AFN Press Release ...

AFN National Chief says Booming Population of First Nations People Requires Urgent Government Action and Immediate New Investments

OTTAWA, Jan. 15 - Today's release of the 2006 Census by Statistics Canada indicates that the population of First Nations people has increased by 29 per cent in the last decade.

NAN Deputy Grand Chief Stan Beardy and the Chiefs of Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse met with Health Minister Tony Clement in Kenora last week.  Agenda items included public health requirements for First Nations, infrastructure upgrades to FN health centres and Telemedicine. 

Donna Williams, the KO Telemedicine Program Manager, was invited to attend the meeting and be a resource for any questions the minister may have about Telemedicine. 

From the Globe and Mail

Guess who wasn't coming to dinner - The first ministers meeting left aboriginal leaders on the outside looking in

GINA COSENTINO - January 15, 2008

From Finance Canada web site http://www.fin.gc.ca/activty/consult/prebud08_e.html

Online Pre-Budget Consultations for Budget 2008

Started January 14, 2008

Note: A consultation is not a poll. Please do not send multiple or duplicate submissions. Views expressed will be made available to the Minister of Finance as part of the budget-formulation process.

Closing date: 12 midnight (EST) on February 11, 2008

NAC Air has ceased all its operations.

It's web site at http://www.nacair.ca/ is no longer reachable.

When calling the Thunder Bay office at (807) 474-5351, the following message is provided:

From Campaign 2000

Poverty Should Top First Ministers’ Agenda

Toronto, 10 Jan 08

Reducing poverty should lead the agenda of today’s First Ministers’ Meeting in Ottawa, says Campaign 2000, the national non-partisan coalition working to end child and family poverty. In an open letter, the coalition urged the First Ministers to use the meeting to take initial steps toward creating a national Poverty Reduction Strategy with targets and timetables.

From the National Post

One-third of pupils at T.O. native school suspended - All Grade 3s failed literacy test

Chris Wattie And Katie Rook, January 12, 2008

TORONTO - Overlooked amid the coverage this week of a report on violence in Toronto's schools was the story of one of the city's most unfortunate, underperforming schools.

You are cordially invited to the

Ontario First Nations
Young Peoples Council

5th Annual Youth Symposium
On
Environment

At Northern College, Timmins, Ontario

on

February 28 – March 2, 2008

Hosted by

The Mushkegowuk Youth Council

For further information, please contact:
Laura Calmwind, Youth Coordinator

With the recent purchase of KMTS by Bell Aliant, the different telephone providers across the region are now seeing unexpected competition for customers. The choices for service providers is still limited but as more businesses are able to deliver services, the choices and prices for customers become more competitive across the region. The following three stories about the industry highlight some of these changes.

From Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal