Trudeau vows to mend Canada’s ‘broken’ relationship with Aboriginal Peoples – Montreal Gazette
August 13, 2015 A middle-aged woman stumbles out of the Great Northern Pub and into the blistering August heat. She walks through the parking lot, turns around and focuses on…
Peter Foster: Harper’s election climate – Financial Post
August 12, 2015 Harper has to keep playing the game because everybody else is playing the game How much of a role will projected catastrophic man-made climate change (to give…
Six stories in the news today, Aug. 13 – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Aug 13, 2015 4:28 Six stories in the news today, Aug. 13 from The Canadian Press: ___ NIGEL WRIGHT TO APPEAR AGAIN AT DUFFY TRIAL Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s…
Business News as of 9 a.m. ET – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Aug 13, 2015 9:06 THURSDAY, AUG. 13, 2015, 9 a.m. ET. BUSINESS NEWS ADVISORY Here are the CP Business Department’s plans for today as of 9 a.m. All times…
Why voter turnout is lower among First Nations – CBC
Aug 12, 2015 It became common practice that aboriginal people did not take part in “white man’s voting” Political candidates who are counting on support from indigenous people are often…
Senior spy to testify as federal watchdog considers whether CSIS went too far … – National Post
August 12, 2015 Senior spy to testify as federal watchdog considers whether CSIS went too far in eyeing environmental activists A civil liberties group says it’s being kept in the dark…
Dozens drop out of ‘biased’ energy board review of Trans Mountain pipeline – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Aug 12, 2015 By Laura Kane THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ Dozens of participants have dropped out of the controversial National Energy Board review of Kinder Morgan’s proposed…
Civil liberties group presses for more info as spy complaint hearings begin – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Aug 12, 2015 By Jim Bronskill THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ A civil liberties group says it’s being kept in the dark as a federal watchdog begins looking…
Federal judge to hear arguments over plan to open tribal gambling hall on Martha’s Vineyard – CP
Source: The Associated Press Aug 12, 2015 11:41 By Philip Marcelo THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON _ An Indian tribe’s plans to open a gambling hall on Martha’s Vineyard is the focus of court…
Leaders hope aboriginal voters will help swing results – Yahoo News
10 Aug, 2015 In the first federal election since the Idle No More movement signalled a renewed political engagement among Canada’s aboriginal population, indigenous leaders are looking for change. National…
