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Cree Survivor finally finds a home

PRINCE ALBERT – A Cree woman whose legs were amputated after a vicious attack last year, has finally found a home in the Metis community of Timber Bay, near Prince Albert.

Marlene Bird had been having trouble finding a home since she was released from a Saskatoon hospital last fall, where she had been admitted after having been found badly beaten and burned. After landing at the YMCA with nothing but a wheelchair, her personal belongings and a donated electric scooter, she moved into a seniors’ home which charged extremely high rent. Finding a home was also difficult since the residential school survivor had fallen back into alcoholism, which she said was a way of coping with the stress.

Throughout her recovery, she has lived with her on-and-off partner of 15 years, Patrick Lavallee, who sobered up shortly after Bird’s attack in order to be able to help her recover.

The issue has shone light on the alcoholism and homelessness problems plaguing Prince Albert.

Leslie Black, 29, was

charged a month after Bird’s attack with attempted murder and aggravated sexual assault, the CBC reported.

AFN Chief and Prime Minister meet for first time

OTTAWA – The newly elected national Chief of the Assembly of First Nations met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper last Wednesday after Question Period. They spoke of many pressing issues, according to Chief Perry Bellegarde, including an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and the controversial education Bill C-33, which is to be scrapped.

“The prime minister stated that Bill C-33 will not move forward,” Bellegarde wrote in a letter to the AFN executive, cited by the CBC. The approval of the bill by former national AFN chief Shawn Atleo is what led to his resignation last year. At least 200 indigenous leaders objected to the bill, which they said ignored their rights and gave the federal government too much control of indigenous education.

Bellegarde said they talked about the need to have discussions between

the government and the AFN leaders about comprehensive claims, treaty implementation issues and land rights, among other matters. He suggested the same to the prime minister’s NDP and Liberal counterparts. The meeting lasted just under an hour.

Industry asks government to work with FNs and stay out of courts

YUKON – During the recent Mineral Exploration Roundup, which ended on Jan. 29, at least 150 industry executives met with First Nation delegates, where both sides expressed their desire to work together, though respecting the issues affecting indigenous peoples.

At the meeting, First Nation leaders said they are very interested in working with industry in order to provide jobs. But they also asserted they will not budge on their support for the Yukon Umbrella Final Agreement with First Nations, which is at the centre of an ongoing dispute with the feds.

They say Bill S-6 would undermine the Umbrella Final Agreement, a political agreement that involves

the three main Canadian political parties as well as the 14 Yukon First Nations, and which covers various topics including compensation and self-governance, among others.

Mineral industry executives are urging the government to resolve these issues with the Yukon First Nations, avoiding litigation in order to not sour potential partnerships.

“If you want my money, don’t ask me to fund a dispute,” said Rick Rule, with Sprott Assessment Management – which funds mining projects, according to a CBC article.

Dehcho First Nations debate whether to sign on to N.W.T. Devolution Agreement

N.W.T. – Dehcho First Nations leaders are meeting this week to discuss whether to sign on to the Northwest Territory Devolution Agreement.

Grand Chief Herb Norwegian, of the Dehcho First Nations, said they were almost ready to sign on as parties to the agreement, which went into effect Apr. 1, 2014, though interested groups may still join.

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would receive a portion of the quarter of the resource revenues collecting in the territory, reports the CBC – about $15 million to be split among the First Nations in the first post-devolution year.

Only two regions remain in the area with unsettled claims – the Akaitcho and the Dehcho – and they are the last two who haven’t yet signed on to the agreement.

Chief Norwegian said they would have signed last summer, but needed more time to analyze exactly what the agreement meant to the Dehcho. The main point, he added, is that the Dehcho be fully in control of the land that rightfully belongs to them and the resources around them.

The meetings began on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, in Fort Simpson.

#ShutDownCanada event to go on despite new anti-terror bill being tabled

The Conservative government is tabling a new anti-terror bill that could give more powers to the RCMP and Canada’s intelligence agency to disrupt events like #ShutDownCanada.

But the bill must still pass through a reading at the senate level.

At least 5,000 people have joined the Facebook event invitation. Protests in front of city-halls and possible railroad and highway blockades are some of the activities planned.

Bill C-51 would give police excessive powers to make arrests based on fears of terror attacks that “may” happen (as opposed to attacks that “will” happen). This small change could broaden the government’s leverage, allowing them to classify activities such as pipeline protests and blockades as ‘terror acts.’

Jeffrey Monaghan, an instructor at the institute of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Carleton, said the bill itself probably wouldn’t have any “direct” impact on #ShutDownCanada. But he clarified the bill was troubling and, if passed, would be a “massive boost for the security establishment,” which has already been using surveillance on indigenous peoples for many years.

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Six Nations announces participation in Pan-Am Games

By Jim Windle

OHSWEKEN – According to Six Nations elected chief Ava Hill, the community will be a very busy place this summer with its involvement in the Pan-Am Games, which open this coming July 10th in Toronto and the surrounding area.

Hill also announced several other high profile events that Six Nations will be involved in this summer during a media conference and presentation at the Community Hall in Ohsweken, Saturday afternoon.

After the opening ceremony, District #6 Councillor Mark Hill, who MC’ed the gathering, introduced Chief Hill, who was clearly excited about this summer’s events.

“We were first approached by the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs back in 2011 and asked if we would like to be involved in the Pan-Am games in 2015,” she said. “Now here it is, less than six months away.”

The request was to be a part of what was being called an “Aboriginal Leadership Forum,” along with the Mississaugas of the New Credit, Huron-Wyandot and Metis Nations, as well as several Aboriginal agencies in the Toronto area.

Hill said it was very important that if Six Nations was to be involved, it had to be as more than window dressing, but as a true partner in the event.

“A few years ago, Kevin Sandy and I attended PASO (Pan-Am Sports Organization) annual assembly in Toronto,” Hill told the assembled media and community members.

“There were representatives from all 41 countries there, and we were going around doing our networking to promote our community and to try and get people to come to our community when the games are on. We also asked if each country was interested in playing lacrosse. We are keeping that work going and hopefully, one day we will be able to have lacrosse as a sport in the Pan-Am games.”

The event will not only be a great venue for

Six Nations athletes, Carrie-Leigh Thomas (left), Cher Obediah and Santee Smith (right) pose with Rainbow-quilled Pachi the Porcupine, the official mascot of the 2015 Pan-Am Games, at a media conference at the Six Nations Community Centre. Thomas will be playing for Team Canada in Softball, boxer Cher Obediah is hoping for a spot on the Canadian National boxing team as the reigning Bronze medalist, and dancer and choreographer Smith will be performing during the games. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE athletes, it will also provide ample opportunity to showcase Onkwehonwe artists, musicians and heritage, as well as through the two Six Nations athletes competing in the games.

Fastball star Carrie-Leigh Thomas will compete as a member of the Canadian National Softball Team, and Cher Obediah hopes to earn a spot on the Canadian Na-

tional Boxing Team.

But beyond sports, the Games open lots of other opportunities for Six Nations to promote itself and will create jobs and volunteer work to get involved in at the games, as well.

“It’s a really good opportunity to showcase our community,” said Elected Chief Hill.

She explained that during the Games, other

Six Nations events would be promoted as well, including the annual Champion of Champions Pow

wow, which falls in the middle of the Games. The Planet Indigenous International Festival will also be happening during the games, and the Woodland Cultural Museum will be hosting some of those events.

The Aboriginal Leadership Partners Pavilion at the Games will showcase a number of Six Nations performers and artists.

Some 300,000 individuals will compete in 26 Pan-Am sports and 13 Para-Pan-Am sports. In all, 16 municipalities will be involved, plus the Six Nations community.

Some Six Nations families have already benefited from the Pan-Am Games.

“The building and renovations of venues for various sports brought work to many Six Nations Iron Workers and others,” Kevin Sandy added. “We had four gangs from here working on the new soccer stadium in Hamilton and the Milton Velodrome.”

Another Six Nation business – Willie’s World

– also won a $250,000 contract.

There will also be a strong Onkwehonwe participation during the event’s opening and closing ceremonies where the Haudenosaunee Creation Story will be told in dance and song.

A Tom Longboat-commissioned work will be unveiled in Toronto to honour what many believe to be the greatest runner of all time. Following the Games, it will be returned to Six Nations for permanent display.

Carrie Leigh Thomas, Cher Obediah and dancer/choreographer Santee Smith also spoke of their involvement in the Games and what it means to be representing their community.

Several booths were set up around the perimeter of the Community Hall with more information about the games and the Six Nations Community’s involvement.

The Pan-Am games begin July 10th, 2015 and will run until July.

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Paranormal investigation at Chiefswood National Historical Site

By Heather George Every day when I open the door to Chiefswood National Historic Site, I call out “She:kon George,” “She:kon Emily.” I remind them of who I am, why I am there, and who is coming to visit that day.

I sometimes think I am being silly, but I counteract that with “if spirits really are in the house they might like to know what is going on.” By nature I’m a bit of a skeptic, most museum professionals are.

It’s hard to get through a tour of a historic site without someone asking if it is haunted. So when I was approached by Six Nations Investigating Paranormal Experiences (SNIPE) to undertake an investigation at Chiefswood, I had my doubts.

After a presentation

by SNIPE to the museum board where they outlined their methods as well as expressing their respect for the site and its history I decided that I was being a bit of a history snob. I’ve always believed that history belongs to everyone and if this is one of the ways that people enjoy history I should be open to try it.

Everyone I spoke to about the investigation had a story about the house and to be honest

ing for sounds, lights or “orbs” and any changes in temperature. We ended the investigation with good thoughts and giving thanks for the experience we had shared together.

Leaving the house that night I felt a renewed sense of honour and purpose in caring for Chiefswood and those who have and may still call it home.

Some of the results of the investigation have been posted to our Facebook page and Twitter account and have brought renewed attention to the house and its history.

If you would like more information about the site or have a story to share, please email us at chiefswood@sixnations. ca.

I’ve had my own “experiences” – photos and text panels that have moved or fallen, strange smells, and of course many squeaks and unidentifiable sounds, all of which could be part of any historic house, but something about Chiefswood makes it feel different. So I put my skepticism aside and arranged to have SNIPE come to Chiefswood.

We started our investigation with an overview of Chiefswood’s history;

stories about love, family, community and tragedy which intertwine with the ghost stories community members and past employees have shared with me.

People have seen strange lights, heard music coming from the house and have seen what appears to be a woman dressed in black. Following the tour of the house SNIPE set up infrared cameras, sound equipment and a monitoring

RCMP puzzled by Maritime tobacco trends

By Tim Groves The RCMP have noticed a new trend in how contraband cigarettes reach the Maritimes provinces.

According to an internal document, they have detected an increase in the number of traffickers purchasing their cigarettes in Listuguj, a Míkmaq community in Quebec.

Maritime brokers of untaxed tobacco products had previously acquired the bulk of their product in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, and the Mounties are trying to determine why this switch has taken place.

The new trend is confusing because the cost of cigarettes is typically

higher in Listuguj, due the fact that they are not manufactured there. Instead they are resold after being acquired from manufactures or distributors in Kahnawake and Akwesasne.

“It is possible that traffickers are enticed by the reduced risk of travelling shorter distances and purchasing from a location with less law enforcement focus on contraband tobacco,” read an RCMP report obtained through an Access to Information Request.

Kahnawake, is located just south of Montreal, and is a more than sixhour drive further away from the Maritimes than Listuguj, which is situated just across the river from Campbellton, New

Brunswick.

It is not clear from the report how the RCMP came to the conclusion that more tobacco was purchased in Listuguj.

The RCMP seized 10,400 bags of 200 cigarettes in the Maritime Provinces between January and October 2014, which is 12.6 percent of all cigarettes seized in Canada in that time. Over half that number came from a single incident in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia on March 3rd, 2014.

According to news reports, the RCMP seized 3,890 contraband cigarettes last month in Pictou, Nova Scotia, after pulling over a truck bearing Ontario license plates for speeding.

station in the summer kitchen, our base of operations for the night.

We started with an exercise of “calling out,” introducing ourselves, explaining what we were

doing and then asked a series of questions, including who was in the house and why they were there. Throughout the night we repeated this practice while monitor-

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Tyendinaga youth enjoy their new skating rink

By Erica Jamieson TYENDINAGA – Tyendinaga has the beginnings of a new outdoor Olympic-sized skating rink.

The idea was sparked when two long-time residents of Tyendinaga, Ogwari Brant and Mario Baptiste were, “sitting at [Brant’s] kitchen table having coffee and we both agreed that the children on the reserve needed a safe place to skate.”

From there, Brant brought the idea to Chief Ron Maracle, who liked the idea and got the ball rolling. Shortly after, it was given the go ahead by the Band Property maintenance and the Recreation Coordinator – and today, the rink is ready.

Brant is the first to say the ice needs to be a bit smoother, but fixing that shouldn’t be too difficult, considering his full-time job includes flooding rinks in Kings-

On Saturday January 31st, Tyendinaga saw the opening of a new outdoor Olympic-sized skating rink with free skating available for the public. The initiative was undertaken by long time residents Ogwari Brant and Mario Baptiste who wanted to provide local children with a safe place to skate. ton. It takes about 20, 000 gallons of water to turn the lacrosse rink into a skating rink and some very cold weather.

He still needs to McGyver his 4-wheeler into a Zamboni-like machine to help smooth the ice.

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last Saturday, January 31st, and they had a chip truck and music playing.

When the Two Row Times got there that evening, the music still played and people continued to show up.

Three young men, Jared Calladine, Hunter

Storms and Cole Storms were already there playing hockey. Other people arrived ready to skate, and still more hockey players showed up to pass a few pucks around.

As the evening went on, it was apparent that the community wanted a

place to skate.

As long as the weather stays cold, people can have scheduled hockey games and the rink is open to the public. It doesn’t cost anything to skate, but donations are greatly appreciated.

Brian Calladine, a resident of Tyendinaga was optimistic about the youth of Tyendinaga enjoying the skating rink.

When asked why he was there, he said, “Play a little hockey, check out the new rink, give the kids something to do at 6:30 p.m. in the pitch black.

But the lights are on, so it’s working pretty good.

They seem to be having fun. Keeps them out of trouble.”

When asked if he felt many people would use the rink, Calladine said, “I think it’s gonna work, the kids are gonna come here. Everybody has a rink in their backyard, but here is a place everybody can get together and go for it.”

The skating rink is a great addition to the recreational infrastructure that seems to be evolving on York Rd. It wasn’t too long ago that the lacrosse rink’s location seemed odd. However, nowadays, it seems perfectly normal juxtaposed with a relatively new skateboarding park and the long-standing ball diamond.

Signage was made by Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, which includes a sponsor and rules board.

A large contribution was made by Ward’s Gas Bar and the water came from Leisure Pool Distribution, as well as use of the water truck/pump. Cash donations were made by Flightpath Limousine Service, Village Variety, L&J Lunch Box, McMurter’s Home Centre, D&R Water, Mr. Fry and Mrs. Cone, and Tyendinaga Computers to help make the rink a reality.

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A terrible magician

What makes any magician worth their salt is the art of misdirection. Get someone looking here when there is something else going on over there. Some magicians are better than others, but all trickery has an element of misdirection intrinsic within it.

With Bill C-51, Prime Minister Stephan Harper’s new anti-terror bill, he proves himself to be as clumsy a magician as he is a musician.

It is obvious to anyone who has had their head above the ground lately, that this bill is a desperate attempt to push back the growing criticism of his hell-bentfor-leather rush to suck as much dirty oil out of the ground as he can before the environmentalists – Native and non – grow to critical mass; or until Alberta falls into a giant sink hole brought on by fracking and the tar sands.

Bill C-51 may restrict the comings and goings of recognized world-wide terrorists, but it is mostly about “shutting up dem pesky Injins” who have a powerful political and moral standing to resist him, according to international law.

Although the yardsticks have not moved much in the past 20 years, they have moved and Canada’s cover has been blown as the most peace loving and friendly places to live in the world.

Bill C-51 is Harper’s counter offensive

against Onkwehonwe people who are gaining support from not only Canadians, but from people around the world.

We find it strangely ironic that at the same time Harper is deflecting attention while robbing Onkwehonwe people and Canadian citizens of their rights and freedoms, the only four remaining original copies of the 800-yearold Magna Carta have been gathered together in a London museum for the first time in history. Maybe one of those copies should be sent to Ottawa.

For those who may have never understood what that document is or its importance, let’s just say that pretty well all “free” Nations around the world base their understanding of the Rule of Law on it.

And why not. It makes sense the same way the Great Law makes sense.

In the year 1215, 40 barons joined together to declare their rights to King John of England upon threat of civil war.

To save his own neck and remain in power, King John reluctantly gave in to their demands and gave his assent, making it law. It is a long and difficult document to read, but there are three main points we

will drawn from it for now. The Magna Carta guaranteed: 1) That taxes cannot be arbitrary.

2) That free men cannot be imprisoned without first being judged by their peers or the law.

3) That justice cannot be denied or delayed.

All other laws must conform to these recognized truths. When they do not, the rest of the world will speak up.

Over the past few years many have been looking at Canada with different eyes as more and more evidence of Canada’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous Nations surfaces through public protest, social media activism, and articulate calls to justice by Onkwehonwe lawyers and scholars. The United Nations has brought Canada up short using Canada’s own laws and treaties to do so. Fair minded Canadians, maybe hearing their own real history for the first time in generations, are ashamed of it.

So long as there is such a thing as common decency, fairness, truthfulness, treaties and the Magna Carta, we hold out hope that the power of tyrants is curtailed.

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How will new anti-terror bill affect #ShutDownCanada and Idle No More?

Fernando Arce

The Conservative government is tabling a new anti-terror bill that could give more powers to the RCMP and Canada’s intelligence agency, which could potentially affect events like #ShutDownCanada on Feb. 13. But the bill must still pass through a reading at the senate level.

If it passes, however, Bill C-51 would give police excessive powers to make arrests based on fears of terror attacks that “may” happen (as opposed to attacks that “will” happen). This seemingly small change would essentially broaden the government’s leverage when it comes to classifying activities such as pipeline protests and blockades as ‘terror acts.’

It also expands the country’s spy agency’s powers – CSIS – so it can “disrupt” websites or social media pages it considers as promoting terrorism simply for calling for civil disobedience.

Events like #ShutDownCanada and the Idle No More protests of 2012 would most likely fit the bill’s criteria.

Of course, it would be nothing new. Bill C-44 and Bill C-639 have already been targeting protestors.

In December, a VICE article reported that Federal Minister of Justice Peter MacKay had admitted that Bill C-639, originally intended to deal with people stealing wire from power companies, would leave it up to

a judge to decide whether energy pipeline protestors should be locked up if they are caught damaging or blocking critical infrastructure. The bill called for minimum mandatory fines of $500 or $3,000, and maximum sentences of two or ten years, reported VICE, depending on whether it was deemed a summary or indictable offence.

Bill C-51 expands on that by piggy-backing on the anti-muslim hysteria that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has stirred since the October attacks in St-Jean-sur-Richeliea and on Parliament Hill a few days later.

Despite its enhanced spying and surveillance powers, over which civil rights organizations have expressed concern, the bill lacks any additional oversight, which Steven Blaney, Public Safety Minister, claimed is “needless red tape” in CTV’s Question Period.

And though it doesn’t include a specific section on Indigenous peoples, it will expand on what has already been put in place.

“They’ve already been working with the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and CSIS and the RCMP,” said Russell Diabo, an independent policy analyst, in an interview with the TRT. “Now it’s just a question of them using (the new powers) not only on what they consider radical Muslims, but on other groups including First Nations.”

The way definitions of terrorism can be interpreted are one main

point of concern. In an APTN report, University of Ottawa law professor Amir Attaran said he’s as worried about the consequences of the vague wording as he is about the new prison terms.

“Imprisonment of up to a year without a trial because the government thinks a person may do something wrong is what dictatorships do, not what’s done in any civilized country,” he said.

Diabo agreed. “If you look at the definition of a terrorist activity, it’s anybody that does political or religious activites which could impact the public. So far they haven’t drawn those linkages, but it could very well start to be applied,” he said.

Dan Wallace, one of #ShutDownCanada’s organizers, said they will be sifting through the bill and putting the information out there so that event-goers can educate themselves on the possible risks and “make their own decision” before the event.

“Some people are just going to meet up at a certain place and time to show support and solidarity and some want to block roads and other things, but again that is up to those that want to do something,” he wrote in a Facebook conversation. “We can’t predict what people are going to do but when and if arrests take place we will start launching fund raisers if need be.”

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Barriere Lake sues Aboriginal Affairs and Third Party Managers

By Shiri Pasternak OTTAWA – On January 30, 2015, the Algonquins of Barriere Lake commenced a legal proceeding against Canada and past and present third party managers for breach of fiduciary duty, interference with economic relations, and negligence. Their claim is for $30 million in damages for lost monies, undermined autonomy and self-governance, and harm to their reputation.

Threatened with a loss of services for their inability to comply with the First Nations Financial Transparency Act, the community is fighting back in court, and in doing so, dragging the whole corrupt federal funding system onto the public stage.

Under the Transparency Act, bands must now post consolidated audited financial statements online, including the First Nation’s assets, liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flows. Barriere Lake state that they can-

not comply with the Act since they have had no control over band spending since 2006. They refuse to be liable for financial decisions taken on their behalf by external accountants.

The band is under Third Party Management (TPM), a remedial policy that gives the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs the power to appoint private accounting firms to takeover the financial management of bands running deficits. Third party managers are answerable to Aboriginal Affairs, but forcibly paid by the bands.

Since Barriere Lake was put under TPM they have never seen a complete account of their finances. Since 2012, Barriere Lake has been requesting disclosure on funding agreements between Aboriginal Affairs and Barriere Lake, as well as annual audits, program budgets, and TPM agreements with Aboriginal Affairs. Aboriginal Affairs has forestalled the release of this fiscal data

by contriving extensive delays and bombarding the band with boxes of irrelevant documents.

The Minister of Aboriginal Affairs imposed TPM due to an $83,000 deficit. Calculating that the average salary accountants are paid is $200,000 a year, that would make the cumulative TPM intake almost 22 times the amount of the initial deficit they were hired to resolve.

As the band states, “If we remain in ‘default,’ it is because of chronic underfunding by Canada and the failure of third party managers to competently and diligently manage our finances, for the benefit of the community and its members.”

Barriere Lake Interim Director General Tony Wawatie links the lack of accountability of third party managers with the hypocrisy of the Transparency Act: “The Department has been trying to get this Council to sign off on these consolidated audits and meanwhile there was never any clear

line of authority or agreement between TPM and Barriere Lake.”

Barriere Lake legally challenged TPM in 2008, launching a judicial review of the Minister’s decision to impose the policy on the community. On behalf of the Elders Council at Barriere Lake, Harry Wawatie alleged that the band’s deficit arose from the Minister’s failure to fulfill his obligations under three separate agreements entered with the First Nation, including the ground-breaking 1991 Trilateral Agreement, a resource co-management agreement that would have given the community a decisive say in the management of 17,000 square kilometers of their traditional territory. The case was dropped when the government at Barriere Lake changed that year.

Now the Algonquins of Barriere Lake are going back to court to challenge Aboriginal Affairs and the TPMs ongoing misdirection and holding of funds owing to Barri-

ere Lake. Their case will also raise fundamental questions about the politics of federal funding of First Nations in Canada.

For example, in her 2003 report, the Attorney General of Canada found “no results-based management and accountability framework in place” for TPM. As the case of Barriere Lake shows, there has been little improvement to conditions since that time.

The stakes here are high. Aboriginal Affairs can use debt to control opposition from bands like Barriere Lake, who have been opposing the federal land claims policy for decades. Certainly, the Federal Court found that the Minister’s imposition of TPM on Attawapiskat in 2012, following the national attention Chief Spence drew to her community’s housing crisis, was leveled without consideration for “more reasonable, more responsive or less invasive remedies available.”

So while the Crown is taking court action

First Nation against bands that have publicly declared their refusal to submit to the Transparency Act, Barriere Lake will be taking the Crown to court for refusing to comply with basic financial disclosure regulations by way of third party managers.

The hypocrisy of the Transparency Act only continues to darken the stain on Canada’s record of fiscal relations with First Nations. It exposes a two-tiered accounting system where Aboriginal Affairs is exempt from honest reporting while expanding their control over First Nations by introducing new levels of financial oversight.

This revealing moment of Aboriginal Affairs’ fiscal warfare against First Nations might be the only public benefit of the legislation.

But there are also more direct, immediate goals which the organizers hope to see achieved, such as the empowerment of people and an “inquiry led by grandmothers from across all nations” into the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women, said Shannon Hecker, also a #ShutDownCanada organizer.

Diabo suggested protestors should think clearly about the actions they are going to take and “consider their legal options” if they’re going to get involved in blockades of any critical infrastructures such as highways or

pipelines.

“Those are the things the state interprets as terrorist activities. If they do things like that, it’s likely the state will respond – usually by sending in the police,” he said.

“With these new anti-terror laws coming into the mix, it’s going to depend on how much the state figures it can use them, because in the end it’s Harper’s toolbox, and he’s expanding it.”

To see more of Shiri’s writings, please check out www.shiripasternak.com.

"ANTI-TERROR BILL" CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 about the bill affecting the Feb. 13 national day of action, as it hasn’t been made into law yet.

“This still has to go through the senate and it is going to create a huge opposition from grassroots.

So we will be raising this as a serious issue as well on (Feb.) 13th,” he wrote.

Jeffrey Monaghan, an instructor at the institute of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Carleton, agreed Bill C-51 itself wouldn’t have any “direct” impact on #ShutDownCanada. But he clarified that the bill was very troubling and, if

passed, would be a “massive boost for the security establishment” which has already been spying on indigenous peoples since 2007. “(The) RCMP/CSIS already have more than enough powers to address the Feb. 13 (demonstrations). They have been using the category of ‘aboriginal extremist’ for many years as a justification for more intrusive surveillance,” he wrote in an email. “There are also broad powers under the mandate of ‘critical infrastructure protection’ to engage in surveillance and also arrest people for various property related

crimes. (Bill C-51) will accelerate surveillance and labelling of indigenous peoples that is already taking place.”

So far, at least 5,000 people have joined the #ShutDownCanada Facebook event invitation.

Various protests in front of city halls across the country, as well as possible railroad and highway blockades are some of the possible activities planned. A general goal as bold as shutting down the economy through blockades, even if it is for a day, could potentially see increased police presence and monitoring of protestors.

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Sconedogs & Seed Beads Makayla Sault and how the media failed Canadians

By Nahnda Garlow In our area - two girls, both 11, were diagnosed with leukaemia in 2014.

Makayla Sault was diagnosed in January 2014 with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and a Positive Philadelphia Chromosome.

She bravely endured 11 weeks of chemotherapy before she made the decision to stop those treatments.

She was Annishnabe from Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation. Sadly she died on January 19, 2015 of a stroke.

In the midst of her chemotherapy treatments Makayla had a spiritual experience. This is not uncommon for other humans who are in a personal crisis. She was a Christian. She had a vision of Christ and he gave her words of comfort. Regardless of whether or not you believe in Jesus, this is something that gave her strength during terminal illness.

Tragically, certain journalists felt that over and above harm reduction it was “in the interest of the public” to take this very personal and meaningful spiritual event of a terminally-ill paediatric cancer patient and exploit it to write a story. To prove a point? Arguably, to fan the flames of the ‘anti’; anti-christian, anti-native, or anti-free-will.

The fact that journalists and bloggers used the spiritual event of a terminally-ill paediatric cancer patient to paint her par-

ents as religious fanatics and Makayla as the victim of child abuse is reprehensible and against every ethical code of journalistic standards that I have ever read.

It is also the greatest example of how the mainstream media is failing the Canadian public when it comes to reporting on the indigenous people of this land.

Sadly, some of the largest and most credible Canadian news sources took this tragedy and used it to paint an ugly picture of the people and communities of Six Nations & New Credit.

Maclean’s wrote a boldly erroneous statement earlier this month saying that Elected Chief Ava Hill of Six Nations of the Grand River permitted Makayla Sault to die. This is not a factual at all and quite embarrassing for Maclean’s.

Chief Ava Hill had no authority to sway Makayla’s choice for or against chemotherapy. Chief Hill was not involved in the investigation with Makayla’s case because Makayla is a member of Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation and not a member of Six Nations.

You would think that a large scale magazine like Maclean’s would have gotten that right. Perhaps they are short on fact checkers?

What is even more disappointing is the recent CBC ‘analysis’ on the case of second child who opted to leave chemotherapy in

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favour of indigenous treatments and alternative therapies. An analysis not done by an oncologist or a traditional healer - but from a journalist who met the girl once.

Because there was a widely publicized court case and publication ban regarding the second child I can’t use her name. I will call her Eksa:ah - which means little girl in the Gayogohono language.

Eksa:ah was diagnosed in August 2014 with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia as well. She had 11 days of chemo before she and her family decided to pursue indigenous medicine instead. She is Kanienkeha’ka from the Six Nations of the Grand River.

The author of the CBC analysis was Connie Walker, lead reporter for CBC Aboriginal. Walker is Cree from the Okanese First Nation in Saskatchewan.

Walker wrote in her analysis that as a First Nations person herself she was confident none of her ancestors pursued a vegan diet, took IV vitamins or used any of the other supplemental therapies that Eksa:ah is recieving.

Historically speaking she is correct. The Cree did not eat a vegan diet or pursue those modern alternative treatments. However Eksa:ah is not a Cree.

Eksa:ah and her family are Kanienkeha’ka of the Haudenosaune.

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The Cree of Saskatchewan and the Haudenosaune of the Great Lakes region are incomparable. Pardon my cliche but we are talking apples and oranges here. Unrelated nations with completely different political, traditional and ceremonial practices - especially when it comes to medicine.

But even so - the piece was published. Flying high under the banner of CBC. To borrow her phrasing as a First Nations person myself I can say with confidence that for my people, the Haudenosaune, it seems like her indigenous identity was used to enact a public act of lateral violence.

Additionally Eksa:ah has not become a vegan, but she is engaging in something that both the Cree and Haudenosaune, as well as several other indigenous nations have done for generations - she is fasting.

If I can teeter on the edge of pan-Indianism

here, most indigenous people will recognize that anyone on a fast is on a sacred journey. A journey that not many indigenous people would openly criticize.

Ironically, Walker’s own Okanese First Nation is one of the 16 member communities who run All Nations Healing Hospital in Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan. This hospital has an entire wing dedicated to indigenous medicine called the White Raven Hospital. That centre employs a number of Cree elders and provides traditional medicines, sweat lodges and ceremonial healing to the Cree people. Point being, indigenous people from many nations are pursuing indigenous treatments as an alternative to pharmaceuticals - and the infrastructures are in place across the country for us to do so.

Both the story of Makayla Sault and the case of Eksa:ah are important and have independent merits that indeed are in the interest of the public to know. But when news organizations are not fact checking, publishing incorrect information, abusing the credentials of aboriginal reporters to legitimize

their coverage of indigenous issues and editorializing nearly to the point of character assassinations - they are no longer upholding their responsibility to their audience.

Spreading this kind of misinformation does Canadians a great disservice.

As a result we have online message boards and social media streams filling up with racist rhetoric; fuelling anti-native sentiments with “proof” penned by official media sources.

Not to mention the inference readers catch onto.

The thoughts which are left unsaid speak to all of us from between the lines; a crude sediment of bitterness and prejudice that sinks to the bottom of the Canadian consciousness only to be stirred up the next time another indigenous health issue “breaks”.

As journalists we have extensive guidelines regarding accuracy and ethics to ensure that facts come first and that harm reduction is a priority.

Why then, when it comes to indigenous news - and at the very least in the wake of two families who have been caring for paediatric cancer patients - are those standards not upheld?

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More than enough anger to go around in Kearns debacle

By Heather Gingerich For a Children’s Environmental Health specialist, reading the more than 200-page RWDI Consulting Engineers & Scientists report on the November 2014 three-day test burn of the Kearns “Disintegrator” unit is like watching network news coverage of the 2005 Hurricane Katrina – equal parts horror and fascination, anger and sympathy.

Let’s start with the horror. Of the nine parameters assessed within the emissions stack (chimney), the Kearns unit only met Canadian and provincial guidelines or standards for mercury, hydrochloric acid and a small fraction of all the possible organics (carbon-based compounds).

Total particulate matter exceeded Ontario standards by 86 times and there is no indication of size of particle released to the environment, ultra fine particulate matter (UFPM) being the most dangerous to health because it can reach deep into lungs for rapid transport into the bloodstream. Only a third of the elements of the periodic table were tested for, but of those, cadmium (Cd)

and lead (Pb) were above a safe level by 25 times.

Highly toxic dioxins and furans were 200 times the safety standard. Deadly carbon monoxide was over by two and a half times but nitric oxide only by half.

Even though RDWI is careful to note that these numbers “do not represent concentrations in the community or surrounding environment”, thinking of how the concerns of local residents going back as far as early April were ignored inspires no small amount of frustration.

While properly channeled anger can be a catalyst for positive change, it’s difficult to know where to direct it in this case.

At John Kearns for having such blind faith in his own invention and such little knowledge of ecosystem health that he believed his own promotional material and deemed pollution control measures unnecessary?

At Elected Council for not bringing in a third party who understood the community’s special relationship with the land to do comprehensive baseline testing and continuous environmental monitoring at the very beginning of the

process, using state-of-theart equipment and methods within a framework of traditional decision-making?

At RDWI for not implementing proper safety precautions for residents during the three-day testing period in November 2014? For taking almost three weeks to submit a report that added only seven pages of useless text to nearly 200 pages of results from an outsourced lab (Maxxam Analytics) and still somehow failing to measure what matters to environmental health? For having the audacity to ask for more money to come back and do the environmental contextualization work they should have done in the first round?

At manufacturers of low-quality, disposable material objects of questionable value that are needlessly shrouded in copious amounts of packaging in order to bedazzle consumers with misleading advertising?

At government for mortgaging the Earth in international trade deals and not requiring corporations to design and produce sustainable consumer products, complete with

“Cradle-to-Cradle” lifespan planning? (A nod to William McDonough and Michael Braungart for their excellent “How To” manual by the same name.)

At healthcare professionals for failing to connect the dots between environment and health and not focusing on prevention by demanding standards and regulations that protect the public and not polluting industries?

At ourselves for buying into the broken system in the first place? This is where the sympathy comes in because there are no easy answers for anyone in this chain of responsibility and I don’t know if there ever were. There are only choices and how we make them. And this is the part I find fascinating.

Imagine what might happen if an entire community got into the business environmental health protection by implementing a series of low-risk, affordable and high-impact measures like increased participation in local decision-making, renewing the Treaties with other like-minded communities, doing their own monitoring and lab work, teaching environmental protection

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Celebrating our indigenous identity in Gayogoho:no all. Going outside and taking a walk can clear your mind. Breathing in fresh air can elevate your mood and help you think clearly.

Weaknesses- Deogwagwe:nyo:. Everybody has weaknesses. And that is totally okay. Embracing your weaknesses as a lovable part of who you are is one of the hardest and most important parts of celebrating your indigenous identity.

Things that they are good at- Hadiwaehǫh.

This is what I can do- Ne: nęgyęˀagegwenǫ:.”

On the flip side everybody is good at something. Even if it seems like its small.

Recognize Your Strengths- ǫgenohdonheˀ I:s Tsaˀdeyoshahsdehsraˀ. It is totally okay to take pride in something that you are good at. It adds great value to your self-worth to spend a little bit of time every day doing something you are good at.

Talk to a trusted friend or adult to make you feel better- Jadao: ne:

gihsęh neˀ sǫga:ah egęhjih neˀ desnitae:ˀ sgę:noˀ ęsęnohdo:nyo:. This is especially important for those times you are feeling down and can’t seem to pick yourself up again. Talking things out with a friend or a counsellor can be life changing. Especially if you are struggling with feelings of depression or anxiety.

There is no shame in feeling that way. And there is no shame in admitting you need help.

Self-esteem- Oya:nre dwęnohdonyoh. Facing yourself and embracing yourself will always eventually bring you to a place of self-respect and self-esteem.

Don’t forget what you can do. Take steps to pursue your dream - Ahgwih asenigohǫk dęsegwe:ni she. Probably the most important part. Always remember that you are absolutely capable of doing great things.

All words taken from the Six Nations Health Services Health Promotion Dictionary. For more

words of well being in the Gayogoho:nǫˀ or Kanienkehaˀ ka please visit the Six Nations Health Services website at www. snhs.ca.

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Things you cannot change- Tę daǫ asagweniˀ ęsahde:ni. Our historical trauma from colonization and residential school is upsetting. It can make you sad, or angry, or even make you feel hopeless at times. And the reality is that we cannot change many things.

But another truth is that overcoming great adversity builds exceptional character.

CryDesahsętoh.

Creator gave us feelings on purpose. Not that they would rule our minds but that we would have release. Someone once said that tears are the ice in your heart melting. Once you look at the trauma of our collective past it is normal to feel sad and shed tears. It is okay to release and cry things out when you need to.

Go for a walk- Desadawęnyeha:. Once you are done crying. Or even if you don’t feel tears at

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According to clinical psychologist Dr. Monica Williams, recent studies have shown that there are long term serious impacts to a person’s sense of self-worth if they have experienced race based trauma in their lives.

These impacts can range from mild insecurities all the way up to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - depending on the circumstances of that race based trauma.

Sadly for the indigenous people of Canada this has been our collective experience. All indigenous people in Canada are somehow impacted by the collective forced conversion to

christianity in residential school. The fallout of the abuse, restriction of language and the abduction of children from parents resulted in generation after generation of indigenous people riddled with shame.

Thankfully humanity has grown far enough away from overt institutionalized racism that we have room to begin to overcome our collective trauma and heal within.

It takes time and effort - but the payoff of embracing your indigenous identity and loving our indigenous selves is well worth it.

Here are some good words of love from the Gayogoho:nǫˀ language to help you heal, grow in love and celebrate your indigenous identity.

He’s made us all to be something- Dwagwe:gǫh skaodę:ęh shǫgwaehǫ:t.

Know that the Creator took great care to bring all your cells together and bring you into the world. Sometimes even when it seems like that

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HEALTHY ROOTS PARTICIPANT UPDATE

Lacrosse star Johnny Powless using indigenous food to up his game

Johnny Powless Mohawk Turtle Clan Age: 21

By Nahnda Garlow

Six Nations man Johnny Powless, now a professional lacrosse player for the Vancouver has been considered a lacrosse phenomenon in sports news across all of North America.

One of the top athletes in all of Canada, and recent nominee for the prestigious Lou Marsh Award, Powless is also one of the participants in the Healthy Roots Indigenous Wellness Challenge. We sat down with Powless to talk about why he decided to take part in this journey.

You’ve just started up with the Vancouver Stealth

this month. How is the experience so far?

It’s pretty good! Because I’m flying there is a time change to adjust to.

But we’re two and three now. We had a big win last weekend and we have a break now this weekend so I can relax!

It’s awesome that you are following the Healthy Roots Challenge. What got you interested?

I’d been wanting to make the change of having better food and making a better choice but didn’t have anything to motivate me. Then this came along so I thought of doing it.

Has it been difficult following the plan with all your travelling?

Travelling is really hard because I have no option, I have to eat at restaurants. I go hard during the

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week and when I’m travelling on the weekends I have to just do my best.

And with your personal development, spiritual and emotional balance?

I usually try to meditate a little bit. Close your eyes, think positive thoughts and move forward. Stuff like that.

That’s good! It seems like you’ve found balance and keep going even through challenges.

Yeah, my goal was to get more in shape and to be a better lacrosse player.

The first few weeks were tough because I made the change at the same time as I started playing lacrosse. So it was changing my body while I was still playing the game. But now I feel like I’m in a lot better shape I’m not getting as tired as I was before. I am a little leaner now too.

Oh yeah because you are playing hard on the weekends and running around on the field burning calories.

Yeah. I went from 210 to 194 in the first three weeks! A little over ten pounds. And because of that when I was out on the field I was getting pushed around a little bit more. It was a big change for me. I had to find a way to put on a little bit more weight but now I’ve managed to get my weight back to where I feel more comfortable.

What has been the most challenging for you so far?

To stop drinking pop.

And coffee. But I’m okay with it now. I also have some family members that are trying to eat better too so its working out really good. My girlfriend has been doing this with me, my little brother has been trying it and one of my uncles is doing it as well.

So it’s already inspiring others around you?

Awesome! How do you feel about being a role model?

I haven’t really thought about it that much.

Hopefully it encourages the younger guys try to live a more healthier lifestyle and make some healthier choices. My brother is about 17 and he has burgers and fries and pop because he can right now.

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HEALTHY ROOTS RECIPES Millet cooked in the style of risotto with tomato and charred onions

By Joe Farrell Ingredients: • Sunflower Oil • Onion • Garlic • 2 parts Vegetable or meat stock/broth • 2 parts Canned Tomatoes • 1 part Hulled Pearl Millet • Charred Onions

Directions: 1. Heat up a small amount of sunflower oil in a deep pan and cook diced onions until soft.

Add sliced garlic and cook for a few minutes more. Add millet to your pan and coat in oil, add more if needed, and

cook until lightly toasted and aromatic.

2. Add your canned tomatoes and stock or broth to cover the millet.

Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, stir frequently and always ensure there is enough liquid so that the pan does not dry up.

3. Cook the millet until it is just tender, about 25-30 minutes. I prefer mine firm to the bite, others may prefer it soft and fluffy.

4. The end result should be saucy, not soupy having most of the liquid being absorbed to cook the millet. It should move like a wave in the pan. You

do not want the final product so stiff that it stands up on the plate.

5. Give the pan a few big stirs and serve immediately.

How to Char Onions

1. Slice onions in ¼ inch pieces and toss in just enough sunflower oil to coat them evenly 2. Heat a skillet to high heat 3. Add onions to pan, do not crowd them 4. Let cook until charred and soft 5. Remove from pan and let cool 6. Add a small amount of maple syrup 7. Let sit for several hours

WEEKLY CHALLENGE #6

Whether you are an indigenous person or come from one of the other ancestries of humanity - embracing your own roots and loving who you are is vitally important to living a healthy and balanced life. Yet time after time we all are faced with people in this world who try to attach shame to our identity. This week’s challenge is all about embracing who you are – wherever you are and getting to be comfortable with the idea that it is okay to be you!

Write down thirty things about you. Could be a quirk, an observance, a fact or an issue you want to work on. It’s all good. Beside each point, right next to it leave a little space. Now go back and beside each point in that space write down – It is okay to be me! Now read that list out loud. Bonus: Take a selfie post up to your social media hash tagging it #healthyroots and tell us about how its awesome to be you!

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By Paula Hill TORONTO – Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto’s senior staff counsel, Emily Hill advised that ALST will soon publicly release an “alternative report” that will make recommendations for improving the health care system and ensuring “equal health care access by First Nations people.”

The recommendations will be made by an expert working group of Aboriginal health care professionals, PhDs and MDs, policy makers and academics, whose expertise was initially sought

by ALST during their participation in the coroner’s inquest into Mr. Brian Sinclair’s tragic and unnecessary death in a Winnipeg hospital in September 2008.

Hill advised that ALST had standing in Phase I of the inquest, but removed themselves after losing confidence in the process at Phase II, when the newly presiding judge decided to narrow the scope of the inquest to focus only on administrative procedures at the hospital and refused to make recom-

mendations on the larger systemic issues such as racial discrimination that led to Mr. Sinclair’s death.

Brian Sinclair had sought treatment at the Winnipeg hospital for an easily treatable bladder infection caused by a blocked catheter. He had been referred to the hospital by a community clinic for the minor procedure when he disclosed that he had not urinated in 24 hours.

Sinclair checked in with the emergency room nurses, but was never triaged or tended to in any way. He had been instructed to wait in the waiting area. Sinclair was ignored by hospital staff for 34 hours.

The hospital’s surveillance footage shows that numerous nurses walked past him, checking on the status of all other patients but refusing to speak to or tend to Sinclair.

Sinclair was identifiably Native, a double amputee, living in poverty and had a cognitive impairment, which led hospital staff to make negative assumptions about his reasons for seeking treatment.

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One nurse admitted in the coroner’s inquest that she had ignored Sinclair because she assumed him to be “IPDA” which stands for Intoxicated Persons Detention Act. A classification of a patient as IPDA would mean that the person is so intoxicated they need to be detained by police.

This classification can only be made by a physician and still would have required that Sinclair be triaged and periodically assessed by nurses thereafter until police arrived. It was reported that Sinclair was not intoxicated and the surveillance camera footage shows him politely sitting in the waiting area with his hands folded.

During the inquest, the nurse denied that her assumption about Sinclair being intoxicated was because he was visibly Native; claiming instead that she made the assumption because he was in a wheelchair. Other staff assumed he was homeless or “not in need of medical care.”

As Sinclair’s health deteriorated in the waiting room, bystanders

attempted to call for medical attention on Sinclair’s behalf – a request the nurses continued to refuse. By the time an off-duty nurse approached Sinclair, he had already passed away.

Manitoba’s chief medical examiner stated that Sinclair had likely been deceased for several hours prior to that.

The Crown Attorney’s office had been asked to consider laying criminal charges against hospital staff for their refusal to assist Sinclair.

The coroner’s inquest was delayed for two years while that “question” sat on the Crown Attorney’s desk for consideration.

Eventually, the Crown Attorney refused to lay charges of homicide and refused to give reasons why charges would not be laid.

Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto issued a press release December 12, 2014 stating: “Harmful stereotypes about Aboriginal people persist in Canadian society as a whole and that includes the health care setting. Brian Sinclair was a victim of those stereotypes be-

cause staff assumed he was homeless or intoxicated, instead of treating him as someone who needed medical care,” said Christa Big Canoe, Legal Advocacy Director of ALST. “Aboriginal patients continue to face these stereotypes every day when they access health care services and this issue was largely ignored in the Report.”

“We agree with the expert evidence provided by Dr. Janet Smylie that Brian Sinclair’s death is the ‘the tip of the iceberg’ when it comes to how discrimination contributes to negative health outcomes for Aboriginal patients,” said Emily Hill.

The Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto encourages First Nations leaders, organizations and families to use their soon to be released alternative report to develop advocacy resources and for educational purposes. Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto can be found online at www.aboriginallegal.ca.

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The Corvairs have owned the entire league so far and show no signs of that changing any time soon.

Another lopsided win for Pro-Fit Corvairs

By Jim Windle CALEDONIA – The ProFit Corvairs crushed yet another opponent as they delivered the message across the GOJHL that if anyone intends to strip Caledonia of the Ontario Championship, they will have to find a novel way of defusing the powerful Corvairs.

Saturday night, at the Haldimand Centre Arena, the Niagara Falls Canucks had a pre-playoff taste of defeat as the Corvairs destroyed them, 9-1. The Canucks’ only goal came on a powerplay at 16:51 when Austin Wright spoiled Kevin Entmaas’ shutout bid.

After taking a 2-1 lead, the Corvairs exploded with five unanswered second period goals and a couple more in the third for the easy win.

With six games left before the playoffs, the Corvairs are not letting up even though they are light-years ahead of the rest of the division and the league.

Next Saturday, Feb. 7th, boredom may be a greater challenge to overcome than the visiting Pelham Panthers, who are in last place with an abysmal 4-36-1 record so far this year and are waiting for the season to mercifully end.

Jake Brown leads the scoring for the team with 22 goals and 35 assists for 57 points. But even on a team that has dominated the division all year, he is in ninth place overall.

As stated before, that is a testimony to how well balanced this year’s Corvairs are. Every line can and will score with equal efficiency, making them next to impossible to defend against.

Saturday was like a public skate for them, as the Canucks seemed overwhelmed from the opening face-off.

The Corvairs have owned the entire league so far and show no signs of that changing any time soon.

The tandem goaltending of Kevin Emtmaa

Caledonia Corvairs' walked through the Niagara Falls Canucks for a 9-1 win Saturday night at the Haldimand Centre Arena to continue to ride the crest of the Jr. B standings, 21 points ahead of second place St. Catharines. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE and Marc Sinclair and four solid lines have been the one-two punch of this year’s Corvairs, according general manager Brian Rizzetto.

“We haven’t had to be concerned with who gets the start all year,” said

Rizzetto, looking back over the regular season.

“We know that whoever is in will do a great job.”

Although he admits this year’s team may not have the big scorers they had in previous years, he believes this may be

the most balanced roster maybe they have ever had.

Judging by the league statistics, he may be right.

“Friday was a solid team effort,” he said.

“We’ve run four lines all season but there are a couple of players that we

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want to give some more ice time to as we get ready for the playoffs. We really don’t have a first line, we have four lines.”

A total of 13 players shared the points, led by Jordan Peacock with three goals and two assists.

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Brantford Blast collapses in second period Cyclops settling in to new Paris home

By Jim Windle BRANTFORD – A second period siesta cost the Brantford Blast the game Friday night as the visiting Whitby Dunlops took full advantage to ring up a 7-4 win.

Brad Jones accounted for the only goal of the first period to give the Blast a 1-0 edge heading into a period the Blast

would probably like to forget. Although the shots were even 13-13 in the middle frame, the Dunlops found room behind Anthony Marshall six times while Brantford shooters Derek Medieros and Chris Leveille connected for the Blast to bring the score to 6-4 for first place Whitby.

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traded third period goals.

Brantford does not see action again until Friday, Feb 6th when they take on the Norwood Vipers at the Brantford and District Civic Centre.

Although Brantford is five points behind second place Stoney Creek, they have three games in hand.

By Jim Windle PARIS, ON – Paris is becoming home for the Southwest Cyclops this year after they used the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Six Nations as a temporary home floor last season.

Saturday night, they defeated last year’s Creator’s Cup Champions 12-9 in Canadian professional lacrosse action. Their only loss came at the hands of the Ohsweken Demons in Six Nations last week, but it took everything Ohsweken could muster to overcome a deficit and win it against the much-improved Cyclops.

Saturday in Paris, the Monsters got out of the shoot early and took a 2-0

first quarter lead.

In the second quarter, after Kyle Childerhose and Ryan MacGregor put the game even at 2-2, Niagara strung together the next four goals to take a 6-2 lead. With 3:34 remaining in the half, Childerhose scored his second of the game to cut the Niagara lead to 6-3. Then, with 17 seconds remaining in the half, Monsters’ Cody Ward restored the four goal lead heading into the second half, with the Monsters leading 7-3.

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Southwest kept the peddle to the metal and scored four more for a 12-8 lead, but with 11 seconds left, Niagara’s Scott Johnson scored the Monsters’ last goal.

The Demons got last week off, but return to action Friday, Feb. 6th when they host the Barrie Blizzard at the ILA for an 8 p.m. start. The Cyclops visit the Durham Turf Dogs for a Saturday night matchup

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If not for a disastrous second period, the Brantford Blast may have gained some ground on the first place Whitby Dunlops Friday night at the Civic Centre. Brantford had their chances, but the puck was not bouncing their way. Meanwhile, in the second frame, the Dunlops scored on six of their 13 shots on Anthony Marshall, several on uncontrolled rebounds. The Blast plays again Friday, Feb 6, against the Norwood Vipers. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

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Hagersville Hawks limp into the playoffs

By Jim Windle HAGERSVILLE – Despite outshooting the Dunville Mudcats two to one, the Hagersville Hawks had to settle for a 5-4 OT win Saturday night in Hagersville.

Hagersville was given a total of 15 extra man opportunities, including six in the third period alone, but could only take advantage of two of them.

As a result, they finished the 2015 regular season schedule in sixth place in the eight-team division with a record of 21-18-30.

Saturday’s game was a warm up for the playoffs, as these same teams will likely meet in the first round.

The Mudcats took a 3-1 lead after one period with Damien Lalonde, Chad Springer and Steve Czepek scoring for Dunnville and Brayden Hill for Hagersville.

Mitch Green drew the Hawks to within one at 12:34 of the second peri-

od but Matt Dolan took it back for Dunnville a minute later.

Down by two, the Hawks fought back in the third, with Nick and Kyle Sherwood Phibbs sending the game into overtime. Damien Lalonde scored the game winner 1:12 into the OT period.

It has not been an especially good year for the Hawks, at least compared to last season, when they finished in second place, only one point behind Grimsby, who once again finished in first place this season.

TOP RIGHT: The Hagersville Hawks finished the regular season with a 5-4 OT loss to the Dunnville Mudcats. The Hawks have been on a skid lately and will have a few days to try and get a winning attitude heading into the playoffs. Photo by Jim Windle

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CALEDONIA – The Two Row Times recently had the chance to chat with Kevin and Mark Searles of the family run Dennis Searles Chevrolet Dealership in Caledonia. A longstanding business within the community for almost 80 years, the location was originally established in the1940s. In 1974 Dennis Searles took over the franchise, and it has been a family run and operated business ever since.

There are 5 different stores operating within the Searles Chrysler dealership; new vehicles, used vehicles, parts, body shop and service departments. The renovations have given the business a fresh new look and have expanded different departments. Since the renovations, all departments remain onsite

except for the body shop. It was decided that the body shop would be moved to a bigger location in Caledonia, allowing for larger machinery and higher capacity, which translates into better service for patrons.

Kevin Searles, a part of the business for over 25 years, handles advertizing for new vehicles. Kevin explains that General Motors corporate office actually called for the new renovations, stating they want each franchise to have a unified look. The entire building also has a fresh coat of paint, inside and outside. Kevin says he likes the new blue and silver colours much better than the old pink and beige. He also felt it important to note that their doors are now power operated, meaning the dealership is completely accessible to those in wheelchairs or with

mobility challenges. Kevin says his favourite part of the job is “Meeting the people, dealing with the public and sharing exciting new products.� Kevin informed us that the Caledonia market is strong for SUVs and trucks, and that Searles deals exclusively with quality Chevrolet products.

Mark Searles handles the advertizing for the service department, dealing with warranties, labour and maintenance. Mark shared his joys about his work environment, sometimes having customers come in to say hi and socialize, while others to deal with vehicle breakdowns and repairs. “Everyday is a new challenge. You don’t know what to expect from one day to the next.�

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Fish Soup: Any Fin is Possible

By Joe Farrell There is an incredible variety of fish available, each having its own unique texture and flavour profile. In the kitchen it is important to never overpower the delicate nature of the fish you may be serving. Cooking with a light hand in terms of seasoning and selecting complementary ingredients will ensure the fish is the star of your dish.

Understanding the type of fish you are cooking will help you identify the best method to prepare it. To generalize, fish come from either fresh or salted water, are round or flat and are either fatty or lean. Flatfish are typically found in salt water and are always lean. Round fish can be found in salted or fresh water and can be lean or fatty.

Fatty fish, like salm-

on can be cooked using either dry-heat – grilled, fried, baked – or moistheat methods. Lean fish, such as halibut lend themselves to moist heat methods of cooking – boiled, steamed, stewed, poached - as these types of fish easily dry out under dry-heat.

In my opinion, the best ways to showcase the freshness of the fish and maintain its flavor, regardless of whether it is lean or fatty, is to poach it. Poaching is cooking something in a liquid on low-heat, just below a simmer – there are few or no tiny bubbles.

Building on last week’s topic of stocks, a fish stock is a more delicate procedure. The flavoured liquid used to cook fish has many names but simply put it is a stock with added acidity. The added acidity helps draw

out the flavour of the ingredients and accentuates the natural flavours of the fish.

Make a fish stock Save all the bones and scraps from your filleting.

Choose supporting vegetables that will not dominate or overpower the fish. I like to use onions, garlic, leek, celery, fennel.

I prefer to stay away from sweet vegetables like carrots or beets and starchy vegetables like squash or potatoes. I use tomatoes for the acidic element.

You can also add lemon or lime, but those don’t grow here so I stick to locally made vinegars that have a complementary flavour.

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cloudy. With that in mind, I first cut my vegetables in small pieces and sweat them out in the pot with a small amount of oil. You do not want any colour on the vegetables. Doing this will ensure you are getting the most flavour possible.

Once the vegetables are semi-soft, I add the water and fish bones or scraps and tomatoes. I also like to use mild flavoured herbs that will support the flavour profile of my final dish. Typically I include thyme, parsley, and bay leaf.

Bring it to a boil, skim away any impurities, reduce heat to a simmer and cook for no more than 30 minutes.

I adjust the acidity with my vinegar when it is done. When straining the stock I try to be as careful as possible to not break up the fine particles of fish. Any aggressive action can make it cloudy. I usually use a small pot as a scoop or large ladle to slowly pass the stock through a fine mesh strainer.

In the absence of fish bones, try making the stock with clam juice.

Fish Soup Yellow perch is a lean, round freshwater fish.

All of these ingredients are available locally through the winter.

Ingredients: D 2 whole fish or 4 fillets D 2 medium potatoes D 1 small red onion, julienne D 1 clove garlic, sliced D 2 leeks, sliced D 0.5 bunch kale, finely cut D thyme D 1 small can - white beans (if using dried, pre-cook before making soup) D 1 500ml can tomatoes D fish stock D parsley Directions: Bring whole potatoes to a boil and cook until just done. Let cool, peel and cut in similar sized pieces. Keep on the side.

Sweat onions with thyme, leeks, kale and garlic until soft then add beans and cook for a few minutes more.

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at least two times, add diced tomatoes and simmer for five minutes. Add potatoes to just warm through.

In a separate pan, poach the fish. First heat enough stock that will cover the fish. Ensure your stock is just simmering before adding the fish. Score skin on the fish a few times on a diagonal.

This will help it to not tighten up when it cooks.

Add fish skin side down, cover and cook on low for a couple minutes.

A general rule of thumb is 8 - 10 minutes per inch of thickness of fish. Once cooked, carefully remove the fish with a spatula and keep it warm in a small amount of cooking liquid. Cooking skin side down makes life a lot easier to remove the fish from the pan if you accidently overcook it. Add your remaining poaching liquid to your soup pot.

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EAGLES NEST – There is a well-known intersection along Chiefswood Road known to locals as ‘Beavers Corners’, the origin of which goes back to the mid-1800’s and the Beaver family of Six Nations. One member of that family went on to thrill audiences across the world as a vaudeville juggler and magician and a much sought after painter, wood carver and carpenter.

The Woodland Cultural Centre and Museum unveiled their latest acquisitions at Tuesday night’s opening of the exhibit, ‘A Colourful Life – Bringing Home the Art of James Beaver’.

Beaver, the talented though untrained artisan, was also gifted as an entertainer, juggler and magician, and traveled for a time with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and others vaudevillian venues.

Born in 1846, “Chief Beaver” grew up at Beavers Corners and eventually married a beautiful Mohawk woman, Lydia (Bay), from Akwesasne.

Together they had four girls and three boys.

He was gifted with natural artistic talent, but was also a much sought after carpenter who built furniture for a number of Six Nations families.

His carpentry excellence can be seen at St. Paul’s Church on Sour Springs Road where he built the pews and carved the woodworking, which is still being enjoyed by parishioners today.

Beaver recognized his ability to create art and sell it to make a living fairly late in life, but he

did so in a different way than other Onkwehonwe artists were creating their works. Beaver is credited with being the first artists Haudenosaunee to paint in the European style, rather than traditional Native art.

Former Curator of the Woodland Cultural Centre, artist and historian, Tom Hill was on hand to offer some historical background into the importance of Beaver’s work.

“There were very few Aboriginal art forms that were without established function in their culture,” Hill said to those on hand, including a number of Beavers’ living relatives.

“To the North American Indian, everything made served a purpose. To simply put a carving or to paint on a wall to admire it was completely foreign to them. That is not to say the Indian didn’t enjoy having beautiful things around them. In fact, almost everything he made was decorated in some way.”

Hill has a particular interest in the history of First Nations art and artists and the question of when First Nations artists begin painting in the European style of ‘art for art’s sake’ rather than representational of beliefs and stylized animal representation of the Clans.

Today, there are only 45 pieces of his art known to still exist, many of which are unsigned, and some that are testify to his illiteracy, signing them as “Chef Beaver.”

Granddaughter, Alta Doxtador, once said that she remembered being impressed by a concert

her grandfather put on in Christ Church at Beaver’s Corners and the canvas backdrops he painted for the occasion. She also remembered seeing him seated in front of his easel and recalled him asked her to write “TITANIC” on a paper for his painting of a ship.

This is the only known reference to the painting, which has not been found to date, but would be worth a lot of money on today’s market if ever found.

Curator Paula Whitlow recalls here first contact with Toronto art collectors Helen and Peter Illes-Vernon, who were present Tuesday night.

It was at the Jim Anderson auction in Jarvis several years ago.

“There was a carved cane attributed to James Beaver, which I wanted to bid on,” she recalls. “Helen was there and bidding well out of my authorized budget.”

It eventually sold for $17,500.

“I spoke to her afterwards and asked if, when she was finished with it,

she would like to bring it home to Six Nation,” says Whitlow.

She must have put those words away in her heart because years later she and her husband donated nine James Beaver pieces to the Woodland Cultural Museum.

Twelve more of pieces of Helen and Peter Illes-Vernon collection

were sold to the museum recently and are now a part of the James Beaver exhibition.

“At the end of Tuesday night, one of the family members came up to me and said that being here made her proud that someone has finally recognized Beaver’s work,” said Whitlow. “That made me feel really good that

we were doing the right thing by bringing his artwork home.”

The James Beaver exhibit opens in January 2015 and runs until May 8th.

The exhibit is free to all members of Six Nations, Wahta, and Tyendinaga.

Tyendinaga Mohawk man Kanenhariyo was in court Tuesday on charges relating to an alleged Excise act violation for transporting Native tobacco without the appropriate Canadian stamps. Kanenhariyo has launched a video podcast entitled "What's Goin' On?"to educate the public about Onkwehonweh tobacco rights and their centuries old relationship with the British Crown. Get all the latest news and information about the show at www.tworow.tv PHOTO BY JONATHAN GARLOW

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Residential schools history book launched in Toronto

By GoodMinds.com

Residential Schools, With the Words and Images of Survivors, is a book documenting and honouring the history of the survivors and the former students who attended residential schools. Designed for the young adult reader as well as the general reader, this accessible, 112-page history offers first-person perspectives of the residential school system in Canada, as it shares the memories of more than 70 survivors from across Canada as well as 125 archival and contemporary images (65 black & white photographs, 51 colour photographs).

This essential volume,

written by award-winning author Larry Loyie (Cree), a survivor of St. Bernard Mission residential school in Grouard, AB, and co-authored by Constance Brissenden and Wayne K. Spear (Mohawk), reflects the ongoing commitment of this team to express the truths about residential school experiences and to honour the survivors whose voices are shared in this book.

“We wanted to write a readable history that shared many views of the schools,” said Larry Loyie.

“The biggest challenge was how to handle the material so that it could be read by all ages. Residential school histories are usually written for adults. The book

explains the schools for all readers no matter what their age or background.”

Along with the voices, readers will be engaged with the evocative, archival photographs provided by the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre (SRSC) with the assistance of curator Krista McCracken.

“Residential Schools reflects exceptional research and production quality,” said Jonathan Dewar, the Director of the SRSC. “Above all, it is a residential school history from an Aboriginal perspective, inspired by the personal experience of a Survivor dedicated to sharing this history with the world.”

The book begins with

the moving introduction by Larry Loyie, and continues through seven chapters that explore the purpose of this school system; cultures and traditions; leaving home; life at school the half-day system; the dark side of the schools; friendship and laughter coping with a new life; changing world--the healing begins; and an afterword. A detailed, full colour map showing residential school locations across Canada, timeline with key dates, glossary, and a helpful index (including names of survivors and schools) make this vital resource a must-have for schools, libraries, and the general reader.

Author Larry Loyie wants this book to “show Canadians the strength and courage of the children who went to the schools.

All former students share a kinship that is hard to explain to the world. I’ve tried to share it through the words and images in the book. I hope I’ve achieved this.”

Co-published by Indigenous Education Press and Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre this publication was officially launched during the Ontario Library Association’s Superconference (OLA) in Toronto on January 29th and 30th 2015. This new publication was released through official distribu-

tor GoodMinds.com during the event. Jeff Burnham, president of GoodMinds called the launch successful in two ways. First, the book took over 20 years in the research phase and 3 years to write, and commemorates 73 years since Larry Loyie first attended St Bernard Mission residential school in Grouard, Alberta. Second, this publication celebrates the official debut of Indigenous Education Press. Burnham explains this new entity is not-for-profit and will fill the gap in the First Nations education market.

All future releases will be distributed by GoodMinds. com website.

originals, including lead singer Joel Johnson’s Out of My Mind, I’ll Be Just Fine and Rhumba Song; as well as an original written by Dwayne Laforme, Weaky Knees and Shakey Legs.

In addition to Six Nations’ own, Joel Johnson and Dwayne Laforme on guitar and vocals, the band consists of Chris Nemeth on drums, Micki D on bass, Troy Dowding on trumpet and Sal Rosselli on Saxophone.

Johnson said, “The experience is incredible.

To be amongst all these superb and talented musicians is a thrill. It’s like a huge musical family. All the bands are there to show their talent and skills to the hard core blues fans that travel just as far as we do to enjoy this yearly event. Everyone is there to help out and encourage each other and talk blues.

Huge networking. That’s

what it’s about. It’s not about the competition; it’s about meeting new friends and catching up with old friends.”

The Big N Tasty Band, representing the Grafton Blues Society in southeast Wisconsin had originally

fans a little closer to Chicago. When they blew the roof off at the qualifying competition in Wisconsin, they immediately set out to make a grand entry into the Memphis blues scene.

Their seven person band, consisting of Keith

taught musicians, most of whom are Oneidas from Oneida/Green Bay, Wisconsin. Lead singer Caryn Shroeder has not only that beautifully raw singing voice that is common in female blues singers, but she was also able to capture

on the third night in the Orpheum Theatre. Their confidence and skill level seemed to increase with each performance.

Although neither band brought home the grand prize from the IBC, their outstanding performances in Memphis were noticed by the huge audience of blues fans from around the world.

These bands are worth listening to. The Joel Johnson Band has received increased attention from mainstream radio stations and has received numerous awards and nominations. The Big N Tasty Band is experiencing an explosion in their popularity across Turtle Island.

Blues fan, check these guys out online at www. joeljohnsonblues.com or ht t p://w w w.reverbnation.com/joeljohnson and https://w w w.facebook. com/BigNTastyBlues.

Haudenosaunee well represented in Memphis Blues Challenge

By Paula Hill

The International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee this year attracted 250 competitors from 39 US states, the District of Columbia and 19 other countries, including Canada. Of the 250 competitors, the Haudenosaunee were well represented by both the Joel Johnson Band from Six Nations and the Big N Tasty Blues band from Oneida/ Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The Joel Johnson Band, who had competed for and won the opportunity to represent the Grand River Blues Society at the IBC, wowed the audience at the Hard Rock Café on Memphis’s famous Beale Street during their participation in the 2 day quarter finals of the competition series.

They played no covers, instead choosing to impress with all their own

JJB (L-R): Troy Dowding, Sal Rosselli, Chris Nemeth, Micki D, Dwayne Laforme, Joel Johnson BNT (L-R): Brad Skenandore, Keith Cottrell, Keith Beechtree, Larry Phillips, (kneeling) John Barnard (Missing) Paul Exworthy, Caryn Schroeder. PHOTO BY WARREN L. REITER entered their local competition believing that it would be an excellent marketing opportunity, hoping to be noticed by blues

Cottrell, Brad Skenandore, Keith Beechtree, Larry Phillips, Caryn Schroeder, Paul Exworthy and Eric Farrah are mostly self-

the audience’s attention with her animated stage presence. The band made it to the next stage of the competition, performing

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JONATHAN, Elva – Peacefully passed on January 29, 2015 in her 85th year. Survived by her son Gary L Isaac; beloved daughter to the late Andrew & Mable Jonathan; beloved mother of the late Lenora Isaacs and Alana Gale Isaac (Muscato); sister to Virginia White, Jessie Carpenter and Melvin; Grandmother to Kim, Lori, Mario, Alana, Cliffton, David Myles, Cheryl and Gary.

Elva has many great-grandchildren and several great great-grandchildren. Elva will be especially missed by Kim Miller, Lori Martisius and their children. Visitation will commence on February 2nd at noon followed by services at 1:00pm located at Hyde & Mott Funeral Home, 60 Main Street, Hagersville. Burial to follow at Bethany Baptist Cemetery. www.rhbanderson.com

In Memoriam

JAMIESON: GERALDINE Geraldine Jamieson (nee Crawford/House) was born January 5, 1932.

Passed away Sunday, February 1, 2015 at Douglas Memorial in Fort Erie, Ontario, in her 83rd year. Predeceased by her husband, Alvin Jamieson. Mother of Troy Jamieson from Buffalo, NY and Sharon Jamieson of Fort Erie.

Grandmother to Jenelle Maracle, Drake Maracle, Sharine Maracle, Tyler Jamieson, Elijah Jamieson, and Troy Jamieson Jr. Great Grandmother to Nevaeh Bennett, Naliyah Bennett, and Austin Maracle. The family will honour her life with visitation at the Styres Funeral Home, 1798 4th Line Road, Ohsweken on Tuesday from 2-5 p.m. where Funeral Service will be held in the Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday February 4, 2015 at 11 a.m. Interment St. John’s Anglican Cemetery. www.rhbanderson.com

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$200 REWARD Name: LACEY Jack Russell/Shiatsu cross 4 yrs old, brown and white long haired Approx 25lbs, Fixed and microchipped

In Memoriam

Missing since Wednesday January 28 around 6pm from River Range Rd between Oneida and Cayuga Roads on Six Nations, Ontario. She is wearing a purple collar and a green camouflage bandanna on her neck. We are offering a reward for her safe return. She has been spotted in the area of Cayuga Rd and 2nd Line Saturday January 31st. Please contact Lindsay at 905-765-2508 or 905-517-9640 if you have any information.

Hill: Steven John Jr. June 22, 1979 - January 31, 2015 Passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Survived by grandparents Hilda Hill and Janet Turkey; parents, Steve Hill Sr. and Mary (Froman) Hill; sisters, Trudy (Bill Montour) and Jodie (Murray Clause); fiancé, Donna Hebert. He was a special daddy to Desiree Hebert and Maddie Adams. Awesome uncle to Rosie and Timmy and lets not forget brother Bri, and special friends, Kelly Lightheart, Mike Demers, Tony Skye and Tina Brant. We appreciate your efforts to support the family in your own special way. Also will be lovingly remembered by many, many, aunts, uncles and cousins.

Steve had so many talents including a nation wide avid dart player, demo derby enthusiast with Impact Motor Sports, Un-Incredibles slo-pitch coach and a devoted hockey and lacrosse Dad. The family will honour his life with visitation at the Hyde & Mott Chapel, R.H.B. Anderson Funeral Homes Ltd., 60 Main Street, South, Hagersville on Wednesday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Funeral Service will be held at the Six Nations Community Hall, 1738 4th. Line Road, Ohsweken on Thursday February 5, 2015 at 1 p.m. Cremation to follow. www.rhbanderson. com

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In Loving Memory Adam Donald Russell March 5, 1972 – February 7, 2011 We will never forget The blow was hard, the shock severe; We never dreamed your death so near.

But only those who love can tell The pain of parting without farewell.

God give us strength to face this blow, What it meant losing you, no one will know.

To hear your voice, to see your smile, To sit and talk with you awhile; To be together in the same old way Would be our dearest wish today.

But loving memories never die As years roll on and days go by; In our hearts a memory is kept Of the one we love and will never forget.

Not just a 2nd brother Not just an uncle You were our best friend Dawn and Jerrilyn

“Valentine’s Party” Sat. Feb. 14, 2015 With “Old Chicago” at “Frankie’s” 170 Brantwood Park Rd, Brantford. 10:00 PM to 2:00 AM. (Bring It)

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Valentines Day Bazaar & flea market.

Saturday February 14 from 9-3 pm.

Sunrise court Common Room.

Limited space for various vendors. $10.00 table.

Text 226-920-6197. For information.

Please join us in celebrating Don and Ron Monture’s 80th birthday(s) on Saturday, February 7 from 2-4pm at Six Nations Polytechnic, Grand River Room. Light refreshments. Best wishes only.

Notice

Drop In Ceramics Session At Creative Energy Cafe 1676 Chiefswood Road 6pm on Feb 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26 New Saturday Sessions: 10 am and 2 pm Feb. 21st $20.00 per person (includes ceramic piece, paint and final firing) Snacks and beverages provided.

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, you may feel that a goal is beyond reach, but you can get there if you are willing to make some sacrifices. Make a decision quickly this week.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Many different people, including loved ones and colleagues, hold you in high regard, Taurus. That’s because you are a forward thinker willing to take chances.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, take a careful approach to any obstacles that come your way this week. A problem that arises will require some thoughtful analysis and a slow and steady approach.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, be honest about what you desire, even if it seems like getting it is impossible. You never know what you can achieve if you push yourself and have a little patience.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, you have many good ideas and are ready for many of them to come to fruition. Muster up some energy and clear your schedule so you can conquer the tasks at hand.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you have more in common with a colleague at work than you originally imagined. Pool your resources and work as a team to get the job done.

59. Competing groups 60. Cardinal number 61. Light bulb inventor’s initials 62. Heat unit 63. Doctor of Education 64. Make a mistake Answers for February 4, 2015 65. Point midway between S and SE Crossword Puzzle CLUES DOWN 1. Bazaars 2. Cuyahoga River city 3. Latin word for charity 4. Scourges 5. Alias 6. Origins 7. Subjugate using troops 8. Dutch name of Ypres 9. Siskel and __, critics 13. Teaspoon (abbr.)

14. Herb of grace 17. Brew 18. Kilo yard (abbr.)

20. Barn’s wind indicator

22. Griffith or Rooney 27. Macaws 28. 2000 pounds 29. Official language of Laos 31. Cleveland’s roundball team 32. Office of Public Information 33. Chum 34. Before 38. Nation in the north Atlantic 39. Apportion into sections 40. Skilled in analysis 41. More assured 42. ___ Musk, businessman 43. In a way, tells 46. Immature newt 47. Hawaiian taro root dish 48. Extremely angry 49. Wrapped up in a cerecloth 51. Expression 52. Paradoxical sleep 53. Tooth caregiver 58. Swiss river

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CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, make the most of a business opportunity that presents itself in the coming weeks. This opportunity could be the chance you have long been waiting for.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Don’t push yourself beyond your limits this week, Aquarius. There’s no rush to get things done and no need to subject yourself to fatigue or burnout.

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