Students march on Ottawa to press education demands
The sound of drums echoed throughout downtown Ottawa Thursday.
Ottawa
Saganash NDP leadership bid carries ‘hope and change:’Chow
Jack Layton spent “many years” persuading NDP MP Romeo Saganash to run for Parliament, and now that the Cree politician has jumped into the race to replace the deceased leader he is also carrying the “hope and change” embodied by the party, says Layton’s widow and NDP MP Olivia Chow.
‘I’ll never be able to hold mine again’
Families and friends of missing and murdered Aboriginal women were on Parliament Hill Tuesday.
Governing Conservatives ‘don’t know’ tar sands ‘impact’ on water, caribou, forests: watchdog
The federal Conservative government has a weak grasp of the tar sands’ environmental impact, according to the federal environmental watchdog.
Nunavut fears prisoner influx triggered by proposed Tory legislation
The Tory government has proposed new legislation that they say is designed to get “tough on crime.”
Harper, Turmel spar over Aboriginal poverty
Prime Minister Stephen Harper called on the NDP Thursday to back his government’s efforts to improve the lives of Aboriginal people in the country.
Tantoo Cardinal: Keystone XL is “creating a sickness”
APTN National News Actress Tantoo Cardinal joins APTN National News anchor Michael Hutchinson to discuss…
Protesters: Keystone XL has “catastrophic implications”
APTN National News Hundreds of protesters marched on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, demonstrating against the…
At least 100 arrested during anti-tar sands protest on Parliament Hill: RCMP
Several hundred protesters–some with plans to challenge police lines-are gathered on Parliament Hill’s lawn to protest tar sands development in Alberta and a pipeline to transport oil to the U.S.
