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In a real victory for Indigenous voices across Turtle Island, the 2010s have undeniably been the decade of Indigenous truth.

An increase in awareness to Indigenous issues has largely been brought by the blood, sweat and tears of grassroots advocates. But a spike in Indigenous political leaders, journalists, and thought influencers have for the first time in Canadian history brought stories for us, by us to the forefront of mainstream news often resulting in needed social change. Although many of the stories have been tragic, confrontational or controversial — it has still been a good decade to be Indigenous!

Here are some of the top stories of the 2010s.

2010

The Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission holds its first national survivors event in Winnipeg.

The Native Women’s Association of Canada adds 62

new names to a list of Indigenous women believed to be missing or murdered in Canada — bringing the total number of unresolved cases to 582.

Vancouver hosts the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Four Indigenous nations: the Lil'wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh are official partners and launch the games in a historic Opening Ceremony performed by First Nations, Metis and Inuit youth and artists from across Canada.

2011

Canada amends the Canadian Human Rights Act to include protecting First Nations people living on reserve. The act initially excluded on reserve status Indians in 1977.

Red Cross officials were mobilized to Attawapiskat to respond to the community’s housing crisis.

UN Special Rapporteur James Anaya expressed grave concerns about the ongoing housing crisis and systemic underfunding in the community that has resulted about five families living in tents and another 19 families living in sheds with no plumbing.

2012

Nationwide ‘Idle No More’ protests brought out hundreds of thousands of supporters across Canada in response to Stephen Harper’s Conservative Bill C-45. The omnibus bill included proposed changes to the Indian Act, Navigable Waters Protection Act and Environmental Assessment Act — diminishing the rights of Indigenous people in protecting their traditional territories.

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence occupies space on Victoria Island near Ottawa and began a 6-week hunger strike, demanding justice for all First Nations in Canada. Spence said, "I am willing to die for my people because the pain is too much and it's time for the government to realize what it's doing to us.”

2013 The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives releases a study showing half of First Nations children in Canada live in poverty. The results are higher for Indigenous children in Saskatchewan and Manitoba with two-thirds living below the

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UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People James Anaya wraps up a nine day fact-finding mission in Canada. Anaya says the country is facing a crisis and called for a national inquiry into the case of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Mi’kmaq land defenders protest hydro-fracking on their traditional territory near Elsipogtog, New Brunswick. About 40 people were arrested after protesters and police clashed on October 17. Elders were pepper-sprayed and land defenders were injured while police used bean bag rounds and dogs to control crowds.

2014 The body of 15 year old Tina Fontaine was pulled from the Red River in Winnipeg, increasing the pressure on the federal government to launch a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. RCMP released a report saying there were nearly 1200 missing and murdered in Canada.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper later told CBC host Peter Mansbridge that the crisis “isn’t really high on our radar, to be honest”.

First Nations chiefs reject the Harper government’s Bill C-33, the

First Nations Education Act. Manitoba Chief Derek Nepinak said the law was furthering colonial authority of education on-reserve to provincial ministers instead of First Nations communities having authority over educating their own children. The bill failed, and then-AFN Chief Shawn Atleo resigned saying he did not want to be a “lightening rod” on the issue.

Perry Bellegarde of Saskatchewan is elected National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. He beats out two other candidates with 60% of the vote.

Justice Gethin Edward ruled that a family’s decision to pursue traditional medicine in the treatment of their child who was diagnosed with leukaemia is her aboriginal right. The ruling sparked national controversy and followed two separate cases of Indigenous girls from Six Nations who refused chemotherapy in favour of traditional Indigenous medicine.

2015 The Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued

it’s final report, calling the Indian Residential School system in Canada an act of “cultural genocide”.

Justin Trudeau is elected Prime Minister. The Liberals hold a record of 10 Indigenous MPs — with Jody Wilson-Raybould and Hunter Tootoo taking key cabinet positions. The government announces the first phase of a National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

2016 The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota drew water protectors from Indigenous nations across the globe in a united fight against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. It was the most aggressive move against Indigenous protests in the entire decade with sound cannons, guard dogs, pepper spray, rubber bullets, tear canisters and fire hoses being launched on protesters for weeks in sub-zero temperatures.

Over 500 people were arrested and charged.

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Contaminated or non-existent water treatment systems on First Nations across Canada hits national news after pictures surface of multiple children suffering from dramatic rashes in Kashchechewan. The story draws attention to the lack of basic infrastructure funding resulting in 134 First Nations in Canada, most of them in remote areas of Northern Ontario, enduring decades-long boil water advisories.

Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett attends the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to officially

remove it’s objector status to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal rules that the federal government discriminates against First Nations children on reserve by chronically underfunding child welfare services compared to the funding children receive elsewhere in Canada.

Over 50 First Nations communities sign onto the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion. The agreement aligns those nations to help one another in the battle against the oil industry pushing itself onto their traditional territory through pipeline development, oilsands expansion or oil exploration.

News breaks of an Indigenous inmate, Adam Capay, being kept in solitary confinement for over 1600 days in a Thunder Bay jail.

A coroner’s inquest into the deaths of seven First Nations youth in Thunder Bay finds four for the seven youth died in an undetermined manner.

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What will the next ten years be like for Indigenous people?

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Indigenous people headed into the 2010s with a bit of a light at the end of the tunnel. Canada, who since 2007 had been opposed to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, publicly declared that they would officially adopt the declaration.

For the next ten years indigenous people at the grassroots, indigenous traditional and elected leaders, our artists and our writers would fight tooth and nail to not only have our stories told in our own voices — but to have those voices heard and understood.

It is an understate-

ment to say that process has been exhausting.

Year after year as news of indigenous struggles broke, good indigenous people across the country brought their voices forward to explain our history and fill facts in for the minds of anyone who ever read a Canadian history book.

It truly has been a decade of reconciliation.

And while it has been frustrating to be constantly on cultural interpreter mode for the benefit of miseducated Canadians, it is valuable work that will not go unrewarded.

For one thing, it seems like the general knowledge base of elected leaders and millennials has truly incorporated facts and data from both the Truth and Reconcil-

iation Commission and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls reports. Words like residential school and cultural genocide are now working their way into the Canadian vernacular and are bringing with them context and imagery about what those things look like.

Indigenous leaders are getting national recognition. First Nations faces like Jody Wilson-Raybould, Romeo Saganash and Derek Nepinak are now nationally associated with moral values like perseverance, ethics and courage.

Our youth are being acknowledged for their bravery as well. Makayla Rain Sault, who declared her right to utilize the

medicine of her choice; Autumn Peltier, who spoke truth to power when she challenged Justin Trudeau to provide clean water; and Shannen Koostachin spoke out and fought for the right for First Nations children to be educated in their own communities. Three young girls whose voices did not fade into nothing but birthed movement, change and growth to the direction the whole country was travelling in.

Locally there has been movement on Six Nations to bring elected and hereditary leaders together and see if they are willing to abandon the grievances of the past and move toward a path forward for our own reconciliation.

Though to be honest this seems like a bit of a more

of a hurdle than explaining to outsiders what’s what.

However given the leaps and bounds that Canada has made in understanding indigenous issues there is still a lot of ugliness that has surfaced.

People with racist beliefs are clinging to concepts like “free speech” to protect their right to keep those racist thoughts and maintain their innocence.

The Canadian government still has a long way to go to remove the colonial constructs within the criminal justice system to treat indigenous people equitably.

Speaking of justice — it would help expedite reconciliation if Canada would stop spending so much money in court to stop compensating our

people what they rightly deserve.

For Six Nations the next decade could see a lot of great development.

The cannabis industry will rise, we will see our own education system, clean and safe water will be piped to every home on the reserve. If we’re dreaming big a decade could see Six Nations find it’s own public transit system, maybe even a grocery store.

I for one will probably still be advocating for a bridge across the Grand River at the end of Mohawk Road to increase business viability for the often ignored Upper End. It’s been a great ten years. Here’s a little “NuYah! NuYah!” cheer for an even greater decade to come!

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These delicious cookies are more fluffy and biscuit-like in texture than your usual cookie. The combination of nutmeg and raisins brings in that classic holiday flavour. They are best served with a hot cup of tea while you rest warm and cozy inside, safe from the cold and blowing winter snow.

Ingredients: 1 cup butter or lard, softened 2 cups brown sugar 1 egg, well-beaten 1 cup buttermilk 4 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp nutmeg

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A year of resistance: Youth shaped the discussion on climate change

By Joe Curnow Greta Thunberg made history again this month when she was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year. The 16-yearold has become the face of youth climate action, going from a lone child sitting outside the Swedish parliament building in mid-2018 to a symbol for climate strikers — young and old — around the world.

Thunberg was far from the first young person to speak up in an effort to hold the powerful accountable for their inaction on climate change, yet the recognition of her efforts come at a time when world leaders will have to decide whether — or with how much effort — they will tackle climate change.

Their actions or inactions will determine how much more vocal youth will become in 2020.

Thunberg coined the hashtag #FridaysforFuture in August 2018, inspiring students globally to hold their own climate strikes. Many of them argued that adults were not doing enough to address

the climate catastrophe.

Today's youth saw themselves on the generational front lines of climate change, so they walked out of their schools to demand transformative action.

The strikes spread throughout the fall and winter, and spilled over to 2019. Students in the United Kingdom joined the movement on Feb. 15, 2019 with a mass mobilization, on the heels of Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Japan and many other countries around the world. They skipped school because they felt there was no point to school without a future, and their resistance took their grievances around generational injustice directly to elected officials.

Fridays for Future now estimates that more than 9.6 million strikers in 261 countries have participated in climate strikes.

And Thunberg herself has met with hundreds of communities and numerous heads of state. While Thunberg's celebrity has paved the way for the climate strikes to scale up — her work rests on de-

cades of climate activism that have made this year's mobilizations possible.

Environmental justice momentum Indigenous activists like Vanessa Gray, Nick Estes, Autumn Peltier, Kanahus Manuel and many others whose work bridges sovereignty and environmental damage have also played an important role.

They have helped shift the climate movement toward the framework of climate justice, which acknowledges the intersections of colonialism, racialization, capitalism and climate change.

This moment also builds on environmental justice movements.

Young activists like Isra Hirsi, Cricket Cheng, Maya Menezes and others have been building movements where a racial justice lens brings the climate movement into focus.

While these leaders may not have been recognized with Time Magazine's Person of the Year, their work has significantly reshaped the climate movement. They are helping politicize a new generation of climate

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Indigenous-led resistance This year has also seen Indigenous-led resistance to climate change and the related oil, gas, fracking, hydro and other natural resource extraction too.

Secwepemc leaders and their allies have built tiny houses to prevent the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion from being forced through unceded Secwepemc territory. In Mi'kmaqi and Wolastoqey territory, there's been resistance to fracking.

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camps filled with men. Inuit and Cree communities in Labrador have resisted the Muskrat Falls hydro project.

This mirrors Indigenous-led environmental action against colonial energy projects around the world, including work in Karen communities in Thailand, Indigenous peoples in Colombia, Waorani peoples in Ecuador, among Saami peoples and countless other Indigenous nations.

Rejecting adult inaction The climate strikes are an example of youth becoming politicized, rejecting adult inaction and demanding more from governments. In the coming years, we can expect the climate movement to keep growing, become even more politicized and escalate the intensity of tactics.

When governments resist reasonable requests, decades of social movements teach us that activists escalate. We can look at the histories of the HIV/AIDS movement, the

Civil Rights movement, African liberation struggles and ``poor people's movements,'' which show us that when people get pushed out, they turn up the pressure.

That escalation is necessary to win substantive change. Escalation is not usually seen by the public as nice as polite entreaties, but research clearly shows that direct action leads to change.

Greta's recognition

by Time Magazine will continue to inspire more young people to join their peers in demanding bold climate action like the Green New Deal and to use the legal system as a tool by suing governments over climate inaction.

If elected officials fail to act, we can expect these young people to adopt more disruptive tactics and do the work on the ground to elect new leaders. Even if they can't yet vote themselves, there are many ways they can- and will continue toshape our politics and our future.

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Whoopi Goldberg dons Manitoba artist's necklace honouring missing Indigenous women

By Adina Bresge, The Canadian Press A Manitoba artist says she's quitting her day job after Whoopi Goldberg wore her beadwork to spotlight missing and murdered Indigenous women on ``The View.’'

Mish Daniels, a member of Sagkeeng First Nation, has been beading since she was 13, but said she considered the craft a hobby until she got a boost from the American actress and comedian.

A longtime fan of the daytime talk show, Daniels said she tuned into ``The View'' while tending to her sick niece and nephew earlier this week. When Daniels saw her handmade pendant hanging around Goldberg's neck, she said the living room erupted in screams as she jumped up and down through tears. ``I kind of scared the kids, so I had to tell them, 'No, no, auntie's crying good tears,' '' Daniels said by phone from Selkirk, Man. ``I was shaking for about an hour after that. Even today, every time I see it, I

Whoopi Goldberg has raised attention on mainstream TV about the lack of awareness regarding the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women throughout North America. Indigenous women and girls are eight times more likely to be murdered or kidnapped than others. PHOTO FILE

get verklempt.''

Goldberg told viewers Tuesday that the red jingle dress medallion commemorates the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women along what's known as the Highway of Tears in B.C. ``Women need to come together and say none of us should be (going) miss-

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ing,'' Goldberg said. ``This is my plea: Find out more about this. Because if they can take one of us, they can take any of us.’'

Connie Greyeyes, an activist based in Fort St. John, B.C., who ordered the necklace from Daniels, said the jewellery's journey to the small screen began with a ``chance encounter''

at a Vancouver hotel last week.

Greyeyes said a friend recognized Goldberg and cajoled her into asking for a photo, and the Oscar winner obliged.

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Greyeyes said Goldberg decided to join them and sit in on a ceremony, quietly listening to creation stories and praying.

She told Goldberg about her work advocating for the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and said Goldberg was shocked the issue wasn't receiving more attention.

Greyeyes said she'd been taught to give a gift when such an opportunity arises. She took off her necklace, explained its significance, and told Goldberg she wanted her to have it. ``I put it around her neck and she tucked it in her shirt and said, 'I'll always wear this and I'll keep it close to me.' ‘' When her friend texted her to turn on ``The View,'' Greyeyes saw that Goldberg kept her word. ``Never in a million years did I think that offering somebody a gift like

that would cause millions of people to hear about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada and the United States,'' Greyeyes said. ``It's those chance encounters and just oncein-a-lifetime opportunities that happened. I feel so blessed about it all.’'

Daniels said the international attention gave her the push she needed to leave behind her job in car sales to pursue beadwork full-time.

She said she's received roughly 1,500 commissions this week from customers ranging from a member of the House of Commons to Indigenous elders in New Zealand.

Daniels said she has no idea how she'll fill the flood of orders, but she has a sense of where she'll start. ``I'm getting so many requests from people all over North America who currently have missing and murdered loved ones, and they want me to do one in memory and honour of them,'' she said. ``(Those are) the ones that hit my heart.''

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VICTORIA — British Columbia's government says the first batch of legal marijuana edibles, extracts and topical will soon be available for purchase, two months after they were legalized in Canada.

The province says it received its first shipments of the products Wednesday and has made them available to private and public retailers via its wholesale customer portal.

The Ministry of Attorney General says consumers can expect to see them on store shelves by the end of the month, based on shipping schedules.

The province's liquor control branch is the only wholesale distributor of non-medical cannabis in B.C. Although it has reg-

istered more than 260 different products under the newly legal categories, the ministry says only a small number are expected to be available for retail sale within the first few months of 2020.

It says a number of factors influence product availability, including the ability of manufacturers to meet demand from other markets across Canada.

While edibles, oils, topicals, hash and other cannabis goods became legal in October, Solicitor General Mike Farnworth has previously said they would not be available in retail outlets until January.

The delay is based on 60 days' notice that producers must provide to Health Canada of their intention to sell the products.

Beverages, tea bags, chocolates, cookies, vaporizers and cartridges are among the new products to be released.

Consumers can also now buy other extracts,

such as shatter and hashish, as well as cannabis-infused topicals that can be applied to the skin, hair or nails, the province says.

Oils and capsules legalized in 2018 have been reclassified as extracts.

The province requires the new products to have the same plain, child proof packaging approved

by Health Canada that are in place for existing cannabis products. They must include information about the product's THC and CBD content, health warnings, and bear the cannabis symbol.

The new products are supplied by 24 producers and the liquor distribution branch says it's working with more than 40 licensed producers to form its entire wholesale product assortment.

Beginning Jan. 1, the provincial sales tax on vapour products will increase to 20 per cent from seven per cent.

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An Ontario court has ruled border guards at a crossing between a Canadian island and the rest of the country were wrong to search an Indigenous man's vehicle on grounds that he had a criminal record and associated with others convicted of breaking the law.

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December 23, 2019 (closing at 2 pm) December 24, 2019, December 25, 2019 , December 26, 2019 December 27, 2019, December 30, 2019 December 31, 2019 & January 1, 2020

All calls to Indigenous Victim Services number: 1-866-964-5920 will be forwarded to an answering service and depending where the caller is located, she/he will be patched through to Victim Services of Brant (519-752-3140), or Victim Services of Haldimand-Norfolk (1-800264-6671) or Hamilton Victim Services Branch (905-546-4904) for assistance. If there is a broader community emergency, and if needed, we will assist in helping the other Six Nations community crisis programs.

The other justice department office and justice programs that will not be operating services during the holiday closure are: Community Standards, Restorative Justice, Indigenous Law Worker (FLIC/CLIC), Native Inmate Liaison Worker, and Matrimonial Real Property Programs Note: The bail verification supervision program will be the only program delivering services during the shutdown – they will have one worker fulfilling services at the Brantford court.

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In a decision released last Friday, Ontario Superior Court Justice Nathalie Champagne said Kanawakeron Jody Swamp's criminal record didn't justify the search that led him to be charged under the Customs Act in 2017.

What's more, the judge said, nearly everyone on Cornwall Island —situated in the St. Lawrence River with bridges linking it to the U.S. and Cornwall, Ont. — has a relative with a criminal record, which means that also cannot be considered reasonable grounds for a search.

Neither can the fact that Swamp, a member of the Mohawk Nation who lives on the island, drives a ``low-value'' vehicle — another indicator cited by one of the border guards involved in the search.

Swamp was charged with multiple offences after border guards found American firecrackers in his car during a secondary inspection.

He was acquitted after the trial judge found border guards at a mixed-traffic crossing such as the one in Cornwall, Ont., can't question or search travellers coming from within Canada, but the Crown appealed the ruling.

In her decision, Champagne said that while the trial judge erred in his interpretation of the law on mixed-traffic crossings, the search was nonetheless unjustified and the acquittal should be upheld. ``The evidence shows that Mr. Swamp's criminal record was not for smuggling and almost every family who resides on Cornwall Island has a family member with a criminal record. Thus, the fact that Mr. Swamp kept company with individuals who had a criminal record is not surprising and is not ... reasonable grounds to suspect,'' she wrote.

Meanwhile, border guards did not explain the significance of the value of Swamp's truck,

she said, and that is insufficient to establish grounds for a search.

Cameron Fiske, who represents Swamp, called the ruling a step in the right direction for the population of Cornwall Island. ``Ultimately, what is at stake is Canada's relationship with its Indigenous population,'' he said in an email. ``Given the peculiar configuration of the border at Cornwall, wherein an entire island is essentially wedged between two countries in a 'mixed traffic corridor,' the treatment of Aboriginal persons in that mixed traffic corridor is certainly a matter of significant public interest. No one else in the country is in that unique situation.''

Swamp is also the representative plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit that alleges the Mohawk residents of Cornwall Island face systemic discrimination because of the border crossing.

Fiske, who also represents Swamp in that suit, has said residents have to go through the crossing to attend schools, doctor's appointments or to eat in restaurants.

The lawsuit alleges the Canada Border Services Agency and the Attorney General of Canada have turned a blind eye to illegal searches, seizures and detention imposed on members of the Akwesasne reserve living on the island.

The statement of claim alleges the CBSA and the Attorney General were negligent and breached their duties in allowing border guards to treat island residents travelling within Canada like foreign visitors.

The allegations have not been tested in court.

The CBSA has said Cornwall Island represents ``a unique and complex set of challenges related to border management,'' and that it is working with the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne to address the issues.

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Rivercats Midget BB veteran Rylee Henhawk leading by example NEIL BECKER

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CALEDONIA-- Watching Haldimand Rivercats Midget BB defenceman Rylee Henhawk, it’s pretty evident that she was born to play hockey.

This assistant captain has proven to be a real leader not only in the dressing room but on the ice where her strengths include skating the puck, shooting and making that perfect pass to start the breakout.

“Rylee has a great work ethic in games and practice,” Rivercats coach Eric Herron said. “She is a great leader by example.”

In the mist of a dominating season, the Rivercats recently suffered their first regular season loss when on Thursday, December 19th, they dropped what was a 3-1 decision at the Haldimand County Caledonia Centre against the Mississauga Chiefs.

“I’ve been playing since second year of Atom. I started when I was 10 years-old,” Henhawk

said. “I grew up watching hockey on tv and decided I wanted to skate.”

Early in regulation, Henhawk let go a few blistering drives from the point as Haldimand pressured and had all sorts of in close opportunities but found themselves trailing 1-0 heading to the second.

“We were really trying,” but it wasn’t our game,” Henhawk said about the loss. “Another team (Mississauga) skated really hard and they won.”

Haldimand began the second on a power play but suffered a huge setback as Mississauga capitalized 51 seconds in on a short- handed tally which doubled their lead to 2-1.

Once again, the Rivercats proved relentless as they continued to get chances including a few more from Henhawk. However, it wasn’t until halfway through the second when they broke through as Rivercats forward Camryn Roy scored to cut the deficit in half.

Late in the period, Haldmand generated a few more quality chances including Eden Lammel

Haldimand Rivercats Midget BB defenceman Rylee Henhawk gets PHOTO BY NEIL BECKER ready to skate up ice with the puck.

Haldimand Rivercats Midget BB defenceman Rylee Henhawk made some accurate tape to tape passes and had some high quality shots PHOTO BY NEIL BECKER on goal.

who was robbed in the slot and Henhawk who once again was robbed on a couple more drives from the point.

When asked about her strengths Henhawk was quick to reply, “Moving the puck and shooting.” In terms of whether she ever dreams about perhaps representing Team Canada at the Olympics, Henhawk paused before stating, “That would be a dream. I would have a long road to get there.”

The Rivercats continued to have chances in the third period, but couldn’t get any closer as they surrendered an early a third goal in experiencing what was that first regular season loss.

It wasn’t meant to be for the Haldimand Rivercats Midget BB squad who saw their regular season undefeated streak come to an end against on Thursday, December 19th at home against Mississauga.

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HAGERSVILLE--- This was an opportunity for Arena Lacrosse League (ALL) girls to dust off their sticks and get a jump on the competition.

Competing to get in shape for the upcoming season, were quite a large number of ambitious athletes who representing the various teams, worked up a healthy sweat at the women’s ALL combine held on Saturday, December 14th at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena.

“I was so pumped,” ALL veteran player Lauryn Hill said. “I’m trying to sign up to play for Paris (Riverwolves) this year. I like to try and play and learn from different coaches.”

Hill, who stared last season for the Six Nations Snipers, didn’t hide her excitement for coming out and competing as she stated, “This is like Christmas morning. I’m really excited to be here. I like competing, playing hard and going out there and having fun.”

Though it was only a pre-season combine these players had to endure intense shooting and contact one on one drills

along with some running to name but a few.

“It would be so awesome,” Hill said about the prospect of winning an ALL championship.

Among the many storylines developing at the combine was Hannah Claire coming back after missing last year’s ALL campaign. Claire, “I love Six Nations.

It’s like a second home.”

Claire, who is from Akwesasne said. “I love lacrosse. I love playing in Six Nations. Lacrosse is like medicine.”

This coming summer Claire will be among those coaching Team Ontario this summer at NAIG being held in Halifax.

“I’m excited to coach, as a women player, when I was these young ladies age this wasn’t an option,” Claire said.

Coincidently enough among those Claire will see competing at Team Ontario tryout camp will be Lauryn Hill.

“I’m excited,” Claire stated about having Hill tryout out.

For now, the focus is strictly on getting into shape and preparing for the campaign which will see the Riverwolves look to repeat as ladies ALL champions.

After an intense workout lacrosse veterans Lauryn Hill and Hannah Claire are all smiles. Hill didn’t hold back in her excitement of playing in this women’s ALL combine as she compared it to “Christmas morning.” There was lots of serious talent on display as these players PHOTOS BY NEIL BECKER look to make that positive impression and shake off some rust during the Women’s ALL combine.

Thunderbirds’ Warren Hill grabs NLL Player of the Week

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Halifax Thunderbirds goalie Warren Hill has made quite the impression on the home fans.

Emerging as the season home opening star Hill was on fire as he turned aside 40 of 45 shots in thrilling the Scotiabank Arena fans on Saturday, December 7th in a 12-4 victory against their expansion cousins the New York Riptide.

Playing in their very first franchise game, the Thunderbirds scored 10 seconds into regulation and backed by the strong goaltending of Hill, saw that increase to 7-0 by the second.

“It’s always special to start something new and it was really exciting to play the first pro lacrosse

game in Halifax,” Hill said.

“The people have been awesome and very welcoming.”

Hill’s standout performance didn’t go unnoticed as he grabbed NLL Week 1 Player of the Week Honors.

“You always want to start off the season on the right foot,” Hill said.

“Getting player of the week was an honor but definitely couldn’t have done it without the stellar performance from our defence and offence who made my job a lot easier.”

When mentioned about how he would be part of history as helping the Thunderbirds to their franchise very first win, Hill stated, “The team’s performance couldn’t have been scripted any better. Right from the opening face off our team was focused and ready to go. We executed what

we wanted to do and the rest took care of itself.

That was what made that first win that much more special and we couldn’t be happier to put on that type of performance for the fans.”

Hill the son of Cheryl and Hubert Hill was born July 1992 in Brantford, Ontario and is from a Six Nations lacrosse family.

His Uncle Cam Bomberry played lacrosse professionally for the Rochester Knighthawks and his cousin Roger Vyse played for the Buffalo Bandits.

Hill completed the 2019 NLL season and first with the franchise where he led the NLL with an .810 save percentage, which was the third best in team single-season history. Hill was 4-1 as a starter and finished third in goalsagainst average (10.36).

Halifax Thunderbirds goalie Warren Hill made quite the impression with the home fans by stopping 40 of 45 shots in a franchise opening win against the New York Riptide. Hill’s efforts were recognized PHOTO BY NEIL BECKER with NLL Week 1 honors.

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The ASC takes centre ice for Ottawa Senators Indigenous Celebration Game CANADIAN PRESS

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OTTAWA — The Aboriginal Sport Circle was proud to announce that it will take part in the second annual Indigenous Culture Celebration Game last Saturday at the Canadian Tire Centre when the Ottawa Senators play the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Ken Thomas who is representing the The National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC) which was founded by the Aboriginal Sport Circle (ASC) took part in the pre-game puck drop ceremony along with other Indigenous representatives.

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take part in this celebration and congratulate the Ottawa Senators club for taking this initiative that recognizes the Indigenous

peoples in this territory,” said ASC CEO Carey Calder.

“This is the second consecutive ceremony where

our people are recognized and our Indigenous sports organizations represented and acknowledged. These are good steps towards

reconciliation for all Canadians.”

The National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC) provides a forum for elite Bantam and Midget-aged Indigenous hockey players from across Canada showcasing the athletic abilities of athletes from across the country, while also fostering cultural unity and pride. The NAHC also serves as a focal point for grassroots and regional Aboriginal hockey development.

The annual hockey championship has been held annually since 2001 with The 2020 NAHC scheduled for May 9-16, 2020 in Regina, Saskatchewan.

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APTN to broadcast hockey games in Plains Cree starting with Jets at Blackhawks CANADIAN PRESS

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that attended had the opportunity to participate in a smudging ceremony led

by Elder Claudette Commanda during the first intermission at Gate 1.

Throughout the game, dancers from Akwesasne and Pikwakanagan showcased their craft to fans in attendance with performances at the top of the stairs in Gate 1 and in the concourse at sections 208-209. The second intermission featured a special performance by First Nations hoop dancer Theland Kicknosway.

Back singing the national anthem will be Mary Nahwegahbow from the Whitefish River First Nation who sang in English, French, and Anishinaabemowin.

WINNIPEG — APTN and Rogers Sportsnet agreed a three-year deal on Friday to broadcast NHL games in Plains Cree.

The first of six games to be broadcast on APTN in the Indigenous language will be when the Winnipeg Jets visit the Chicago Blackhawks on Jan. 19.

The next will be when the two teams meet again on Feb. 9 in Winnipeg.

APTN will also broadcast the Calgary Flames' visit to Detroit on Feb. 23, the Vancouver Canucks' trip to Columbus on March 1, Vancouver hosting the Jets on March 15, and the Edmonton Oilers welcoming Anaheim on March 29.

The deal guarantees a minimum of six games will be broadcast in Plains Cree per season.

APTN broadcasted the first nationally televised game in Plains Cree between the Montreal Canadiens and Carolina Hurricanes last season.

Play-by-play announcer Clarence Iron and host Earl Wood were joined by analyst John Chabot as the Hurricanes edged the

Habs 2-1 on March 24. ``I think it's the type of event that will help open doors in our relationship with Canada,'' outgoing APTN CEO Jean La Rose told host Dennis Ward on the television show ``Face to Face.’' ``Some people wrote to us saying, 'I just tuned it in because I just wanted to hear what it sounded like but the guy was so exciting I watched the whole game.’''

Iron and Wood will return in the booth for this season's six games, while Jason Chamakese will co-host the studio show alongside Chabot.

Sportsnet will provide the broadcast production for the six games each season. ``Last year we partnered with APTN to deliver the first ever NHL game in Plains Cree and saw first-hand the positive impact it had uniting hockey fans across the country,'' said Rob Corte, vice-president, Sportsnet & NHL Productions. ``We know that Canada's Indigenous communities have a great passion for hockey and we are excited grow our partnership with APTN to deliver more games over the next three years.’'

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Provinces argue over consultation in Federal Court of Appeal CANADIAN PRESS

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VANCOUVER — The governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan are urging the Federal Court of Appeal to defer to cabinet's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline because they say Indigenous opposition shouldn't outweigh other public interests in the project.

Alberta and Saskatchewan are acting as interveners at a hearing in Vancouver about whether Indigenous groups were meaningfully consulted during a new round of dialogue about the $10 billion project.

The court heard from four Indigenous groups from British Columbia who argue the government already had an outcome in mind when it engaged them and the consultations were therefore inadequate.

Lawyers for the federal government and Trans Mountain Corp. have countered that the Indigenous groups did not approach the consultations in good faith and their applications should be dismissed.

Stephanie Latimer, who represents Alberta's attorney general, says there is an ``ongoing lack of certainty'' about what constitutes reasonable Crown consultation and accommodation in the context of complex, multiphase projects like Trans Mountain.

But she says the court could increase certainty for investors, provinces and other interested parties through judicial deference to cabinet, which she says is well positioned to make decisions weighing the vast and varied opinions on such projects. ``Judicial deference helps create certainty by demonstrating respect both for the decision-making process as well as Parliament,'' she said.

With the development of the duty to consult and accommodate, Indigenous Peoples now have an important voice in resource development.

She said the Crown has

every motivation to ensure consultation is adequate, but perfect satisfaction is not required. ``In some cases, this will require the governors in council to make decisions that do not meet the expectations of Indigenous communities, but that does not mean the decision was not reasonable,'' Latimer told the court. ``Compromise is inherent in the reconciliation process.’'

James Fyfe, representing Saskatchewan's attorney general, told the court that, as a land-locked province, Saskatchewan relies on pipelines like Trans Mountain to reap the benefits of its oil and gas resources, he said.

Reconciliation should not be allowed to unduly interfere with other rights, such as provincial jurisdiction over natural resources, he argued. ``We ask the court to be sensitive to the very practical concern that if courts too readily interfere with project proposals, proponents may be deterred from bringing them forward,'' he said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has twice approved a plan to triple the capacity of the pipeline from Alberta's oilsands to a shipping terminal in Metro Vancouver.

Several First Nations, environmental groups and the City of Vancouver had originally filed challenges making a range of arguments including that the project threatens southern resident killer whales.

The court allowed six First Nations to proceed with an expedited hearing focused on the federal government's consultation with Indigenous communities between August 2018 and June 2019.

Two First Nations have since dropped out of the appeal after signing deals with Trans Mountain Corp.

On Monday and Tuesday, Indigenous groups argued in court that the consultation process was rushed, they were sometimes given only days to respond to major proposals related to the project, and key information was withheld from them.

They also pointed to

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's public statements that the pipeline is in the national interest before the consultations were complete as evidence that dialogue was not conducted in good faith.

On Wednesday, a lawyer for Trans Mountain Corp. defended the government's consultation with Indigenous groups over the Crown corporation's operation and construction of its pipeline.

Maureen Killoran said the latest round of consultations built on more than six years of work by Trans Mountain to engage with Indigenous groups and other affected communities, and that will continue through the project life cycle.

Arguments by the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Squamish Nation, Coldwater Indian Band and a coalition of small First Nations in the Fraser Valley should be dismissed, she said.

Killoran argued that the same groups failed to engage with Trans Mountain in good faith or at all and are relitigating issues that were raised in the original case or have taken positions that are effectively a veto against the project. ``We say that such defences serve as a complete bar to the applicants in this case,'' she said.

Killoran alleged Trans Mountain was excluded from meetings with the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations, and accused Coldwater of delaying Trans Mountain from initiating an aquifer study that the First Nation had said was essential.

The existing pipeline runs through the Coldwater reserve and the First Nation has expressed concerns about impacts to the aquifer that supplies its drinking water.

When asked by one of the judges if she thinks a failure to engage with Trans Mountain, which is now a Crown corporation, constitutes a failure to engage with the Crown, Killoran responded that it is. ``A failure to engage the proponent and take advantage of those opportunities is absolutely a failure to engage,'' she said.

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Hair care product 4. Looped 10. It’s present in all living cells 11. Choose 12. South Dakota 14. Cash machine 15. Of the pia mater 16. Ancient Egyptian documents 18. Layers at the back of the eyeballs 22. Not perceived 23. Look over 24. Improve a tire 26. Time zone 27. Main branch of Islam 28. Bark of the mulberry tree 30. Sea eagles 31. Records heart muscle activity (abbr.)

34. Famed Hollywood producer 36. Yuck!

37. Reject outright and bluntly 39. __ 500, car race 40. Small heap or pile 41. Type of degree (abbr.)

42. Contagious skin disease 48. Erases from a surface 50. In an enthusiastic way 51. Begin again 52. Intricately produced pattern 53. It flows NW to the Seine 54. Be obliged to repay 55. Southeast 56. Slip in 58. Leisure time activity 59. Breastbones 60. Sun up in New York CLUES DOWN 1. More cloudy

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, if things seem to be a little confusing this week, take some time to pause and reflect. Maybe you are interpreting the data in the wrong way.

Ask a friend to check your work.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Your generosity is limitless this week, Taurus.

Your efforts will be rewarded to you in kind in the near future. Keep your charitable efforts coming.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Getting your point across to others may prove challenging, Gemini. Slow down and explain yourself clearly. Being amenable to compromise can help.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Your relationships have longevity and that is something to be proud of, Cancer. Keep doing all the right things to keep the ones you love close by.

2. Main course 3. Protect with plastic 4. Equally 5. Rebukes 6. Friend to a salesman 7. Warms up 8. Overshadow 9. Interior lineman in football 12. San Antonio hoopster 13. Comedian Cook 17. Time zone 19. First PM of India 20. Performing perfectly 21. A way to hide 25. Former NBA commissioner 29. Peter’s last name

Answers for December 25th, 2019 Crossword Puzzle

31. Outlying suburb of London 32. Used to cut steak 33. Deep inlets 35. Type of tree 38. Done openly and unashamedly 41. Indigenous person of N. Africa 43. Confessed openly 44. A way to separate with an instrument 45. Influential journalist Tarbell 46. Manning and Roth are two 47. One who cares for horses in India 49. Something to believe in 56. Form of “to be” 57. Atomic #73

SUDOKU

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Go with the flow when you anticipate something exciting coming your way, Leo. Let your hair down a little and enjoy the good times ahead.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, give something new and frivolous a try this week. You may find this experimentation sparks a new interest that proves rewarding for years to come.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Someone is very proud of what you have accomplished lately, Libra. If you find yourself in the spotlight, enjoy the much-deserved praise and attention.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, employ various ways of looking at situations that come your way. It is always beneficial to have an open mind. When a new project arrives, maintain your enthusiasm.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sometimes you need to be a bit pushy to get what you need, Sagittarius. Step up and part the crowds so you can reach your goal. Make sure your voice is heard.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 This is a good time to share positive thoughts with others, Capricorn. With the new year on the horizon, resolutions are at the forefront of many people’s minds.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, while you can expect a week full of energy and nonstop activity, you can manage to fit some fun into the mix. Start making plans with close friends.

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