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Bitter anniversary for rendition victim
TheStar.com – Opinion – Bitter anniversary for rendition victim: Benamar Benatta was imprisoned for five years in the United States but never charged.
July 20, 2009. Benamar Benatta
I was the subject of an “extraordinary rendition” from Canada to the United States, where I was held for nearly five years and tortured as a terror suspect, even though I was innocent.
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Prisons poisoning natives
TheStar.com – SpecialSections/Crime – Prisons poisoning natives: Jails turn out to be ‘gladiator schools’ for the many aboriginals who end up there
Jul 20, 2008. Sandro Contenta, Feature Writer
HOBBEMA RESERVES, Alberta–On the walls of Jonathan Napoose’s family home are portraits of Jesus Christ and embroideries of the Last Supper, vestiges of the Catholic upbringing he received from his mother.
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Beyond the rez: AFN chiefs must engage Canada’s first nations in the world outside their communities
TheGlobeandMail.com – Web-exclusive commentary – Beyond the rez: AFN chiefs must engage Canada’s first nations in the world outside their communities
Jul. 20, 2009. Waubgeshig Rice
Children who grow up on the reserve don’t see much beyond what’s right in front of them. It can be a simple, tough life that doesn’t extend past immediate family, the cousins, aunties, uncles and grandparents who live down the road, and school. A lot of the time, it’s a one-bedroom house without power, running water or the luxuries that other Canadian families enjoy.
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First Nations: At what price ‘white man’s money’?
TheGlobeandMail.com – Politics – First Nations: At what price ‘white man’s money’?
Sunday, Jul. 19, 2009. Shawn McCarthy
Ottawa — From Saturday’s Globe and Mail Last updated on 05:35PM EDT
Each spring, Art Sterritt and his family gather at his wife’s ancestral home among B.C.’s Gitga’at people to harvest seaweed, clams and cockles on the shores of Hartley Bay near Kitimat.
The event is more than vacation; it connects the 60-year-old grandfather and his growing family to a way of life that has existed for a millennium.
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A real-estate guide to incarceration: Mapping where inmates come from…
TheStar.com – Crime – A real-estate guide to incarceration: Mapping where inmates come from is no easy task in Canada. But a Star analysis of jail sentences reveals high-price neighbourhoods in the GTA and provides a street-level look at the costs of crime
July 18, 2009. Jim Rankin, STAFF REPORTER
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Platform of change for First Nations
TheStar.com – Opinion – Platform of change for First Nations: Candidates campaigning to become national chief face a population divided over AFN’s role
July 16, 2009. Hayden King
The Assembly of First Nations will elect a new national chief next week in Calgary. As Phil Fontaine retires after an eight-year tenure, five candidates are vying for his job, the top position in First Nations politics.
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Legal aid boycott grows over paltry paycheques
TheStar.com – Ontario – Legal aid boycott grows over paltry paycheques
July 13, 2009. Tracey Tyler, LEGAL AFFAIRS REPORTER
Last fall, in the middle of a schizophrenic breakdown, a 21-year-old man approached a woman in the parking lot of a north Toronto supermarket and asked for directions. As she began writing out a map, he stabbed her in the neck.
Charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons charges, the man was suddenly facing the maximum penalty under the Criminal Code – life in prison.
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‘I am proud of the work of the CHRC’
NationalPost.com – Opinions/Letter – ‘I am proud of the work of the CHRC’
July 11, 2009. Jennifer Lynch
Re: The CHRC Is Ethically Challenged, Russ Hiebert, July 9.
MP Russ Hiebert urges readers to determine who is misinformed about the issues he raises about the work of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC). I agree, and welcome the opportunity to clarify these issues.
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Equal health care for all Canadian children:
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions/Web-exclusive commentary – Equal health care for all Canadian children: Health indicators among children in Nunavut are approaching the levels of those in Sri Lanka and Fiji, says Mary Simon
Jul. 06, 2009. Mary Simon
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Equal health care for all Canadian children:
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions/Web-exclusive commentary – Equal health care for all Canadian children: Health indicators among children in Nunavut are approaching the levels of those in Sri Lanka and Fiji, says Mary Simon
Jul. 06, 2009. Mary Simon
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