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The Peterborough Examiner.(Page 5 Chatter)
May 1, 2009... THE PETERBOROUGH EXAMINER calls Trent University's choice for a new chancellor, unusual, edgy and offbeat, but wouldn't stick its neck far enough out to describe Tom Jackson, (yes, actor, singer and activist Tom Jackson) as quirky, calling that word "too strong" to describe the university's...

Nadleh Whut'en First Nation.(Page 5 Chatter)
May 1, 2009... NADLEH WHUT'EN FIRST NATION invited members from their neighboring Carrier and Sekani First Nations to learn more about the impacts of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline April 6. Elders, hereditary leaders, youth and others voiced concerns over the environmental impacts and the...

The Edmonton sun reported.(Page 5 Chatter)
May 1, 2009... THE EDMONTON SUN REPORTED THAT one of the city's local radio stations, SONIC 102.9, repeatedly played a recording of someone saying teen girls from the Paul Band, located west of the city, who passed away after taking ecstasy at a party on reserve, deserved to die. There's so much anger...

'Venting' at Attawapiskat as school stand-off continues.(ATTAWAPISAKAT)
May 1, 2009... When James Bay Treaty No. 9 vas negotiated in 1905, the Mushkego Cree got a commitment for schools where their children could receive a modern education. Attawapiskat First Nation has been short-changed on that [TEXT UNREADABLE IN ORIGINAL SOURCE.] in recent decades. And [TEXT UNREADABLE...

Survivors look to Pope to acknowledge suffering.(OTTAWA)
May 1, 2009... Two years of quiet diplomacy by the Assembly of First Nations through various avenues has culminated in a private audience with Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City. The April 29th meeting, which occurred just after Windspeaker's press deadline, was to include a discussion about Indian...