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| OKA FREEZES DEVELOPMENT |
| MONTREAL - The town of Oka has frozen development for up to two years on land that spawned the OKA crisis of 1990 when the town decided to develop a golf course on the land contested by Kanesatake Mohawks. The freeze is renewable after two years......Read More |
| Federal health minister announces funding for aboriginal diabetes programs |
| LONG PLAIN FIRST NATION, Man.- The federal government is giving aboriginal people a $110-million boost to help fight diabetes in their communities......Read More |
| Facts on 26 women at centre of Robert Pickton serial killing case |
| The Supreme Court of Canada rules Friday on whether Robert Pickton deserves a new trial for the murder of six women from Vancouver's gritty Downtown Eastside. Some facts about the women:.....Read More |
| Key dates related to Pickton court case and to investigation that led to him |
| The Supreme Court of Canada rules Friday on whether Robert Pickton deserves a new trial for the murder of six women. Here are some key dates related to his court case and to the investigation that led to him:....Read More |
| Boy, 16, charged after 17 year old boy stabbed to death in northern Ontario |
| FORT HOPE FIRST NATION, Ont. - A 17-year-old boy is dead after a stabbing in the Fort Hope First Nation, north of Sioux Lookout, Ont.....Read More |
| Enbridge should be reasonable with customers affected by billing glitch: Duguid |
| TORONTO - Ontario's energy minister says he expects Enbridge will be reasonable with people who owe hundreds of dollars because of a mistake made by the company.....Read More |
| Census objectors come in many different forms |
| OTTAWA - If there were a census of census objectors, the questionnaire would require a long list of categories.....Read More |
| Proposed new power line would avoid parks, reserves: Manitoba Hydro |
| WINNIPEG - Manitoba Hydro has chosen a preferred route for a major new transmission line - one that will avoid First Nations lands and national and provincial parks.....Read More |
| RCMP say 26 year old missing Mountie presumed drowned in Yukon river |
| WHITEHORSE - An RCMP officer who was last seen swimming toward the banks of the Stewart River near Mayo, Yukon, two weeks ago is presumed to have drowned.....Read More |
| Results of First Nation election won by convicted sex offender to be appealed |
| SYDNEY, N.S. - The outgoing chief of Nova Scotia's Chapel Island First Nation is vowing to challenge recent election results in an attempt to keep a convicted sex offender from taking office.....Read More |
| Appeals over for Manitoba mom who killed girl; inquiry can now proceed |
| WINNIPEG - A woman convicted of the brutal murder of her five-year-old daughter will not appeal the case to the Supreme Court......Read More |
| Arctic archaeologists find ship lost in search for Franklin expedition |
| Arctic archaeologists have found the ship that forged the final link in the Northwest Passage and was lost in the search for the Franklin expedition......Read More |
| First Nations slam proposed pipeline after latest oil spill south of the border |
| VANCOUVER - Aboriginal leaders say a spill in southern Michigan that's poured 3.1 million litres of oil into the Kalamazoo River is further evidence that B.C. should steer clear of such projects......Read More |
| Manitoba native elder admits sexual assault of female prisoner on remand |
| WINNIPEG-A Manitoba native elder will not go to jail for using his position of trust to convince a female inmate to have sex with him......Read More |
| Manitoba premier backs bands suing Ottawa over hydro flooding 50 years ago |
| GRAND RAPIDS, Man - Premier Greg Selinger has thrown his weight behind three northern Manitoba First Nations suing for compensation from Ottawa......Read More |
| Enbridge cleans up Michigan oil pipeline leak under shadow of BP disaster |
| Canadian pipeline giant Enbridge laboured Wednesday to contain an oil spill in the U.S. Midwest that brought it unwelcome attention in a world that followed for months the much larger BP leak in the Gulf of Mexico......Read More |
| Justice for 20 murders hangs in balance of court decision on serial killer case |
| OTTAWA - Twenty lives could become but a footnote this week in the history of one of Canada's most notorious serial killers......Read More |
| Committee calls for removal of N.L. Inuit politician for remarks against women |
| NAIN, N.L.- A discipline committee says it is recommending the removal of a suspended member of the Nunatsiavut government in
Labrador for remarks made about Inuit women and Inuit at an event last month......Read More |
| 1 dead, 1 seriously injured in burning home on Manitoba First Nation |
| FISHER RIVER FIRST NATION, Man-One adult has died and a male
has serious burns after a home on a Manitoba First Nation burned to
the ground......Read More |
| Greater protection needed for B.C. wilderness area: UNESCO report |
| VANCOUVER - A pristine swath of wilderness in southeastern B.C.
needs ecological protection matching that of a neighbouring world
heritage site, says a new report by the UN Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization......Read More |
| Sask. farmer who killed disabled daughter loses bid for expanded leave |
| ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Saskatchewan farmer who killed his
severely disabled daughter has again lost a bid to be allowed to be
away from his British Columbia halfway house for five days a week......Read More |
| Census compromise? Minister, opposition consider options |
| OTTAWA - The door to a possible compromise on Canada's long
census was left open a crack Tuesday, with both Industry Minister
Tony Clement and the opposition hinting they might consider changes
to the nation's big count......Read More |
| Enbridge pipeline leaks three million litres of oil into Michigan waterways |
| BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - Crews were working Tuesday to contain and clean up more than three million litres of oil that poured into a creek and flowed into the Kalamazoo River in southern Michigan, coating birds and fish......Read More |
| Sword of famous Metis leader Louis Riel found days after it went missing |
| BATOCHE, Sask.- A missing sword believed to have belonged to the famous Metis leader Louis Riel has been found......Read More |
| Northern Manitoba man dies after serious beating, found on roadway |
| OXFORD HOUSE, Man.- RCMP say a man has died after being beaten on the Oxford House First Nation in northern Manitoba......Read More |
| Protesting Indians release most workers at construction site of hydroelectric plant in Amazon |
| SAO PAULO, Brazil-Protesters released rank-and-file workers early Monday from the construction site of an Amazon hydroelectric plant that Indians say is being built on an ancient burial ground......Read More |
| Tories want review of affirmative action hiring in public service |
| OTTAWA - The Harper government says race and ethnicity need not apply when it comes to landing a job in the public service......Read More |
| Four families lose homes in mobile home park blaze near Vernon, B.C. |
| VERNON, B.C. - Four families have lost their homes after a fire ripped through a mobile home park on First Nations territory near Vernon, B.C......Read More |
| Natives build blockade in Quebec to halt federal official from entering reserve By Andy Blatchford |
| MONTREAL - A group of native activists crowded onto a Quebec road to block a federal election official from entering their reserve Thursday......Read More |
| Iroquois Nationals find victory and disappointment in missing lacrosse worlds |
| BUFFALO, N.Y. - The world field lacrosse championships seemed a world away to Percy Abrams as he stood outside a field in midtown Buffalo attempting to put into perspective what the Iroquois Nationals won and lost by refusing to travel to England on non-native passports......Read More |
| Ottawa starts new fiscal year $4.4 billion in hole, but says that's improvement |
| OTTAWA - The federal government has booked a $4.4-billion deficit during the first two months of the fiscal year, but that's a big improvement over last year, when the economy was still mired in recession.....Read More |
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