, his office found that nearly three years after the work began and with a year left before the...
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Mining & Drilling
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First Nations eye action to oppose pipelines
(3/23/2013)
(Ottawa) -- A coalition of aboriginal leaders has drawn a line in the oilsands and has warned of a "long, hot summer" ahead in the group's fight against...
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First Nations leaders gather in Ottawa to strengthen legal case against oil sands development
(3/23/2013)
(Ottawa) -- First Nations leaders from across the US and Canada converged on Parliament Hill this morning to meet with politicians and add their signatures to two anti-...
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Highway 63 could see anti-pipeline protesters: Adam
(3/20/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Blocking Highway 63 could be a tactic for anti-pipeline protesters this summer, warned one local First Nations chief.
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Harper names envoy for First Nations concerns on pipelines and energy
(3/19/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper has named an envoy to defuse the tension between First Nations and the energy and pipeline industry that threatens his plan to...
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Toronto Casino
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BLOG: This creeping weirdness in the casino story
(3/19/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Here’s the official statement from Premier Kathleen Wynne last week, promising Toronto isn’t getting specials treatment in the casino sweepstakes:
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Keystone XL Pipeline
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Pipeline denial would ‘fundamentally change’ relations with U.S.: Redford
(3/18/2013)
(Ottawa) -- A U.S. rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal would have far-reaching implications for the Canada-U.S. relationship, Alberta Premier Alison Redford...
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Other News
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Canada’s boreal forests are the ‘Amazon of the north’: report
(5/22/2013)
(Ottawa) -- As resource companies look to northern forests in search of untapped minerals and energy, scientists and conservancy groups say too little heed is being paid...
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Elijah Harper: The humble man who said no
(5/18/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The man who said "no" and changed the course of Canadian history has died. Elijah Harper, former chief, MLA and MP, died in Ottawa early Friday...
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First Nations schools report points to education gap
(5/17/2013)
(Ottawa) -- First Nations' schools have lower quality teaching, an inferior curriculum and fail to provide proper services for children with special needs —...
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Elijah Harper, First Nations leader who brought down Meech Lake, dies at 64
(5/17/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Rarely can one person change the course of history for an entire country. Elijah Harper did. In the Manitoba legislature in 1990, Mr. Harper clutched an...
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Elijah Harper, key player in Meech Lake accord, dies at 64
(5/17/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Elijah Harper, a former Manitoba MLA and MP who was a key player in defeating the Meech Lake accord, has died at the age of 64. Harper died early Friday in...
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Brazeau wants Senate expenses issue aired in public
(5/16/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Senator Patrick Brazeau is repeating his demand that a Senate committee that ordered him to repay thousands of dollars in living and travel expenses explain...
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Senator Patrick Brazeau will fight order to repay $48,000 in expenses
(5/14/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Senator Patrick Brazeau says he will fight a committee order that he pay back tens of thousands of dollars in living and travel expenses, making him the...
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Senator Patrick Brazeau to fight order to repay $48,744 in expenses
(5/14/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Senator Patrick Brazeau will fight an order to repay nearly $50,000 in living and travel expenses associated with his home in Gatineau, Que., which a Senate...
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A Tribe Called Red’s stellar musical message to a world of settlers
(5/14/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The title of the new album from A Tribe Called Red — Nation II Nation — is no passing salutation.
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Relive the Triumph of the Nishiyuu Walkers in Video
(5/9/2013)
(Ottawa) -- More than a month after the Nishiyuu walkers marched triumphantly into Ottawa from the northern reaches of Ontario, they are continuing to inspire.
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Whitesand First Nation Model Jade Willoughby Signs with Top New York Agency
(5/9/2013)
(Ottawa) -- It is a long journey from a one room cabin in Ontario's Thunder Bay to New York City, both in distance and destiny. For 22 year old Ojibwa, Jade Willoughby...
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Aboriginals lose touch with native tongue, survey reveals
(5/8/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples are losing touch with their native tongues, even though their population is growing four-times faster than the rest of the...
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Ottawa spends $3-million to battle first nations child welfare case
(5/6/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The federal government has been billed more than $3-million for its unsuccessful attempts to keep a high-stakes battle over first nations child welfare out...
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Ottawa police seek help locating missing man, woman
(5/5/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Ottawa Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 49-year-old female reported missing from the Sandy Hill Area. Shirley Hunkin is an aboriginal...
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New posters help First Nations find their way in court
(4/19/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Members of Ottawa’s large First Nations community who find themselves in court need not fear navigating the legal system alone said an aboriginal group...
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A Tribe Called Red's dubstep take on powwow music
(4/18/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Part of a new generation of technology-literate First Nations artists, A Tribe Called Red mixes traditional powwow music with contemporary club sounds.
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Suicide crisis prompts remote First Nation to declare state of emergency
(4/17/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Two recent deaths among the members of the Neskantaga First Nation have prompted the remote northern Ontario community to declare a state of emergency in the...
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Global climate efforts threaten oilsands growth, memo told Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver
(4/12/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The economic benefits to Canada from oilsands industrial expansion may be “considerably less” than what the Canadian government and industry...
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Casinos do more harm than good, say community health centres
(4/4/2013)
(Ottawa) -- Community health groups and resource centres say the way to stop the side effects of gambling is to eliminate the problem in the first place.
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Star investigation: Ottawa refuses to say whether drug-tainted horse meat entered food chain
(3/29/2013)
(Ottawa) -- The Star traces a former Stronach racehorse’s life from birth to the slaughterhouse and makes an unsettling discovery: serious flaws in Canada’s...
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