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No quick fix for trade diversification as relations with U.S. become less stable – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 16, 2018 4:00 By Ian Bickis THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY _ From Chinese bank notes to Israeli high-tech, Chad Wasilenkoff has tried to break into markets around the world to diversify the Vancouver-based business he founded. Paper products maker Fortress Global Enterprises is primarily focused on selling dissolved wood pulp from its Quebec mill […]
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Read MoreAlmost every part of Canada’s largest national park deteriorating: federal study – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 15, 2018 11:40 By Bob Weber THE CANADIAN PRESS An exhaustive federal study of Canada’s largest national park concludes almost every aspect of its environment is deteriorating. The 561-page report on Wood Buffalo National Park says industry, dams, climate change and natural cycles are sucking the watery lifeblood from the vast delta of northeastern […]
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Read MoreCommentary – Better Internet service crucial for Indigenous communities – Folio
July 12 2018 Declaring broadband Internet a basic service in 2016 was only the first step. Authors suggests more is required to help remote Indigenous communities connect. The government of Canada has devoted millions of dollars to expanding broadband in Canada. But it’ll take more than money to connect all First Nations communities. In rural, […]
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Read MoreSongs of Treaty 7: Documentary series by Blackfoot filmmaker chronicles Indigenous musicians from Alberta – Calgary Herald
July 13, 2018 In Trevor Solway’s Intertribal Series, there are scenes of musicians Olivia Tailfeathers and Bebe Buckskin chatting on park benches about their respective backgrounds and experiences as musicians. Both seem to be straddling very different worlds. Tailfeathers is a Blackfoot elder; both a singer and teacher from the Blood Tribe who went to […]
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Read MoreAlberta United Conservatives hold on to two ridings with byelection wins – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 13, 2018 Alberta’s Opposition United Conservatives won two byelections Thursday, maintaining hold of ridings the party represented before the vote was called. In Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, United Conservative candidate Devin Dreeshen took about 80 per cent of the vote with the NDP’s Nicole Mooney running a distant second. The United Conservative margin of […]
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Read MoreKey steps to getting out of credit card debt as the cost of borrowing rises – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 12, 2018 By Ian Bickis THE CANADIAN PRESS The Bank of Canada’s latest rate increase has raised the cost of borrowing as well as the importance of paying off debts. Credit cards often carry interest rates in the double digits, some of the most crippling in the debt world, so anyone carrying […]
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Read MoreFort McMurray wants public inquiry into removal of Indigenous settlement – CBC
‘Moccasin Flats is torture by the city and Syncrude,’ an Indigenous elder says Jul 12, 2018 The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo will ask the provincial government to launch a public inquiry into the forced evictions decades ago of First Nations and Métis people from an area known as Moccasin Flats. On Tuesday, the municipal […]
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Read MoreLegal news Roundup – July 12, 2018 – Canadian Lawyer
Canada Toronto police plan to deploy 200 more officers to priority areas in evening hours to combat gun violence, Toronto Star Hydro One board, CEO Mayo Schmidt step aside, bow to pressure from Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Globe and Mail Indigenous leaders turn down invitation to meeting of premiers, CBC news United States Trump claims […]
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Read MoreOpinion: The specific claims process is about justice for First Nations, not charity – CBC
Legal obligations have been breached or unfulfilled, and these failings must be remedied Jul 11, 2018 “Specific claims” is a simple phrase that describes a hugely important issue: the body of outstanding violations against First Nations, accumulated through colonial and post-colonial mistreatment and negligence. These violations, allegedly committed by the federal government, generally concern treaty […]
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Read MoreMLA’s Report – Taking action to protect children – The South Peace News
Six out of every 10 children. That’s how many of the children receiving child intervention services are Indigenous. It’s unacceptable. Every child in Alberta deserves to thrive, no matter where they’re born. That’s why I recently unveiled a plan called A Stronger, Safer Tomorrow, to help our most vulnerable kids thrive. When I became Minister […]
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