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March 10, 2017McGill panel honours International Women’s Day
Women in International Security Canada executive director Dr. Cassandra Steer (left) hosted intergenerational panel of Inuk Nina Segalowitz, Kanienkehá:ka Ellen Gabriel, and Cree Maïtée Labrecque-Saganash.
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March 9, 2017Mohawk council considering the "high" road
Council chief Rhonda Kirby said the MCK will be consulting the community on regulations for medical and recreational cannabis in the coming months.
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February 14, 2017Tobacco, from seed to smoke in 223 pages
The task for Jim Poling was large, but the former Canadian Press writer was up for it, and the result is a fascinating look at the history of one plant that is the source of controversy, tension, politics and a whole lot of money.
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February 10, 2017New entrepreneurship program launched
Former Canadian prime minister Paul Martin was in Kahnawake Tuesday to sign a partnership and establish a new entrepreneurship course at the Adult Education Centre in town.
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February 3, 2017Ambitious initiative takes on community challenges
A new tech initiative revealed at the Host Hotel in Kahnawake last week is hoping to uncover real numbers for specific potentially vulnerable sections of the community - Peter Phillips, The Eastern Door.
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January 23, 2017Fire Brigade trains eager Mi’kmaq recruits
Instructors Raymond Lepine and Bryan Deer following a controlled burn with new firefighters Cody Guitard, Roger Barnaby, Dave Condo, Luke Martin, Carlene Isaac, Jacob Arsenault, Dakota Barnaby, Tyrone Metallic, Colleen Methot, Jaygen Bernard, Donna Metallic and Mindy Moffat.
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January 16, 2017Putting names to Indigenous faces in archives
Photos like these of families, women and children in Kahnawake that were taken in the 1930s remain unidentified in Library and Archives Canada’s online database.
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January 11, 2017Supreme Court dismisses gas tax case
Wallace “Bully” Stacey proprietor of Bully’s Truck Stop stands on the Quebec Court of Appeal steps after hearing his lawyer, Timothy Huot, argue on behalf of himself and 10 other gas retailers.
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December 16, 2016Give the gift of knowledge, by Chelsea Vowel
Status, blood quantum, stereotypes, tax exemption, Metis identity, stolen generations… The list could very well go on of the topics discussed in the 31 chapters of Chelsea Vowel’s recently published book Indigenous Writes: a Guide to First Nations, Metis & Inuit Issues in Canada (Highwater Press, $20.80-$26).
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November 17, 2016Working towards a career in economic development
Iohsennóntion Lahache is halfway through her first semester studying economics at Concordia University. (Courtesy Iohsennóntion Lahache) Iohsennóntion Lahache hopes to one day use her university education to help Indigenous communities grow their economies.
