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Eight illegal pot boutiques selling to recreational users open in Montreal – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Dec 15, 2016 12:20 MONTREAL _ Eight pot dispensaries aimed at recreational users opened as planned in Montreal today and are set to begin selling their products later this week. Two well-known pot activists from Vancouver behind the Cannabis Culture stores and brand were on hand for the grand opening. Jodie Emery says they […]
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NATIONAL CHIEF Bulletin – December 2016 – Meeting of First Ministers and Indigenous Leaders on Climate Change
NATIONAL CHIEF Bulletin – December 2016 – Meeting of First Ministers and Indigenous Leaders on Climate Change Meeting of First Ministers and Indigenous Leaders on Climate Change – December 9, 2016 On December 9, Northwest Territories Regional Chief Bill Erasmus, Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day, Manitoba Regional Chief Kevin Hart and myself led an AFN […]
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Canada shows promise on human rights, but still a work in progress
The federal government has come halfway in improving the country’s human rights record. A year-end Report Card assessment by Amnesty International finds notable progress on half of the human rights recommendations included in the organization’s December 2015 Human Rights Agenda for Canada. The government has, however, stumbled or failed when it comes to the other […]
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Statement by the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Perry Bellegarde
Ottawa, Ontario – December 9, 2016 The Prime Minister of Canada and the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations issued a joint statement today on the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change: “As referenced in the Elders’ Statement delivered today by Elmer Courchene: ‘With our spiritual laws, practices, experiences and relationships […]
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Viola Desmond to be first Canadian woman to grace face of banknote (Banknote-Woman) – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Dec 8, 2016 GATINEAU, Que. _ Viola Desmond, often described as Canada’s Rosa Parks for her 1946 decision to sit in a whites-only section of a Nova Scotia movie theatre, will be the first woman to be celebrated on the face of a Canadian banknote. Finance Minister Bill Morneau says Desmond will grace […]
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Media Advisory – First Nations Across Canada to make Announcement on their Fight Against Tar Sands Pipelines
GATINEAU, QC, Dec. 7, 2016 – As Chiefs from across Canada gather at the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly this week in Gatineau in Algonquin Territory, numerous First Nation Chiefs from across Canada that are part of the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion will be making a statement regarding their fight against the […]
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AFN Meeting – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Dec 7, 2016 GATINEAU, Que. – A First Nations leader from Alberta is urging other chiefs to resist buying into the arguments of environmentalists opposed to pipeline projects and the oilsands. Fort McKay Chief Jim Boucher says his tiny community of 800 people is dependent on the oil industry for […]
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Bank note event: Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz, Minister of Finance Bill Morneau and Minister of Status of Women Patty Hajdu
8 December 2016 OTTAWA – On Thursday, 8 December 2016, Governor Stephen S. Poloz, Minister of Finance Bill Morneau and Minister of Status of Women Patty Hajdu will reveal which iconic Canadian woman will be featured on the next regularly circulating bank note. The announcement of a Canadian woman to be featured on a new […]
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A third mandate for Viviane Michel, president of Quebec Native Women
Kahnawake, December 6, 2016 – On December 2nd, 3rd and 4th, members of the Quebec Native Women’s association (QNW) came together for the 43rd Annual Gathering of Members in Laval. On Saturday, December 3rd, each nation’s delegates elected Viviane Michel, by acclamation, to the position of president for a third two-year term. ‘’ I do […]
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Jarrett Martineau on honouring Gord Downie at the Assembly of First Nations – CBC
December 07, 2016 Gord Downie was honoured by the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) on Tuesday for his work highlighting the impact of residential schools through his latest project The Secret Path. The Secret Path is Downie’s fifth studio album, which features a graphic novel illustrated by Jeff Lamire. Indigenous art scholar and founder of […]
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