November 21, 2009
Canada
Aboriginal Festival moves to Hamilton
HAMILTON – The largest aboriginal festival in Canada is no longer in the country’s largest city.
Nk’Mip Cellars
OSOYOOS, British Columbia – The Okanagan Valley slices through the mountains of south-central British Columbia, Canada for about 145 miles. The valley is blessed with warm, dry weather and a long, cool lake.
Squamish-Lilwat Cultural Centre will welcome the world
WHISTLER, British Columbia – The Squamish-Lilwat Cultural Centre, an imposing and dramatic building set against snow-capped mountains, has become a landmark in Whistler, British Columbia, since it opened in July 2008.
Wind farm health and environment
Headaches, dizziness, sleep disturbances, nausea, irritability, rapid heart rate, problems with concentration and memory, ringing in the ears; it may be “Wind Turbine Syndrome.”
Akwesasne Mohawk retrieve Olympic Flame from Greece
AKWESASNE, Ontario – Aronhiaies Herne, a 23-year-old teacher and cultural program coordinator from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne, has been selected as one of 11 aboriginal youths that will have the job of a lifetime over the next few months – running with the Olympic Flame as its guide and protector to ensure it keeps burning bright on its cross-Canada journey.
The Breaking Wind blows into a prime time spot
CALEDONIA, Ontario – The Breaking Wind, an unsigned teen band from Caledonia, Ontario, Canada breezed right into prime time when ESPN and ABC played a portion of their song “Dear Mr. Murphy” for an on-air teaser, prior to the kick off of Saturday Night Football, Michigan vs. Iowa Oct. 10.
First Nations Studies course ends on a high note
PRINCE RUPERT, British Columbia – With the help of Coast Tsimshian elders and Order of Canada recipient and ethnobotanist Dr. Nancy Turner, students enrolled in an ethnobotany course put their new knowledge into practice in a moving cultural exhibit in August.
Letter to all political parties
Tomorrow, Sept. 13, 2008, we celebrate the one-year anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The declaration was adopted by the UN General Assembly on Sept.13, 2007, after more than two decades of negotiation and debate. Despite having previously played a positive role in building international support for this human rights instrument, Canada was one of only four states to oppose the Declaration.
Award-winning water bottler with a new conscience
MARCHAND, Manitoba – As an environmentally conscience company, Canadian Gold Beverages Inc. of Marchand, Manitoba, continually works to improve both the health of the planet and consumers.
Message to Canada: Loosen the grip or else
TORONTO – Independence is key, according to the head of a “truth-telling” commission with a five-year mandate to raise awareness of what happened to aboriginal children in Canadian residential schools and how the legacy of that experience continues to haunt communities.
