Granny stops grader
Oklahoma grandmother Nancy Zorn, 79, was taken into police custody after locking herself to a piece of heavy machinery, effectively halting construction on TransCanada’s Keystone...
Funding cap shadows education progress
By ROJ Staff In 1996 Canada put a 2% cap on increases for funding First Nations education. The 2% cap has entrenched discriminatory funding shortages...
Tidying up Mother Earth
A beautiful sunny day, Earth Day April 22nd, was an ideal time to spend outdoors. Five elders, all over 60, from the Ontario Native Women’s...
Books for Christian Island kids
With a special thank-you card after Coles Books declared their school the winner of $2,000 in new books. The Midland store placed in the company’s...
Communities talk constitution
By Jon Cada Community Engagement Strategy (CES) sessions continued to generate self-government dialogue in 2012/2013. During this past year, the CES process delivered seven sessions...
Ghosts haunt lead characters
By Laura Robinson VANCOUVER – Drew Hayden Taylor has produced a number of plays with Firehall Theatre in Vancouver’s downtown eastside but God and the...
Put off roads, not education
By Christine Smith McFarlane TORONTO – Politicans can put off building roads because they’re trying to reduce budget deficits, says Paul Martin, but that approach...