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GG to host "ceremonial meeting" with chiefs Friday

Moments after Manitoba chiefs stated during an Ottawa press conference they would not participate in a planned meeting Friday with the prime minister unless Gov. Gen. David Johnston also attended, the Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement saying a ceremonial meeting would take place with the Crown’s representative at Rideau Hall.

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Winnipeg protest meets Senate committee

When members of Canada’s Senate committee on human rights showed up in Winnipeg for a public meeting, they were met by a handful of Aboriginal people protesting against the federal government’s new budget.