First Nations reps want Springwater Park issues to be resolvedBy Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner April 2, 2013 SPRINGWATER TWP. — Crows called warnings through the pines as smoke wafted gently from the chimney of the cabin in the woods.Two First Nations women have taken possession of the log cabin in ...

AWARE Simcoe news release April 2 2015AWARE Simcoe is calling on Natural Resources Minister David Orazietti to start immediate consultation with local First Nations on the closing of Springwater Park.“Consultation is a must,” said AWARE Simcoe chair Don Morgan, expressing support for the actions of F...

AWARE News Network April 1 2013 From Elizabeth Brass Elson A group of First Nation members have set up camp and are occupying the Springwater Provincial Park. The Park has been closed down without any consultation to the First Nations. The group will be occupying these Crown Lands until the MNR and t...

By Michael Harris iPolitics Mar 28, 2013 It was a bright, cold day in March and the Peace Tower clock was striking thirteen.It was March 25, 2013 and the Parliament buildings looked as imposing as Orwell’s Ministry of Truth ever did in that fevered, prophetic imagination of his.Later, when the indige...

From Elizabeth Brass Elson AWARE News Network March 27 2012The positive energy that was experienced at the Journey of Nishiyuu gathering was an inspiration to all our Nation. There were thousands of people who came to welcome these warriors and drum, sang and dance at the steps of Parliament Hill. ...

By Julianna Cummins, CTVNews.ca  Mar. 23, 2013 Nearly two months ago, six youths and a guide set out from their Cree nation home of Whapmagoostui, Que. in the James Bay area, with the intention of walking all the way to Parliament Hill.The group is now on schedule to reach Ottawa on Monday- and they ...

By Les Stewart Springwater Park Citizens Coalition February 27 2013Saul is a public intellectual, author and mischief maker.He spent 1.5 hours talking about the first nations and settler relationship in Canada and around the world at Osgood Law School at York University in North York on February 26, ...

AWARE Simcoe February 23 2013In A Fair Country, John Ralston Saul examined the centrality of aboriginal thinking to the Canadian identity. A groundbreaking book that rejected Canadian elites' reliance on Europe and the United States for political inspiration. On Tuesday...

By Kate Harries AWARE News Network January 29 2013Treasury Board president Tony Clement doesn’t care to discuss the Navigable Waters Protection Act.  In fact, when I buttonholed him yesterday he was patronizing, rude and threatening.I was wandering outside the House of Commons after the Idle No More ...

UPDATED - new bus times (keep checking until departure), no waiting, be on time AWARE Simcoe January 26 2012On Monday, the day MPs return to Parliament, Idle No More has declared a Day of Action in Ottawa. INM was founded to take a stand against the Omnibus bill which changed dozens of pieces of legi...