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Thu, 23 May 2013 10:50:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/05/attawapiskat-residents-block-road-to-northern-ontario-diamond-mine-de-beers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/05/attawapiskat-residents-block-road-to-northern-ontario-diamond-mine-de-beers/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:28:22 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=346925 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/05/attawapiskat-residents-block-road-to-northern-ontario-diamond-mine-de-beers/feed/ 0 ATTAWAPISKAT, Ont. – De Beers Canada says a group of Attawapiskat residents is blockading... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/24/macleans-live-press-conference-on-chief-theresa-spence/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/24/macleans-live-press-conference-on-chief-theresa-spence/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:48:51 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=341199 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/24/macleans-live-press-conference-on-chief-theresa-spence/feed/ 0 Attawapiskat chief in hospital after ending hunger protest http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/23/an-end-to-theresa-spences-protest/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/23/an-end-to-theresa-spences-protest/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:31:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=340802 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/23/an-end-to-theresa-spences-protest/feed/ 0 Three separate reports this morning that Chief Theresa Spence’s protest could be nearing an... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/common-ground/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/common-ground/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:00:00 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337961 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/common-ground/feed/ 0 As Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan keeps a low profile http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/a-choice-to-co-operate-or-confront/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/a-choice-to-co-operate-or-confront/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:15:00 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337955 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/a-choice-to-co-operate-or-confront/feed/ 0 Paul Wells on Spence's hunger strike and two ways forward http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/idle-no-more-and-the-reliable-old-fart/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/idle-no-more-and-the-reliable-old-fart/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:31:55 +0000 Emma Teitel http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=338582 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/idle-no-more-and-the-reliable-old-fart/feed/ 0 Emma Teitel takes on the FAIPOFS. Kelly McParland, Barbara Kay and Margaret Wente, she's talking to you http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/16/idle-no-more-protesters-march-block-traffic-as-part-of-national-day-of-action/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/16/idle-no-more-protesters-march-block-traffic-as-part-of-national-day-of-action/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:41:15 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=338049 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/16/idle-no-more-protesters-march-block-traffic-as-part-of-national-day-of-action/feed/ 0 Travellers help up at Windsor border crossing http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/when-canada-tweeted-about-the-failures-of-ottawapiskat/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/when-canada-tweeted-about-the-failures-of-ottawapiskat/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:11:55 +0000 Nick Taylor-Vaisey http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=336931 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/when-canada-tweeted-about-the-failures-of-ottawapiskat/feed/ 0 Satirical tweets about aboriginal relations trend across the country http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/10/the-commons-shawn-atleo-at-the-fork-in-the-road/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/10/the-commons-shawn-atleo-at-the-fork-in-the-road/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:08:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=335692 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/10/the-commons-shawn-atleo-at-the-fork-in-the-road/feed/ 0 'We have arrived at a moment unlike any other,' AFN chief says http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/10/i-go-back-and-forth-on-idle-no-more/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/10/i-go-back-and-forth-on-idle-no-more/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:50:01 +0000 Scott Feschuk http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=335125 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/10/i-go-back-and-forth-on-idle-no-more/feed/ 0 Scott Feschuk on Chief Theresa Spence and living on fish broth http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/09/spence-wont-attend/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/09/spence-wont-attend/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:59:55 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=334851 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/09/spence-wont-attend/feed/ 0 After some confusion this morning, Chief Theresa Spence is now officially unwilling to attend... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/08/the-idlenomore-debate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/08/the-idlenomore-debate/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:00:46 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=334417 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/08/the-idlenomore-debate/feed/ 0 The Agenda convenes a panel. Adam Goldenberg looks forward. But none of it will... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/08/idlenomore-attawapiskat-protest-power-money-and-change/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/08/idlenomore-attawapiskat-protest-power-money-and-change/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:00:21 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=334404 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/08/idlenomore-attawapiskat-protest-power-money-and-change/feed/ 0 The Attawapiskat audit landed yesterday with a thud. Theresa Spence deemed it a distraction.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/07/chief-spence-on-the-uses-of-caution/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/07/chief-spence-on-the-uses-of-caution/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:01:44 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=334203 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/07/chief-spence-on-the-uses-of-caution/feed/ 0 Tom Mulcair didn't appear with the Attawapiskat chief http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/27/the-hunger-artist/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/27/the-hunger-artist/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:41:09 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=331876 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/27/the-hunger-artist/feed/ 0 Colby Cosh asks some questions of Theresa Spence http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/11/chief-vows-to-die-if-necessary-to-improve-lives-of-aboriginal-people/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/11/chief-vows-to-die-if-necessary-to-improve-lives-of-aboriginal-people/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:42:40 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=326507 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/11/chief-vows-to-die-if-necessary-to-improve-lives-of-aboriginal-people/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Aboriginal protests against recent federal legislation are gaining momentum, with at least... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/28/one-good-thing/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/28/one-good-thing/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:33:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=242511 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/28/one-good-thing/feed/ 0 Amid all else, the House voted unanimously last night—268 to 0—to approve the following... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/whos-in-charge-in-attawapiskat/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/whos-in-charge-in-attawapiskat/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:37:31 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236819 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/whos-in-charge-in-attawapiskat/feed/ 0 Band leaders are asking a judge to overturn Ottawa's decision to send in an outside manager http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/iran-the-new-human-rights-defender/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/iran-the-new-human-rights-defender/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:35:46 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233261 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/iran-the-new-human-rights-defender/feed/ 0 Tehran takes aim at Canada’s treatment of its Aboriginals, in the wake of the Attawapiskat crisis http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/30/another-years-politics-in-12-chapters/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/30/another-years-politics-in-12-chapters/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:07:05 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=231713 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/30/another-years-politics-in-12-chapters/feed/ 0 Stages in the legislative process that make a bill law in the Canadian Parliament;... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/first-nations-bonds/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/first-nations-bonds/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:05:14 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230760 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/first-nations-bonds/feed/ 0 Why it may be a win-win solution for Aboriginal communities and Ottawa http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/12/attawapiskat-chief-denies-accepting-government-appointed-manager/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/12/attawapiskat-chief-denies-accepting-government-appointed-manager/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:14:43 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229356 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/12/attawapiskat-chief-denies-accepting-government-appointed-manager/feed/ 0 Spence contradicts statement released by Aboriginal Affairs minister http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/12/whos-on-first-4/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/12/whos-on-first-4/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:30:43 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229336 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/12/whos-on-first-4/feed/ 0 The Aboriginal Affairs Minister and Attawapiskat chief seem to have communication issues. When the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/09/amid-an-emergency-a-strategy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/09/amid-an-emergency-a-strategy/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:30:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/amid-an-emergency%e2%80%94-a-strategy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/09/amid-an-emergency-a-strategy/feed/ 19 WELLS: Short attention spans will get the focus off Attawapiskat. Fixing the actual problem will take longer. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/spending-money-to-sort-out-the-money/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/spending-money-to-sort-out-the-money/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:11:21 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229074 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/spending-money-to-sort-out-the-money/feed/ 72 The third-party auditor will cost Attawapiskat about $1,300 per day. Aboriginal Affairs officials told... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/afn-chief-slams-government-over-attawapiskat-crisis/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/afn-chief-slams-government-over-attawapiskat-crisis/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:48:23 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228703 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/afn-chief-slams-government-over-attawapiskat-crisis/feed/ 21 Calls situation in northern Ontario community a ‘national disgrace’ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/starting-to-sort-out-the-attawapiskat-numbers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/starting-to-sort-out-the-attawapiskat-numbers/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:36:41 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228667 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/starting-to-sort-out-the-attawapiskat-numbers/feed/ 51 How much money would it take to fix the housing crisis on reserves? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/turned-away/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/turned-away/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:15:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228636 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/turned-away/feed/ 34 Attawapiskat turned away the third-party manager yesterday. John Duncan’s office expressed its disappointment in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/05/a-slow-moving-trainwreck/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/05/a-slow-moving-trainwreck/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:45:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228435 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/05/a-slow-moving-trainwreck/feed/ 31 Chuck Strahl further complicates John Duncan’s complicated explanation of who knew what about Attawapiskat... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/a-hundred-communities-like-this/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/a-hundred-communities-like-this/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:43:31 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228363 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/a-hundred-communities-like-this/feed/ 22 Peter Mansbridge talks to Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo about Attawapiskat.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/this-is-the-line-in-the-sand/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/this-is-the-line-in-the-sand/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:27:46 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228324 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/this-is-the-line-in-the-sand/feed/ 17 NDP MP Charlie Angus returns to Attawapiskat, with interim leader Nycole Turmel in tow.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/least-resistance/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/least-resistance/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:30:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228164 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/least-resistance/feed/ 36 Ontario Aboriginal Affairs Minister Kathleen Wynne criticizes the federal government’s response to the Attawapiskat... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/attawapiskat-math-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/attawapiskat-math-ii/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:44:13 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228075 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/attawapiskat-math-ii/feed/ 22 Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan says “things don’t add up.” Romeo Saganash has forwarded... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/diamonds-and-squalor-up-on-james-bay/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/diamonds-and-squalor-up-on-james-bay/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:29:49 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227995 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/diamonds-and-squalor-up-on-james-bay/feed/ 50 A frequently mentioned dark irony in the story of deplorable living conditions at Attawapiskat,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/attawapiskat-math/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/attawapiskat-math/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:35:54 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227854 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/attawapiskat-math/feed/ 74 Breaking down the federal government's spending on the troubled reserve http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/the-commons-tragedy-of-numbers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/the-commons-tragedy-of-numbers/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:03:07 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227763 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/the-commons-tragedy-of-numbers/feed/ 57 'The prime minister should see for himself. He should sleep in a shack in a sleeping bag.' http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/the-commons-tuesday-night-in-cornwall/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/the-commons-tuesday-night-in-cornwall/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:30:07 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227599 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/30/the-commons-tuesday-night-in-cornwall/feed/ 1 Paul Dewar takes his campaign for the NDP leadership across the 417 and down the 138 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/third-world/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/third-world/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:38:07 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226199 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/third-world/feed/ 12 NDP MP Charlie Angus recorded video of a visit to Attawapiskat. Mr. Angus has... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/26/the-commons-starring-charlie-angus/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/26/the-commons-starring-charlie-angus/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:17:33 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=39481 The Scene.... Charlie Angus is either the best kind of politician or the worst]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/26/the-commons-starring-charlie-angus/feed/ 7 The Scene.... Charlie Angus is either the best kind of politician or the worst