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Dec 28th, 2012
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We will not stand silent while she starves to death on the doorstep of our Parliament Open Letter to the Right Honourable Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper and the Right Honourable Governor General David Johnston December 21 2012We, as academics teaching in universities, witness the courageous ...
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Dec 28th, 2012
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By Jacob Kearey-Moreland Orillia Packet and Times December 21, 2012On Dec. 10, I participated in the first #IdleNoMore national day of action at the provincial legislature at Queen’s Park. I read a little about the movement online, but wanted to see, hear and feel it first-hand before seriously comme...
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Dec 28th, 2012
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Letter to the Orillia Packet and Times  December 21, 2012 Hundreds of thousands of First Nations people live in Canada and they deserve better than to be shackled by the failed colonial and paternalistic policies of the Indian Act, which has helped deny them their rights and fair share of resources a...
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Dec 28th, 2012
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By Chris Hedges Truthdig.com Nov. 26 2012Humans must immediately implement a series of radical measures to halt carbon emissions or prepare for the collapse of entire ecosystems and the displacement, suffering and death of hundreds of millions of the globe’s inhabitants, according to a report commiss...
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Dec 27th, 2012
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By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner December 26, 2012First Nations people joined hands with sympathetic supporters to fashion a Cree round dance at Georgian Mall, Wednesday.On what was one of the busiest shopping days of the year, hundreds of First Nations people from across Canada stopped harried shop...
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Dec 27th, 2012
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Now is the time to stand strong and unbending for the people and places we loveBy NAOMI KLEIN Globe and Mail Dec. 24 2012I woke up just past midnight with a bolt. My six-month-old son was crying. He has a cold – the second of his short life–and his blocked nose frightens him. I was about to get up wh...
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Dec 26th, 2012
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From trash, the most ethereal musicAWARE Simcoe December 25 2012Maestro Luis Szaran of Sounds of the Earth travels to Cateura - Paraguay's largest landfill - to help create an orchestra....
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Dec 26th, 2012
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from Adam Barker December 21 2012"Settler colonization is the excuse that we make for being here. Settler colonization is our perceived right to live on someone else's land, without their permission… ...
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Dec 23rd, 2012
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NHPPA video December 23 2012Shawn Buckley is a constitutional and criminal lawyer with expertise in the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations. He is president of Canada's Natural Health Products Protection Association (NHPPA), a non-profit organization devoted to protecting Canadians’ access to natural ...
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Dec 23rd, 2012
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From AWARE Simcoe’s First Nations board member Elizabeth Brass Elson Dec. 21 2012 Flash Mob Round Dance! at the Georgian Mall – Food Court Area – at 2 pm on Boxing Day, Dec 26th CHIPPAWA TRI COUNCIL Beausoleil, Rama, Georgina, Friends and Alliances you’re being called upon! Ti...