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How best to reach those with HIV?
Vancouver Sun
... Northern Health, Vancouver Coastal Health, first nations and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS on how best to get the project up and running. ...

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Events to honor early explorer: Champlain
Schenectady Gazette
18, a Festival of Nations (Canada, France, Great Britain, Native Americans and the United States) will be held at Crown Point, site of the ruins of early ...

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Mohawk historian opens the window on his people's story
Indian Country Today
... of Kateri Tekahkwi:tha,” on a quest to research and write a complete history of the Mohawk Nation from first contact with the Europeans to the present. ...

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Rumble in the jungle
U.TV
That would impede Peru's hopes of becoming a net oil exporter - a windfall that could go a long way in an impoverished nation of 28m. ...

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Australia Swine Flu Contagion Rises to 4958 Cases, 10 Deaths
Bloomberg
Victoria remains the nation's most heavily affected state with 1691 H1N1 infections and seven fatalities, the department said, citing data as of yesterday. ...

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Unique Eco-Cultural Experiences with Spirit Bear Adventures
Focus on Travel News
The new lodge has been built in the spirit of their First Nations heritage and with the comfort of their guests in mind. "Architecturally, the exterior of ...

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“The Role of Māori in the NZ economy”
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... benefit to the wider nation. There is much we can learn from each other. Anderson's text, 'Economic development among the Aboriginal peoples in Canada: ...

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Dam impact deal made
Prince George Citizen
"The ratification allows the province to right a historic wrong done to the Tsay Keh Dene First Nation," Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister ...

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Prince George needs a new name
Prince George Citizen
With permission from the First Nation of the same name, why don't we call the city Lheidli T'enneh? It would be a respectful nod to the aboriginal history ...

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Aboriginal Communities Get Boost to Active Living
Market Wire (press release)
By investing in these types of projects, we are investing in the health and well-being of residents in First Nations communities across Ontario. ...

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SFU PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - July 3, 2009
Simon Fraser University News
Gordon, director of SFU Criminology, was also in a Province story that quoted the 2009 United Nations World Drug Report as saying Canadian organized crime ...

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Study: Indigenous People At Higher H1N1 Risk Because Of Poverty ...
Gant Daily
Assembly of First Nations national chief Phil Fontaine said in a statement, "Today's report by UNICEF demonstrates that inequities in health services for ...

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The 2009 Prince George Community Foundation Citizens of the Year
Prince George Citizen
... Ray Gerow has worked tirelessly to increase the access to opportunity for First Nations. He serves on Council of British Columbia Aboriginal Economic ...

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Top model's strength, beauty and poise inspire aboriginal youth
Canada.com
... bottom two for two week in a row, but the 22 year old from Sucker Creek First Nation has emerged as a leader on the CTV reality series in other ways. ...

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Jonathon Narvey: Mr. F**k Canada Day goes on the attack
National Post
And both aboriginals and non-First Nations Canadians are also well aware that the state of Canada's aboriginals is a national disgrace. ...

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Race for national First Nation chief heating up
parrysound.com
... province's first aboriginal chancellor. Local candidate John “Eyaabay” Beaucage, former Grand Council Chief for the Anishinabek Nation, one of Canada's ...

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Dignitaries honour LeBlanc during state funeral
CTV.ca
Grand Chief Phil Fontaine of the Assembly of First Nations, was also there, wearing an aboriginal headdress, and gave the first Bible reading at the funeral ...

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Hundreds mourn at Leblanc funeral
Toronto Star
Grand Chief Phil Fontaine of the Assembly of First Nations, wearing an aboriginal headdress, gave the first reading from the Book of Sirach. ...

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BBC News

Global Perspective - Alert Bay
BBC News
Alert Bay is the home of the Namgis First Nation. At one time it was Canadian government policy to assimilate its aboriginal people, and suppress their ...

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The Canadian Press

Canadians from all walks of life pay final respects to 25th Gov.-Gen.
The Canadian Press
Grand Chief Phil Fontaine of the Assembly of First Nations, wearing an aboriginal headdress, gave the first reading from the Book of Sirach. ...

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“CC Theory Searching for a Political Home”
csr-news.net (Pressemitteilung)
Does corporate globalization transform the very meaning of citizenship based in the territorial nation state into a more complex kind of deterritorialized ...

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Hates Canada, loves school
Toronto Sun
... saying that "to suggest that this expression of hate against Canada is due to Canada's ill-treatment of the First Nations is a very convenient excuse. ...

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June in Review, Pt II
The Dominion
The Tsuu T'ina First Nation voted against the construction of the proposed Calgary ring road on their territory. "This result reflects the passionate ...

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Poverty And Cultural Loss Are Some Of The Essential Causes Of The ...
Medical News Today
Indigenous political organisations have taken on leadership roles in health, such as the Assembly of First Nations (Canada) partnership in the Global ...

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Ex-VP of Arab group stands by controversial remarks
National Post
Obviously he holds certain views in respect to First Nations' rights and he expressed them on Facebook. That has nothing to do with CAF as an organization, ...

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Tobique protesters taking power
Bugle-Observer
"I told him we were seizing the truck on behalf of the Tobique First Nation," said Stephen (Red Feather) Perley, a community member and part of a security ...

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Natives demand to meet ministers over swine flu
Canada.com
"We told the government not to turn a blind eye to this pending atrocity," said David Harper, Garden Hill First Nations chief. He said his community has ...

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Aboriginal populations vulnerable to H1N1: report
Vancouver Sun
First Nations communities in Manitoba and northern Ontario have already been hit by the highly communicable H1N1 virus. Despite comprising just 10 per cent ...

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Ministers smothered by summer
Prince George Citizen
At the June 10th cabinet swearing in, Premier Campbell said, “We will continue to work with BC's First Nations to strengthen.

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WORLDNOTES: Canada, Russia, Iraq, Japan, Latin America and Cuba
People's Weekly World
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela sought delegates' support for restructuring the United Nations and Organization of American States. ...

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