Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – The federal government and the Assembly of First Nations of Canada agreed Thursday to institute major reforms in the education of aborigine children. The move aims to reverse decades of failure. To pursue the initiative, an expert panel will submit by the middle of 2011 [...]
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Canada agrees to reform First Nation education
December 10th, 2010 
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Comments OffReport: Poor Canadian Children Lag In Well-Being
December 3rd, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – A UNICEF report released Friday ranked Canada 17th among 24 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in terms of overseeing the material well-being of the poorest children. However, Ottawa placed ninth in the area of health and third in education. The report titled “The [...]
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December 2nd, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – An assessment of Canada’s $4 billion infrastructure stimulus program by Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page found that the program failed to create as many jobs as it envisioned. The assessment was based on a survey of institutions that received the stimulus money made by Phoenix Strategic Perspectives. [...]
Posted in Car Licensing Tags: AHN, Canada, Canada's, canadian federation of municipalities, canadian prime minister stephen harper, Create, Failed, federation of municipalities, Jobs, Many, Officer Kevin Page, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa ontario canada, Percent, Phoenix, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Program, Report, Stimulus, Survey, View Comments OffReport: Cancer Still No. 1 Killer In Canada
December 1st, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Cancer is still the number one cause of mortality in Canada. According to Statistics Canada, cancer caused 30 percent of deaths, followed by heart ailments at 22 percent. A far third was stroke at 6 percent. While deaths due to heart disease and stroke slightly went down, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: AHN, Canada, Cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, deaths in canada, heart, heart ailments, Killer, mortality, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa ontario canada, Percent, Report, Still, suicide article Comments OffReport: Only 80 Percent Of Examinees Pass Canada’s Citizenship Test
November 29th, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – The new citizenship test introduced by Ottawa on March 15 is tougher than the older exam. As a result, the passing rate was only 70 percent. Because of the low passing rate, the federal government introduced a revised test on Oct. 14, which upped the passing rate [...]
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November 26th, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – The Canadian Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Ottawa could still extradite foreigners to their homeland even if they had been granted refugee status. The conditions for extradition are that conditions in the country of origin have changed and no longer prosecute people based on their ethnicity, religion [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: AHN, Allows, Canada, Canadian, canadian supreme court, Court, decision, eastern European, extradite, Extradition, Homelands, Hungary, Justice Thomas Cromwell, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa ontario canada, Quebec, refugee status, Refugees, Rob Nicholson, Roma, Supreme, thomas cromwell Comments OffOttawa Rejects Expo Funding Proposal To Celebrate Canada’s 150th Founding Day
November 24th, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Ottawa rejected Tuesday a request by Edmonton to help finance the city’s bid to host the 2016 World Fair to celebrate Canada’s 150th founding day. Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty explained Ottawa is going through a tough time with a record-high budget deficit, so the government could [...]
Posted in Auto Insurance Tags: 150th, AHN, Ambrose, Canada, Canada's, Celebrate, Edmonton, Expo, Federal, federal finance minister, finance minister jim flaherty, Flaherty, Founding, funding, minister, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa ontario canada, proposal, Quebec City, Rejects, request, rona ambrose, Stephen Mandel, western Canada Comments OffAppeals Court Decision Due Saturday On Canadian Prostitution Laws
November 23rd, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Marc Rosenberg said Monday he would likely decide by Saturday whether continue for another 60 days a stay of a lower court’s ruling to strike down Canadian prostitution laws. The current stay order expires Nov. 27. Rosenberg said if the ruling is [...]
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November 22nd, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Ottawa is planning to put in place massive spending cuts in a bid to give Canada’s economic recover a big push. Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was scheduled to outline the new economic policies in a speech Monday in Oakville, Ontario. Ahead of his speech, Flaherty hinted [...]
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October 22nd, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Canadian Transport Minister Chuck Strahl cited the divided opinion among Canadians Thursday as the reason behind Ottawa’s refusal to grant the United Arab Emirates more landing rights. Strahl said even Canadian premiers do not agree on the issue. However, Strahl did not name a specific poll or [...]
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