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No such thing as freedom of the press in Indian country
“There is no such thing as freedom of the press in Indian country,” she told the Royal Commission of Aboriginal People in 1993. When I interviewed Lynda Powless, the editor and publisher of Canada’s only weekly aboriginal newspaper with a national scope, she said that her 17-year-old statement still holds true. You can the full profile in this month’s More magazine. Continue reading
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Mike Holmes, sex researchers & St Clair West
It’s great when articles you filed back in May finally come to fruition. Last spring, contractors across the country kindly answered my very basic questions about building closets, knocking out walls, and all things hot water tanks (winning hed: Go … Continue reading
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New chair of TDSB; Home for the Games; China welcomes Canuck bacon but shuns pigs; Spend stimulus or lose it say Feds; Monbiot says Canada biggest climate change criminal; UK’s crack rape team; Rwandan genocide banker jailed; Brit sailors freed by Iran
My morning newscast for CIUT 89.5FM – listen to today’s Take 5 show – and my best newscast yet – here In National News Last night’s election of Bruce Davis as chair of Toronto District School Board promises to strengthen … Continue reading
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Take 5 News: Voice for missing Aboriginal women under threat; Toronto tap water now with extra bacteria; Jarvis now Ted Rogers Way; Tory Senator ties to Quebec funding scandal; All-day kindergarten costs another $400 million in Ontario
Don’t turn out the light on missing women Federal Liberal critic for women’s issues, Anita Neville, is calling on the Conservative government to guarantee a renewal of the five-year mandate for Sisters in Spirit. The national organization has become the … Continue reading
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