National Aboriginal Day is celebrated each year on June 21. It is a day that recognizes and celebrates the contributions of Aboriginal people to Canada. Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) celebrates the day by broadcasting the largest outdoor ... |
Regina Leader-Post - May 24, 2012 The performance was part of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network announcement for the line up for Aboriginal Day Live and Celebration to take place on Sat. |
MarketWatch (press release) - 12 hours ago The sponsorship will bring Free The Children's signature youth empowerment event, We Day ( www.weday.com ), to eight cities across Canada - from Vancouver to Halifax - making this season its largest to date. RBC has signed on as the National Co-Title ... |
| Globe and Mail - 8 hours ago Each day, Ms. Plewes and other volunteers would help to teach lessons and play with the kids in the crowded, noisy one-room building that serves as Riverton's school. |
| Globe and Mail - May 23, 2012 They stopped at an herb garden, watched aboriginal drumming and dancing at First Nations University, and the prince got a lesson in the mechanics of waste water treatment at a local business. |
| MetroNews Canada - May 23, 2012 The final day of the Canadian visit of Charles and his wife was packed with more people power: everyone from politicians and dignitaries to aboriginal students and young entrepreneurs. It concluded in the evening with a reception with Prime Minister ... |
Calgary Herald - May 23, 2012 “Instead, they decided they are only going to release a progress report one year from that day.” Not nearly enough, he says Instead, he wants changes to the Indian Act and an indigenous person leading the aboriginal affairs portfolio in the federal ... |
| CBC.ca (blog) - May 16, 2012 That, in the opinion of the House, the Budget legislation guts the environmental assessment and fisheries laws, leaving Canada's lakes, rivers, oceans, ecosystems, and fisheries at risk while unfairly downloading federal environmental responsibilities ... |
Canada.com - May 22, 2012 The Empire Days Society celebrates the latter and tries to be as sensitive as possible when dealing with the issue of how first contact affected aboriginal Canadians. What else can be expected of them? This year, for the first time in many years, ... |
mysask.com (press release) - May 25, 2012 On May 19, Eastend recognized some of these aboriginals and celebrated all the great achievements that have been made over the centuries. |
TheTyee.ca - 22 hours ago To restore the Canada Harper unmade, try fair taxation. Will McMartin details how the BC Liberals squandered a historic chance to strengthen this province. |
| Canada's attorney general is trying to stop the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal from hearing a long-serving aboriginal BC Mountie's complaints of discrimination within the RCMP. Attorney General Rob Nicholson has applied to Federal Court for a judicial ... |
| When Prince Charles meets with aboriginal leaders this week on his official visit to Canada, he is continuing a long tradition that reflects what native peoples see as their special relationship with the British Crown. |
MarketWatch (press release) - May 15, 2012 To mark National Aboriginal Day and the 20th Anniversary of BMO Bank of Montreal's Aboriginal Banking Unit, speakers will take a fresh look at the challenges, opportunities and strategies needed to unlock the enormous potential that resides in Canada's ... |
Ottawa Citizen - May 25, 2012 Equally serious, the budget bill redefines aboriginal fishing as fishing with a commercial purpose. The Supreme Court of Canada has carefully distinguished between aboriginal fishing for food versus fishing for money. The court recognized that the ... |
Vancouver Sun (blog) - May 23, 2012 It's the kind of work you can imagine a Canadian nationalist like HNIC's Don Cherry blowing a gasket over. With incredibly powerful images, Heritage Mythologies reflects the collision between aboriginal and non-aboriginal ideas of what the country is ... |
Toronto Sun - May 25, 2012 The rioters are clearly trying to intimidate the legislature into repealing its proposed dollar-a-day tuition increase. And how about section 467.1 of the Criminal Code? |
Winnipeg Free Press - May 26, 2012 The United States declared May 25 as National Missing Children's Day in 1983 and Canada followed suit in 1986. Blacksmith is described as Métis, 5-4, weighing about 110 pounds, with medium-length blond hair and grey/hazel eyes. |
The Record (New Westminster) - 4 hours ago Canadian Mental Health Association's Simon Fraser Branch, run and walk club, all welcome. Info: Madeleine Hawkins at 604-516-8080 or sf. |
| Thursday was the last day for oral testimony at the commission. Final arguments from various lawyers representing police officers, their departments, governments, family members and aboriginal interests, among others, have been put off until June 4. |
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