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Injunction stands against Six Nations farmer

By Jayson Koblun

Haudenosaunee Farmer Kris Hill, her employees and farming equipment are to be evicted from the Burtch Lands in Brant County after a ruling in court last Friday.

Hill was found in contempt of court for continuing to farm the Burtch Lands that she received a lease from, from the Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI) and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC), even though the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) and a numbered company it formed had placed an injunction against it.

Justice John Harper's rulings were read on September 22, in Brantford's Superior Court.

The Burtch Lands are part of three parcels of land the government gave back to the Six Nations during negotiations over several land claim issues in 2006 including one known as the Douglas Creeks Estates (DCE),

Kris Hill walked out of the courthouse and was comforted by a group of supporters, last Friday after hearing Justice John Harper's rulings. PHOTO BY JONATHAN GARLOW a subdivision near Caledonia. During that time Six Nations protestors blockaded bridges and shut down a section of Highway 6.

The Burtch Lands were given to Six Nations as part of the resolution between the government and Six Nations to see the reopening of the highway and bridges. The land was to be given back and worked, but more issues arose between which governing body on Six Nations should hold the land —

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Looking outside the window a group of people from Six Nations were set up on the lawn holding signs.

Harper said Hill "willfully" breached four parts of the injunction placed against her farming the Burtch Lands

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until the courts made their decision: failure to vacate the land; continuing to farm; failure to remove equipment; and causing security to prevent authorities to access the land.

Harper advised the lawyers for both the plaintiffs and defendants to discuss the cost of the trial proceedings and to determine a date with help from the trial co-ordinator where Hill will learn of the penalties she faces at a later date.

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Highway 6 protests peaceful but tense

By Jim Windle CALEDONIA – Last Friday’s Superior Court ruling regarding the transfer of title of the lands the former Burtch Correctional Institute was once situated on did nothing to detour the resolve of Six Nations citizen protesters, or protectors, depending on how you look at it.

The Elected Band Council filed an injunction to get what they might term a squatter, off the land that was just returned to people of Six Nations. Kris Hill obtained a right of use contract from the traditional Confederacy to farm the land, which she did under protest against the Elected Council’s assumed jurisdiction over land use.

The court ruled in favour of the Band Council’s injunction. That injunction ordering Hill immediately off the Burtch site, and abandon the crops she has planted which are near ready for harvest.

Saturday, a new presence was created as some of the people still occupying the former Douglas Creeks Estates land began dismantling tents at Kanonhstaton (DCE).

At least that’s how it appeared to police observing from the highway.

In fact, the tent was be-

about that court case really, it’s about how the history of the government of Canada saying the Confederacy isn’t a valid government on this reserve. For a lot of us that’s the only government I’ve ever known [or at least regarded as authentic].”

The promised return of this land to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs traditional government, as it was when it was stolen

by Canada many years ago, did not happen.

Although the land has been transferred “to the people of Six Nations”,it was done through a trust corporation created by the Six Nations Elected government, which it is said, only represents around three per cent of the population of Six Nations, judging by voter turnout.

But the protesters are also not blind to the current condition of the HCCC either, and instead put their trust in the Great Law of Peace.

“I’m not saying the Confederacy doesn’t have a lot of work to do as well, in terms of making sure they get the voices of the people heard,” says Williams.

“That’s what we are trying to put together and that’s what we want to build on.

We have the means in doing so within the Great

Haudenosaunee activist Skylar Williams reasons with OPP in front of Kanonhstaton Saturday night. Police converged on the site fearing the barricade was about to be dragged onto the highway again. This was not the case, however police removed the concrete blocks and the hydro tower barricade from the front gate. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE ing moved to its new location on the River Range Road overpass, looking down on the busy Highway 6 bypass.

“I can only speak for myself," said protester Skylar Williams. "But for me, the reason why I am here isn’t

Law and if we can uphold our side — that’s the problem with this new “nation to nation” relationship the government keeps talking about. It’s impossible to do that when we’re not living that when we don’t uphold our sovereignty.”

DR. ANNETTE DELIO DR. HEATHER SANGSTER OPTOMETRISTS OPP attempted to arrest one of the protesters at Kanonhstaton Saturday night, however when others of their number surrounded the person, police decided not to carry out the arrest at this time to prevent and escalation of the matter. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE He explains that protest is the only choice left to them, since the court will always relay on Canadian Law which is severely slated towards Ottawa and London England.

“It really doesn’t give us any other avenue for contesting anything.” he says.

“Some judge can sit in a court in Brantford, Ontario and say that the Confederacy, which has been around for 1,000 years or more, is not a valid government here — well that’s the problem.” About the court ruling, he stays philosophical.

“Wins are not made in any legislative assembly,” he says. “Wins are made on the land. Wins are made in the bush. That’s the only place we get our wins from, and so, if we are going to start asserting our sovereignty it will be on the land and on the roads and in the bush. We are Two Row people and we are defending that sovereignty.”

As of 4 p.m., Saturday, a large banner staying “Honour the Treaties Ya Big Meanies” hung from the side of the overpass with Unity Flags and Haudenosaunee flags on either side and about 20 people braiding corn on the bridge.

A few of the white corn braids hung from the side of the bridge while police sat in cruisers on the bypass on either side of the bridge. Traffic was not hindered but the protesters made their presence known to motorists with the message that the issues between Six Nations, Ontario and Canada are far from being resolved, despite the promises.

At around 5:30 p.m. the

bridge site was voluntarily removed and the protesters returned to Kanonhstaton (DCE).

Fearing another Highway 6 closing by the protesters, OPP converged on the Highway 6 site enmass, parking a number of cruisers in front of the gate at Kanonhstaton to prevent that from taking place.

Those at the site report that when a member of their number was targeted for arrest by the OPP, the rest surrounded the person in defiance. Not wishing to escalate the situation, after about two hours of tension, police left the scene without making any arrests at this time.

The next day, Sunday, police removed the concrete blocks in front of the Kanonhstaton site as well as the remnants of the hydro tower used in 2006 which has been used a number of times since to prevent traffic on the highway. Once again, the protesters remained peaceful, but objected loudly.

“I guess they thought we were going to put the barricade back up on Highway 6,” said protester Skylar Williams. "They got nervous when a bunch of us started gathering.”

He insists they were not planning to close the highway at all, but rather gathering to take a picture of a sign they designed using the white corn-braids they made at the overpass earlier.

As of Monday morning, everything remained quiet at the site where about 20 or 30 protesters are still entrenched.

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viously couldn’t happen,” said Matt Jamieson, president of SNGRDC. “And since the building has just been recently renovated, we thought it would be a great idea to kick off the new building here and with this award.”

The award was founded and sponsored by Sodexo, one of the top diversity employers in Canada and a Progressive Aboriginal Relation (PAR) Gold Certified company. Sodexo is dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals and organizations wherever they work.

“When the board was selecting the recipient of the award it didn’t take long for everyone to agree that Six Nations should win,” said Katherine Power, vice-president corporate affairs at Sodexo.

“The team here is very deserving of the award and should be proud of all the hard work they have done finding ways to build up the economy here on the territory.”

The Gathering Place is the name of the new convention centre and took

almost five months to complete renovations. On the night of the awards ceremony the building was almost 100 per cent finished, the building team only needs to add a few final details.

The new hall was built by a team of more than 20 members of Six Nations and is able to accommodate 150 people for seated service and 350 people for entertainment.

“We’re going to be renting out the space for weddings, concerts and all kinds of other community events,” said Jessica Powless, Gathering Place event planner. “It’s become a great place for so many different events and activities, I’m thrilled to be on board as event planner.”

SNGRDC Board Member Claudine VanEvery Albert was MC for the evening. Jamieson, Power, Elected Chief Ava Hill and Andre Morriseau gave short speeches to the guests. After the award party, SNGRDC held its annual general meeting at the same location.

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Hydro One sale to First Nations offers potential

By Nahnda Garlow OHSWEKEN – Six Nations has a big decision to make in the coming weeks: should they join hands with other First Nation communities in Ontario to become shareholders in Hydro One. Premiere Kathleen Wynne introduced the sale of shares to First Nations across the province after Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day objected to First Nations being excluded from Wynne’s 2015 announcement to partially privatize Hydro One — offering 60 per cent ownership to the private market.

A 2.5 per cent slice of that 60 per cent was opened up collectively to Ontario's First Nations communities in 2016 when the Chiefs of Ontario announced an agreement-in-principle with Hydro One. The plan? Liberals promised to open up 15 million shares to Ontario’s First Nations communities at a reduced rate of $18 a share — that’s about three quarters of the standard share rate of just under $24.

Regional Chief Isadore Day called the deal a “modern political accord”. Day said, “Having meaningful equity participation in Hydro One is a unique long-term wealth creation opportunity for our collective First Nations. More significantly, we now have the opportunity to secure our rightful place not only in the energy sector but in the economy as a whole.”

According to stats released by the Chiefs of Ontario the deal has long term potential to increase to $1.2 billion value over 25 years.

A Chief’s Committee on Energy with the Chiefs of Ontario was established with representation from First Nations reserves

across the province to work out the details of this proposed agreement.

Six Nations Elected Chief Ava Hill was a part of that committee as well as Six Nations Phil Montour.

Recently some buzz on social media led community members to be concerned about the deal. In addition to public meetings, Six Nations Elected Council opted to using an online survey to get feedback on what community members thought about joining onto the LP. Hill says that survey was just one tool to collect feedback on the proposed purchase and was not a public vote. Ultimately the decision of voting yes or no to the deal lay on the shoulders of Six Nations Elected Council.

That decision is not unique to Six Nations of the

WHAT’S THE DEAL?

Grand River. First Nations Elected Councils across the province are considering this as well. The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Grand Chief Abram Benedict was also part of the team to negotiated the terms of the agreement.

He has posted a 30-minute video to the MCA’s YouTube channel giving particulars of the proposed agreement for his community to consider.

Here are the facts.

First, in order for the deal to go through all 80 per cent of the First Nations communities in Ontario have to come on board by the end of 2017.

Next, if a base threshold of 80 per cent of First Nations communities in Ontario are in agreement, which Hill says is just 106 of the 133 communities, the deal will be finalized.

However, if 105 say yes and 27 refuse — Hill says the deal will not proceed.

If ratified, the First Nations who agree will start a limited partnership, called Sovereignty Wealth LP, to collectively hold the shares. Ontario will then give that LP a 25-year loan of up to $268 million for the purchase of the shares.

Finally, in addition to the loan the province is offering $45 million for seed capital over the course of three years. You can almost think of it as the “free gift with purchase”.

The Chiefs of Ontario have agreed to bank that seed money to collect interest as an investment into the future generations.

Hill says profits will not come to any community for the first five years, but once they do start flowing through will mirror the

dispersion model of Ontario First Nations Limited Partnership (OFNLP) dollars from OLG. Currently that is a percentage based on population, a base amount for participation and a 10 per cent bonus for those in remote communities.

A holding of 2.5 per cent for the nearly 210,000 First Nations people in Ontario might not seem like a sizeable piece of the pie; however, if you consider the Ontario government will retain 40 per cent ownership — and has legislated that no other shareholder or group of shareholders is allowed to own more than a 10 per cent holding — it seems like it is a reasonable offer.

Provincial officials have said the offer is one step they are taking to make steps forward toward rec-

onciliation with Ontario’s First Nations. Minister of Energy Glenn Thibeault says First Nations’ participation in the energy sector is a priority for the Province. “This new agreement-in-principle is transformational and unprecedented, and reflects the spirit of the Political Accord in strengthening Ontario’s relationship with First Nations,” said Thibeault.

Indigenous Affairs Minister David Zimmer said “facilitating an opportunity for First Nations to participate in the broadening of ownership of Hydro One, this agreement-in-principle reflects Ontario’s strong commitment in supporting Indigenous communities to shape their own economic future.”

SALE OF HYDRO ONE SHARES TO FIRST NATIONS WHAT’S THE CATCH? FIRST NATION PARTNERS

ONTARIO FIRST NATIONS SOVERIGN WEALTH LP

First Nations Partners must agree to these terms in order for them to accept the deal.

80%

106 of the 133 First Nations communities in Ontario have to agree to ratify the deal.

ONTARIO FIRST NATIONS POWER HOLDINGS LP

Holds nearly 15 million shares in Hydro One. Will recieve a loan from Ontario of up to $268 million for purchase.

ONTARIO FIRST NATIONS CAPTIAL WEALTH FUND LP

$45 million dollars “seed capital investment ”to the LP. Chiefs of Ontario recommend the fund collect interest and grow until it either reaches $90 million or for the period of 12 years, whichever comes first.

WHAT’S THE LONG/SHORT OF IT ALL?

89 MILLION 45 MILLION IMMEDIATE VALUE OF SHARES

IMMEDIATE SEED CAPITAL FUND

Retain their share portion for 5 years.

Retain the shares until the loan is repaid to the Province.

Agree not to sue the Province relating to the IPO or sales of Hydro One .

Participation by communities has no effect on other past, present or future legal claims involving Ontario Hydro, Hydro One, OPG, OEFCorp. or the Province of Ontario.

Provincial officials say the offer is a step toward reconcilliation Expiry date:

December 31, 2017 If agreements are not finalized, the deal is extinguished.

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$440 MILLION COMMON SHARES/ $830 MILLION INVESTMENT FUND

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Contraband Cannabis EDITORIAL BY JONATHAN GARLOW

Tobacco production on Six Nations used to be taboo among our own people.

It was a different political climate in the early days. Because of Oka and the Mohawk Warrior Society movement the Canadian government used propaganda techniques to criminalize Indigenous efforts to jump-start a Mohawk economy. Canada then associated Mohawk production of cigarettes with “organized crime” because they realized the huge tax dollars that would be bypassing their revenue agency coffers. They put people in jail back then. Even many of our own people were against cigarettes in 1990.

The smear campaign persists until today repackaged

by Ontario as the anti-contraband tobacco message.

Fast forward a good 20 years and everybody is on board with tobacco production and cigarette manufacturing at Six Nations. There isn’t that same moral shaming amongst our own if someone has a factory in their garage, or has their own retail outlet. We appreciate that Ontario and Canada has no right to tell us how to run our economy, it’s up to us.

It may be impossible for HCCC and Elected Council to join hands and be equals because they are two completely different styles of governance. Even still, imagine if they could have worked together in the ‘90s to get behind tobacco. They both sat together at the negotiation tables in 2007 maybe they could sit down together again. Not to combine governments, but to come to

some sort of agreement just on one issue.

Forbes magazine says that the budding Cannabis Industry in Canada will be worth as much as $8 billion when it becomes legal July 1, 2018. It will be controlled the same way the Canadian government handles liquor and sold at LCBO type outlets across the province. To meet the low-end estimates for this new market, Canadian growers would need to produce more than 600,000 kg per year.

If Justin Trudeau was really serious about reconciliation he would hand over the $8 billion industry and put every single indigenous nation to work doing what our families have done for millennia — cultivating medicinal plants and working the land.

Imagine how much our reservations would improve with that kind of economy boost.

We have the land and the knowledge.

A few quick facts. In 2015, Justice Gethin Edward ruled that the aboriginal right to practise traditional medicine is protected under Section 35 of the Canadian Constitution.

There is increasing evidence showing endocannabinoids can slow and/or reverse cancer and tumour growth. Cannabis is also used to medically treat anxiety, depression and pain.

So let’s ask each other this question – Is cannabis a traditional medicine, or no?

Could both councils could come together to regulate the medical substance on our territory and maybe a piece of that $8 billion industry?

The lasting effects of bullying

By Allana McDougall My son Henry was brutally attacked at King George Public School in 2014.

After switching schools the following year, he never saw the students who did this again.

Three weeks ago, that changed.

My son is a happy, easy-going kid who, at 14, stands almost 6 foot already. He is polite, dutiful and artistic. He makes his teachers laugh in the hall. He is independent and chooses wisely who he associates with.

Henry has an IEP to mitigate an expressive language delay that affects his schooling, and he has navigated his own course with courage and dignity.

Henry rarely cries.

I wouldn't describe this as him being 'manly' but rather a testament to the consistent maintenance of his own inner balance. Henry is action-oriented. He expresses feeling through respect and compassion toward others. When his closest friend passed away that same school year he was attacked, it wasn't until a week after we said goodbye and Baamaa Pi (we will see you again), that when something reminded him of her and he wept openly at school. The staff members were graciously responsive and set up visits from a counsellor for him that very day.

My son had support and was doing well in almost all respects at King George. This was so important to us that he was registered to return there when we moved out of catchment the following year. On his first day however, Henry became paralyzed at the mere sight of the building. He took one step toward a new year and became frozen in his tracks.

Fast-forward three years: his second day of high school. I got a call during third period. It was Henry, and he who said he was sick. With only an hour left, of the day I told him to go to class, get on the bus, and reminded him that we’d see each other shortly.

Henry did not come home on the bus.

I called the school and was told that he was absent in the last period. I drove around searching for him, afraid he missed the bus and got lost on the way home, or that something worse had happened. He wasn’t sick when I dropped him off in the morning- what if something was really wrong?

An hour after expected, I saw Henry walking up our street with a friend. The two boys were laughing and smiling — a great relief, but not enough to instantly calm my nerves instantly.

I couldn’t understand why he wouldn’t go to class or take the bus home; we agreed that he would do both. This is high school, though; it's his choice to skip classes and to leave when he wants now. At home, we debriefed as we always do. I need him to be able to talk to me.

Henry — the confident young man I watched laughing with a friend while skipping classes only moments before, suddenly and unexpectedly broke down.

He explained through tears that he didn't want to go to fourth period because he recognized two of the boys who attacked him in his third period class. It never crossed his mind or mine that he might ever see them again.

"They recognized me," he said.

Henry doesn't remember

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their names, but clearly he remembers their faces. Three years later, the details are foggy in my recollection, also. I only remember what the boys did to my son's face. It hurt to see the cuts and bruises. Three of them railed on him with punches and kicks while he was down and none of his peers stepped in to stop it. Not a week later that year, one of the boys brought a switchblade to school. They were in Grade five.

My son can’t say it, but what he experienced was clearly more than just a fight. Those boys took away a sense of safety that comes with expectation that other people are not allowed to violate us had been taken away from him. I know what it's like to live with the memory of what another persons face looks like while they dehumanize you. My son seems to remember this also. It is not an easy thing to live with, and an even harder thing to confront physically.

‘Boys will be boys,’ some will say and, ‘It's normal for kids to fight.’ There is a difference between fights and assaults, teasing and persistent bullying, the things kids can forget easily and those they can’t. Do we know what these differences are? Do our children? One of these truths does not exclude the other: My boy is a boy and it's not okay to violate people, regardless of gender.

Our actions have consequences, and the things we do can affect people for years to come. I hope that Henry’s story will prompt discussion and that this year will be remembered by all students because of the good minds and good actions that step up to make great schools.

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Please speak up! Help improve the Canadian Environmental Protection Act

By Paula Hill I am Cayuga nation, wolf clan, a band member and resident of Six Nations.

As a new employee at the David Suzuki Foundation, I work toward engaging Indigenous people in the discussion on environmental issues.

During my first few months, I have heard stories of environmental destruction that has devastated First Nations communities throughout Canada. It is challenging to hear of delicate, sacred ecosystems left lifeless through such irresponsible acts as clearcutting, fracking, flooding for hydro projects, dumping toxic chemicals, waters poisoned without a second thought and trophy hunting animals we hold sacred. Indigenous peoples and the lands they live on are consistently on the receiving end of this devastation and destruction. It is hard to hear these stories and impossible to choose to do nothing about it. Whether you are Haida, Hodinosho:ni or Mi’kmaq, First Nations teachings say we are to protect this land we call Turtle Island.

When I heard that the House of Commons

Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development recently recommended profound changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, I felt it was imperative to encourage Indigenous people to engage in this national discussion. CEPA is Canada’s most important environment law, governing everything from scientific assessments of new substances and genetically engineered organisms to labelling toxics in consumer products to communities’ right to know about what is released into the environment by their industrial neighbours. This law affects all of creation.

Indigenous people bear more than their fair share of exposure to environmental hazards.

People are more susceptible to the adverse effects of exposure to pollution and toxins if other conditions precede exposure, such as poor nutrition or otherwise compromised health. Those considered biologically vulnerable (such as children and pregnant women) face increased risk of personal harm.

If the federal government ratifies the pro-

posed CEPA changes, it would be compelled by law to consider the health of the environment in its decision-making processes. Tree-cutting licences might not be so easy to issue if the environment had to be considered on equal footing with the economic gain businesses would enjoy. It would require mandatory labelling on consumer products that contain toxic substances. The legislative changes would give humans a right to a healthy environment.

We know Canada needs a paradigm shift in how it considers the environment. Leaders currently must consider only economic gain. We know that is a huge problem for our health and the health of the environment.

The long-standing legal traditions of Indigenous peoples recognize Mother Earth as a living organism, and offer teachings that govern the relationships between humans and the natural world.

The right to a healthy environment promotes stewardship for present and future generations in a way that would be closer to these fundamental CONTINUED ON PAGE 33

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Responding to critics

By Tiffany Thomas This letter was originally posted on the FaceBook group "Caledonia Road Block 2017" in reponse to some culturally insensitive comments.

Let me paint a pretty picture for all of the unknown out there.

Six Nations and Indigenous people all over North America (the land we originate from) have been subjected to colonization and cultural genocide in order to be transitioned into the "dominant culture". Even though we already had our own culture, our own language, land, law (Great Law which is where the idea of a democratic society hails from) and governance (Iroquois Confederacy).

So here we are. 14922017.

Yes, we are still here and I say that with pride because everything about who we are was trying to be wiped away. Forgotten.

Now we come into situations with land claims, how would you go about it? Do any of you know

your origin? Do you feel a connection to anything other than western normality? Where you originate from? What if today, Indigenous people went into Scotland, or Ireland, England or Poland and got rid of your cultures, took your land, shoved your children into indigenous schools, beat every child down in every human aspect possible. How would you feel? Would you fight for what you have left? Would you keep reminding them so it never happens again?

The original Haldimand Deed was for 2,000,000 acres of land. 6 miles on either side of the Grand River. Look at what we have left.

You can't sit there and bitch about the Indigenous people in your country taking a stand on the land their ancestors fought for. Cause your damn right we fought along side the British in the American Revolution.

It has always been about broken promises and the government believing we are not our own Nation because they prefer to have control

over us. They know there is power in our system, it's the oldest form of Democratic government in history and that is why they try to suppress it.

So please, think about what you would do in situations you will never know anything about.

I look around at these comments and wonder how some of you can be so heartless and not willing to use any understanding.

And please stop confusing the word protest with barricade. I support protests, but as a Six Nations member I do not support barricades as those decisions should be taken to the people for support.

You say "this is an issue with the federal government, not our small town". You sit on the tract.

How is it not an issue with you and all the other people who sit on an illegal rescinded agreement?

Tell me how long you can write letters, sign petitions, talk to politicians or sit in Ottawa. Please tell me what you would do since you all have so much to say about Indigenous issues. I'm patiently waiting.

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WEDDINGS We all know that the wedding dress is of prime importance for a bride. First you decide upon the wedding dress and then decide other accessories like veil, shoes, hairstyle, headpiece, bouquet etc accordingly. Not all wedding gowns are suitable for everyone.

There are a few standard types of wedding gowns which are popular and usually brides pick on these and customize it as per their imagination.

Lets take a look at the various types of gowns and which dress goes which which type of body shape. This will help you shortlist the dress.

BALL GOWN The number one distinguishing trait of a ball

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Best for Brides with boyish figures. The fullness of the dress will make you look curvier.

Avoid if you’re a petite bride. You’ll get swallowed up by a dress this voluminous.

MERMAID GOWN This shape is defined by a slim, tapered, curve-hugging skirt that follows the line of the hips and thighs and flares out below the knee.Best for Brides with hourglass figures who want to show off their curves.

Avoid if You know you don’t want something tight; this style is con-

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We would love to see everyone come out and learn about how we can work together to build a stronger community and families for our

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Drug possession charges after Simcoe bust SIMCOE — Six people are facing charges following a drug investigation in Simcoe.

Provincial police say officers executing a search warrant at a Simcoe home on Thursday seized drugs — cocaine, marijuana, fentanyl and hydromorphone — and cash.

Four men and two women were arrested.

The Norfolk County residents, who range in age from 20 to 50, face drug possession charges.

Two of them — a 20-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman — also face a charge of possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose.

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Bennett, the minister for Crown- Indigenous relations, made the comments today during question period.

Beyak this week urging First Nations people to exchange their status cards ``for a Canadian citizenship.''

Bennett describes Beyak's latest comments as offensive, hurtful and ill-informed.

In a letter posted last week on her website, Beyak urged Indigenous Canadians to accept a

one-time payment for outstanding treaty and land claims and end the guilt trip against their non-Indigenous counterparts.

Bennett is urging Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to kick Beyak out of caucus, but Scheer has said while he disagrees with Beyak, she should leave on her own if she won't embrace his positive message.

Beyak was removed from the Senate's Aboriginal Peoples committee last spring after saying the good that came out of residential schools has been obscured by excessive focus on their legacy of abuse and cultural genocide.

Ancient Tuscarora Remedies An American botanist, J. N. H. Hewitt, interviewed a Tuscarora medicine man in 1888, asking for some of his healing remedies. The following are from notes he made and are housed in the Bureau of American Ethnology.

Although we find the cures are an interesting look into the past, but we do not in any way endorse their use.

Tuscarora Love charm – The Northern Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor), is used for this pur-

pose. It is usual for one who wishes make a (indistinguishable) to catch one of these frogs and to fasten it securely to a small stick by cords of bark so that the little captive cannot by any means make his escape.

Then the stick, which is about 12 or 14 inches long, is stuck into the hole of an anthill in such a manner that the frog will not be more than two or three inches above the top of the nest.

Then, the person must flee from the place as

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Five or six days after the person returns to see whether or not the ants have eaten all the flesh from the bones of the frog. When the bones are entirely free from flesh the bones are taken away and pulverized. The power is then mixed with red paint (vermilion), which is used for painting the face.

It is said one who looks

upon the face of one so painted swill immediately become infatuated with this person. But this acts more powerfully if a small quantity of it is put into the food or drink of the one to be influenced, and also equally well if a small portion of the powder is scattered on the person to be won.

Age of puberty – To the robust and powerful male a change of voice announces the age of puberty, but to the weak one, no such vocal change comes. During this period

of several days in which the voice assumes its new volume and tone, the breath of one so affected being to noxious should not be inhaled, for it will produce blotches and pimples on the face of one who would inhale it.

If a healthy growing plant is held in the hand either of a male at the above mentioned period, or of a female or of a female at the first a subsequent appearances of her catamenial (menstrual periods) flow it will wither and die from the poi-

sonous effluvia (a slight or invisible exhalation or vapour, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious) from the person.

For this reason, women during these constitutional periods were strictly secluded from the lodge for the purpose from all persons in which retreat they received and ate their food which was left at the door by some aged matron, a mother, aunt or other female relation.

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What about driving high or driving drunk?

By Jim Windle Of all the taboos attached to the use of marijuana, some true and others false, there is one point both sides of this growing concern agree. Driving high is just as impaired as driving drunk, albeit a different kind of impairment.

Although scientific studies show that cannabis is not a Gateway Drug as many have feared, it is

not addictive relative to other substances including caffeine, it does not cause cancer, nor does it damage your lungs like tobacco does. Statistics from many large city police services shows that it does not lead to an increase of violent crime.

But that does not mean it is totally harmless.

These same studies have indicated that “stoned driving” isn’t much, if any, better than drunk driv-

ing, but it is different.

Being the first two states to make marijuana legal, Colorado and Washington States have had sufficient time to crunch the numbers and have found that while the number is sufficiently worrisome, the method used when classifying a crash as “marijuana related” may skew those statistics somewhat.

If a drug test shows you smoked half a joint last

week and drank a bottle of vodka 20 minutes ago, your car crash goes down in the books as “marijuana related.” The THC remains in your blood many hours, days and even weeks after your last joint, but you are not necessarily impaired.

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alcohol-impaired drivers, under the legal limit of (.8) have a 225 per cent greater risk.

But that is not a blank cheque to decide to drive stoned. Even though you cannot overdose on weed, you can fall asleep or space out at the wheel.

At that point it becomes dangerous not only for the driver, but for everyone else on the road or sidewalk.

Colorado State law specifies, “drivers with five nanograms of active tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in their whole blood can be prosecuted for driving under the influence (DUI)… and no matter the level of THC, law enforcement officers base arrests on observed impairment.”

Specifically, studies found that traffic fatalities fell by nearly nine-percent after the legalization of pot in those states, five years ago, according to University of Colorado Professor, Daniel Rees and Montana State University Professor, D. Mark Anderson.

The reason explained was that there are less drunk drivers on the road now that pot is readily available. Those numbers can be twisted many different ways, but the reasoning makes sense.

A stoned person is quite different from a drunken person, even if it’s the same person. In a nutshell, most drunks becomes 10-foot-tall and bullet proof. Many become aggressive and easily angered. A pot smoker is usually mellow, friendly, and in a much better

frame of mind although still impaired as to reflexes and distance judgment.

In 2013, Colorado police found that nearly 25 per cent more drivers tested positive for marijuana than before legalization. But there has been no corresponding jump in accidents or arrests for intoxicated driving.

“When I speak to the police, they say that given the cost, the time, the challenges in these areas, that they only lay drug impaired charges if they are slam-dunk cases,” says Robert Solomon of Western University’s law school.

Here in Canada, the results have been similar.

“Depending on the person, drivers with high levels of THC in their system might not be impaired, while others with low levels may be unsafe,” said Jake Nelson, AAA director of traffic safety advocacy and research.

“The level does not in and of itself say the person was impaired,” added Doug Beirness, vice-chairman of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science committee advising Ottawa on drugs and driving. “If you’ve just taken a puff of cannabis, your level could be very high. But then it’s redistributed in your body and it gets to your brain.

And that’s when the impairment occurs.”

But even after all the statistics and differing opinions on the subject, it only makes sense to not drive if impaired by any substance.

Report tells numbers of indigenous suicides

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Quilter to compete at provincial level

By Chezney Martin SIX NATIONS – After competing at the Six Nations Annual Fall Fair, Public Health Nurse, Knitter and Quilter Dana Martin was surprised to find that she had been chosen by the Six Nations Agricultural Society to represent in quilted items at the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies with a hand-made and first prize quilt.

The competition will take place after all of the fairs in Ontario are completed, so Martin's quilt will be competing on a grand scale.

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“I always sewed for everybody,” said Martin. “I did my first quilt in 1991 and it was just a plain log cabin. I had to use it last night so it still works,” she said with a laugh.

Within the quilting world there are many patterns that vary in degrees of difficulty, from large and easy blocks to tiny and concise rectangle pieces. Each piece must be perfectly measured and

ironed to be able to fit together with sharp corners and vivid patterns.

Martin named off family members she has given quilts to including her grandmother, her nieces, her husbands nephew and all of the married couples within her family.

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“I try to use fabric that means something to me too,” she said as she held one of her quilts and pointed out a blue floral pattern.

“That I know is my mom's night gown, 'cause when she passed away we got a lot of her stuff. So I kept the stuff that I knew I could use in my quilts.”

From scrap quilts to Jacob's ladder quilts, Martin has a large collection of finished and unfinished quilting and knitting projects.

She also belongs to two guilds, which are quilting clubs that have monthly challenges and activities as well as a forum to meet other quilters. One of her more recent projects includes a Canada 150 quilt, which names three patterns a month after a prominent woman.

All of the practise in her craft definitely paid off during the Six Nations Annual Fall Fair. “[It was just] wow,” she said. “When people suggested I put my stuff in the fair I was like 'okay, sure.'

And I remember my friend Dorothy always telling me, 'cause I've never put things in the fair before [besides Tiana's quilt].”

“I just thought 'oh my goodness' and Dorothy said to me 'you can't make any money unless you put in a lot of pieces into one category, that's the only way you're gonna win extra.'”

So Martin decided to send in three knitted items with each winning her first place, and three quilted items that won a trio of first places as well.

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levels of microplastics in drinking water. The study found microplastics in 83 per cent of the samples that were taken across several countries.

Microplastics are tiny particles of plastic. They are often produced by the general use, washing, or drying of consumer products such as clothing and carpets, though can also be specifically manufactured for industrial uses or the result of larger pieces of plastic waste breaking down in the environment. It is not entirely

clear how they enter drinking water sources.

Their impacts upon human health are similarly unknown, though it is known that microplastics absorb toxic chemicals such as pesticides which can be released in the body.

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The federal government recently introduced a regulation to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act that would ban the manufacture or import of most toiletries that contain microbeads. Microbeads are a form of microplastic often used in personal hygiene products to promote exfoliation. The ban comes into effect as of January 1, 2018.

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Haldimand County Police Blotter Traffic stop leads to drunk driving charge HALDIMAND COUNTY – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Haldimand County Detachment has charged a 49-year-old male with drinking and driving following a traffic stop for a Highway Traffic Act violation that occurred at a Highway 6, Jarvis, Haldimand County, Ontario address.

On Saturday Septem-

ber 23, 2017 at 5:38 p.m., OPP were conducting patrols in the area of Highway 6 in Jarvis when a vehicle caught the attention of an officer.

The vehicle was travelling eastbound on Nanticoke Creek Parkway approaching Highway 6 when it failed to stop at posted stop sign and continued southbound on Highway 6 nearly causing a collision.

OPP stopped the vehicle and investigated.

While speaking with the male driver, signs of impairment by alcohol were detected.

The male was subsequently arrested.

OPP has charged 49-year-old John DEL-

LER of Jarvis, Haldimand County, Ontario with: – Operating a motor vehicle with more than 80 milligrams of alcohol – Disobey stop sign, under the Highway Traffic Act. He is to appear in Provincial Court Cayuga at a later date to answer to the charges.

If convicted, offenders are subject to penalties under the Criminal Code of Canada including a fine or jail time as well as a driving prohibition.

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Police (OPP) Haldimand County Detachment is investigating a fail to remain collision that sent two people to hospital.

The collision occurred on County Line Road in Hagersville, Haldimand County, Ontario.

On Thursday September 21, 2017 at 6:41 p.m., OPP, Haldimand County Fire Services and Haldimand County paramedics responded to County Line Road for a two vehicle collision where it was reported a white pickup truck had collided with another vehicle before fleeing the area at a high rate of speed.

It was further reported that two occupants in the vehicle that was struck

were injured.

While responding to the area, OPP received another call from a witness who reported that they were nearly struck by a white pickup truck that was travelling at a high rate of speed northbound on County Line Road.

OPP investigation, thus far, has determined that a white pickup truck was travelling northbound on County Line Road and struck a grey Honda that was also travelling northbound. The white pickup truck continued on, through a field and back onto the roadway, fleeing the area.

The white pickup truck was last seen travelling northbound on County

Line Road.

The two occupants in the grey Honda were transported by paramedics to a local area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Further witnesses reported seeing a white pickup truck on County Line Road with front end damage travelling at a high rate of speed.

Shortly thereafter, Norfolk County OPP was investigating a collision involving a white pickup truck where the suspect driver fled the area on foot.

OPP were unable to locate the driver of the white pickup truck.

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HOW TO MAKE A VISION BOARD

Some of you may think this method is too old school, but there’s still a lot to be said for cutting and pasting and actually working with your hands on something besides a keyboard or touchscreen. While it does take a little longer to do it the old fashioned way, that isn’t really a bad thing because you’re more physically engaged in the process. Lots of us find it easier to remain completely focused when we’re all in – think “mind, body, and spirit”. Besides that, your inner child might leap for joy at the idea of using scissors and glue and tape again, so first let’s gather the supplies you will need.

First you need some kind of board. Don’t get hung up thinking you need something special or specific. Most anything will work, for example: •heavy poster board •cork board (a framed cork bulletin board or just a plain sheet of cork board) •dry erase, magnetic, or slate board •an old piece of plywood, or a big old picture frame (with the backing and/or glass still in it), or whatever else you happen to have around the house

Other supplies will vary depending on the type of board you’re using, but basically you’ll need at least some of the following items: •pictures – from magazines, printed off the internet •paper for your affirmations – scrap paper, note cards, sticky notes •cutting tool – scissors, exacto knife •writing instrument – pen, dry erase marker, crayons, paint brush, calligraphy pen (if you’re so talented!)

•something to hold your stuff to your board – glue, paste, glue stick, tape, pushpins, straight pins, thumbtacks, magnets

If you don’t have any old magazines there are lots of places you can ask for free ones: your friends and family, the local library, offices of your dentist or doctor or hair stylist or spa. The more you can find the better because you want to give yourself as many choices as possible. It’s also great to include lots of magazines you don’t usually read so you can keep your mind open and broaden your horizons.

One thing to keep in mind about sticky stuff is that some glue tends to make pictures crinkle up as they dry, especially if you use too much. If that bothers you, one alternative is double stick tape.

However, you have a board that will work with magnets or pushpins, you’ll always have the freedom to rearrange later on.

Now that you have your supplies, it couldn’t be simpler. There is no single “correct” way to do this, so just get started. Choose the pictures that resonate with you and lay them out on your board.

You may also want to add some affirmations. These can be inspirational quotes you’ve found on the web or elsewhere, or positive inspiring statements that you write yourself. Mingle these in with the photos on your board, arranging them in any way that looks good to you. Of course if you’re using a dry erase board you can just write your affirmations directly on the board, which again gives you the freedom to erase and rewrite later if you like.

Once you’re happy with the looks of it, stick the items to your board. That’s it. You’re done Source: http://makeavisionboard.com/how-to-make-a-vision-board/

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Saskatchewan woman says she was racially profiled An Indigenous woman says she was racially profiled and insulted by a Sears employee at a store in northern Saskatchewan.

B. Helen Ermine says the employee —who didn't have a name tag — approached her while she was walking with items to a till in the store in Prince Albert on Wednesday.

She says he told her to put the merchandise down, insinuating she was going to steal it, and made racially charged comments while accusing her of not being able to afford the items.

Ermine says the employee told her to leave, and when she came back with her husband intending to speak to the manager, the employee shouted at them and locked the door, not letting them in.

Sears Canada spokesman Vincent Power

confirmed an incident occurred between a loss-prevention employee and Ermine, but said Sears would describe the incident quite differently.

Power said he was unable to provide details of what happened due to privacy concerns, but added Sears would not tolerate discrimination in any form. ``We believe that how our staff dealt with the couple was fair in light of the circumstances surrounding what occurred,'' Power said in an email to CKBI. ``We would not tolerate discrimination in any form.''

Ermine talked to police, but they told her to contact Sears' management before filing an official report. She says she's tried to contact the store manager without success.

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'Where is she buried?' Government prepares database on Inuit tuberculosis graves

By Bob Weber (CP) OTTAWA — Jack Anawak was eight years old in 1956, the year the doctors came to his family's home in their tiny Arctic community and took his mother south to treat her tuberculosis.

Two years later, she died in hospital and was buried, somewhere.

The family was never told where and for nearly 60 years the mystery has sat in Anawak's heart like a dark hole in the sea ice that never freezes smoothly over. ``It left a question mark,'' said Anawak, who became a prominent Inuit leader and Liberal MP. ``Where is she buried?

Where did this happen? ``You're always wondering where your loved one is. To me it's really important we close that final chapter of our lives, to finally realize you can go and visit your mom or your dad.''

Anawak may finally get some answers.

After nearly 10 years of work, the federal government is preparing to release a database holding everything that is known about what happened to people who were taken south for tuberculosis treatment. ``The database is a little bit imperfect, even as we launch,'' said Elizabeth Logue, who runs the Nanilavut program, Inuktitut for ``Let's Find Them.'' ``But there are a lot of people that are getting on in years and they just want to see what's out there.''

Since 2008, Logue and a team of researchers have been pouring over records from federal departments, provincial and territorial archives, church files, records from cemeteries, sanatoria and hospitals as well as from individual informants.

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They now have a database of records on about 4,500 Inuit who were taken south.

Some detail treatment and return. Some only describe treatment, without any information on whether the patient survived.

Some record a death, but no burial. Some files are complete. ``Some of those stories are not the full story yet,'' said Logue. ``We're working with (land claim groups) to ensure that once we have the database available, that the context is there to tell the story.''

A few Inuit have already had a look through the database and have found what they needed. But for most, it will be accessed through land claims groups. ``Seeing some of this information for the first time can bring up some trauma,'' Logue said. ``There will be health supports involved in this.''

The issue remains close to the surface. ``It's a very personal issue and one that is very relevant to our communities today,'' said Natan Obed of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Canada's national Inuit group. ``There are many family members that are searching for their lost loved ones. ``In many cases, they were brought back to the

wrong community. There are some circumstances where family members believe their loved ones are still alive.''

Tuberculosis is still about 50 times more frequent among Inuit than among southerners. Poverty and housing are the main reasons, but sociologists say one reason TB remains hard to handle among Inuit is their memory of how they were once treated.

Between 1953 and 1961, a total of 5,240 Inuit, from toddlers to elders, were sent south, sometimes plucked right out of hunting camps on the land. The entire Eastern Arctic Inuit population at the time was only about 11,500. ''They took the parents _ mother and father _ and the ships would pull away and the kids were left standing on the beach,'' one former bureaucrat told the 2010 Qikiqtani Truth Commission.

Another said: ''If it was a mother with a baby in the hood, the radiologist would pick the baby up and give it to whoever was standing closest.''

For a while, Canada's largest Inuit community was a sanatorium in Hamilton. The mortality rate for southerners with TB in 1953 was 9.9 per 100,000 patients; for Inuit, it was 298.1.

Logue said the issue is at the forefront for the Inuit-Canada Working Group, struck last February by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Ministerial pressure is also driving the database forward.

Still, she can't put a date on when it will be available. ``Soon,'' she said. ``It's being accelerated.''

It can't come fast enough for Anawak. ``My dad passed away not knowing where (his wife) was buried,'' he said. ``It goes through your mind, what she must have gone through, being in a strange land. ``She had a very long hair, down to her ankles.

Some other person who was down there at the time told me that when she saw her, her hair had been cut off. That enraged me _ her precious hair was cut off.''

Over the decades, he said, the past has come knocking. ``It's like I've gotten messages from her,'' said Anawak. ``Thirty years after she passed away, one of my aunts told me that when she was leaving her to go back home, (my mom) told her, 'Make sure my Jacky always has kamiks (boots).' It was almost like a message from the past.''

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Praise for the launch of The Heart of Turtle Island

By TRT Staff HAMILTON – Award winning and acclaimed Photographer Mark Zelinski greeted guests at the first of several book launches for his ninth book The Heart of Turtle Island on Wednesday, September 20 at the spacious Royal Botanical Gardens (RPG).

The evening allowed Zelinski the opportunity to share work from his previous “books that heal” which showcase photographs of people and landscapes from around the world, as well as his work in The Heart of Turtle Island and a commissioned book for the RPG in Canada's Royal Garden before a large audience of supporters.

After venturing out in different countries to capture people, culture, crisis and landscapes for his previous books, Zelinski explained that he wanted to do a book showcasing much of the same in another book, but closer to home.

“What I've done is broken down all of the different aspects of the escarpment into sections so that I can shoot and different writers can write,” said Zelinski.

“These books are long term projects — the

Photographer Mark Zelinski poses with some of the writing and contributory faces within his book the Heart of Turtle Island, including Anishnaabe Poetess and Author Lenore Keeshig and Poet Laureate and Radio Host January Rogers (far right). PHOTO BY DAVE LAFORCE Heart of Turtle Island, the Niagara Escarpment is a five year project, [and Canada's Royal Garden took me over a year to do and that's a book about the RBG].”

Zelinski explained that the writing within The Heart of Turtle Island was different than the writing within Canada's Royal Garden, as the RBG provided writers for the commissioned book. So, he worked with several indigenous writers to tell the stories and capture

the rich cultures that live alongside and near the rugged path of the escarpment.

“I made a lot of connections doing this book — the Niagara Escarpment book — and I thought I knew enough about the escarpment to do a book.

Well, I found out that I had a lot to learn,” he said. “So I [entered] a lot of the indigenous communities of the escarpment, and I wasn't aware of how many there were.”

Zelinski mentioned the

seven nations of Manitoulin Island, the Saugeen First Nation along with the Six Nations and Missisaugas of the New Credit First Nation.

“I had three writers from those communities,” he said. “A Haudenosaunee writer, scholar named Rick Hill — he wrote an amazing story about the Haudenosaunee oral history of the escarpment. And Nancy Rowe, who runs a Learning Lodge at the Missisaugas of the New Credit,

Mark Zelinski along with many other voices spoke on his two launching books The Heart of Turtle Island and Canada's Royal Garden before a large audience, leaving many in awe of the beautiful photography within the books. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN

she wrote a chapter. And Lenore Keshig, who is a well know poet and Anishanaabe author from [the Bruce Peninsula], and she wrote about the Northern people, the Anishnaabe of the Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island.”

The photographs within the books are awe-in-

spiring as they capture subtleties or rarities with ease and colour and the voices of indigenous writers certainly “enhanced” the book.

“They told their own stories, I didn't tell their stories and it was great that it worked out that way” he said. “I didn't expect to have that in the book, I thought it was going to be mostly about the waterfalls and the geology and the modern communities, which are in there too. But I think that the indigenous aspect of it really enhances the whole book.”

This enabled the book to capture the true history and culture of the land, as well as help to inspire it's preservation and appreciation.

Zelinski's next two launches for the books will take place in the evenings of Friday, October 6, at the Owen Sound North Grey Union Public Library, and Thursday, October 19 at the Town of Lincoln Cultural Centre.

Chezney Martin is not only a talented writer and photographer but also a dancer. PHOTO BY DAVE LAFORCE

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Mohawk Girls creator becomes board member for the National Office

By Chezney Martin TORONTO – The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television appointed three new board members to their National Office after their Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, September 20 – and one of the selected members is none other than Tracey Deer, a Kahnawake resident and award-winning film-maker and creator of the APTN hit Mohawk Girls.

Deer will now sit with the two other new members, Neishaw Ali and Anne Marie on the board of the non-profit association, which unifies industry professionals across Canada to offer celebration, promotion, and recognition to excellence in Canadian film.

Martin Katz, Chair of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, explained that the women chosen for the three spots are the start of an apprenticeship.

“These additions to our board come on the heels of The Canadian Academy’s launch of the Apprenticeship for Women Directors, an initiative created to provide emerging female filmmakers with an opportunity to be mentored by established women directors in film, television, and new-media,” said Katz. “This initiative, along with the renewal of the Canadian Screen Awards, and 2017’s introduction of newly-endowed awards including the Rob Stewart Award and the John Dunning Discovery Award, all reflect the changes The Canadian Academy is committed to under the bold leadership of our new CEO, Beth Janson,” he said.

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Tracey Deer, a Kahnawake resident and award-winning film-maker and creator of the APTN hit Mohawk Girls. SUBMITTED PHOTO Janson explained that the chosen members are deemed the best at their craft and will help develop the board and its future by contributing their voices.

“Our new board members underline the evolving landscape of our screen industries and we are working hard to ensure The Canadian Academy is aligned and representative of our Canadian audiences,” said Janson.

“These women are the best in their field and their input and contribution to our organization is exactly what we need as we look towards the future.”

And Deer is more than qualified as a creator, director, writer and producer.

She began her career in documentary as she worked with Rezolution Picture for the feature documentaries One More River: The Deal that Split the Cree, Mohawk Girls, Club Native and a documentary series Working it Out Together with two seasons. This team-up has blossomed into the fictional television series

and critically acclaimed dramedy Mohawk Girls: the series, which she directs and executive-produces with Cynthia Knight.

She has worked with CBC, NFB, and many independent production companies throughout Canada that produce both documentary and fiction.

As well, Mohawk Princess Pictures which is her own production company, produced two pieces for APTN's 2015 fall season: the feature documentary Sex Spirit Strength as well as the youth series Dream Big. Her work has already been honoured with two Gemini Awards, numerous film festival awards including Hot Docs. She was also nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for best direction in a comedy series for Mohawk Girls, and was honoured as a recipient of the Birks Diamond Tribute Award in 2016 at TIFF. The contributions she will give to the board are hoped to help pave a firmer path way for others with indigenous background in the industry.

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Pro-Fit Corvairs ease into new season 5-0

By Jim Windle

CALEDONIA – When the Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs faced the Buffalo Regals the outcome was a given, the only question was, by how much.

That ended up being a 9-0 shutout win at the Haldimand Arena in Caledonia.

The second season Regals, recorded only three wins in 50 games last season.

The Corvairs took their fifth straight win of the new season with ease, but outside of a hard fought come from behind 4-3 win over last year’s Sutherland Cup winning Elmira Sugar Kings, the rest of the wins have been against the league’s weaker sister teams.

Tuesday night’s game hosting the St. Catharines Falcons celebrating their 50th year of operation, will miss our deadline but stacks up to be much more of a challenge.

The Falcons were mathematically tied with 10 points each, however St. Catharines has recorded a loss having played one more game heading into the showdown Tuesday night.

Saturday night Pierce Charleson got the call to start and after facing a

Corvairs' Adam Craievich is in his second season with the Pro-Fit Corvairs and will be called upon to help the new faces. Last year he earned 93 points in 46 games. With three goals and three assists in five games so far this young season, he has not caught fire yet, but look out, it's coming. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE grand total of 19 shots, recording his first shutout of the season.

Bailey Fletcher led the charge with three goals with playmaker Joshua DeFarias earning five assists.

Fletcher and DJ Hughes scored 15 seconds apart to give the Corvairs a 2-0, first period lead. Adam Craievich, two by Fletch-

er, and Isaac Taylor made it 6-0 after 40 minutes and Craievich added another at 1:44 of the third.

Cole Mayo closed out the game with Caledonia’s eighth and ninth goals.

Elsewhere around the league, Stratford leads the Midwestern Conference with a 5-1 record, Leamington leads the West with a 5-0 record

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Plaintiffs score on class action certification against hockey teams

By Canadian Class Actions Monitor and Sierra Bilyk McCarthy Tétrault LLP Co-authored by Lan Nguyen, Summer Student Last year marked the commencement of a class action lawsuit, Walter vs, Western Hockey League, taken against the Western Hockey League (WHL) and its umbrella organization, the Canadian Hockey League (CHL).

This league also includes clubs in the American states of Oregon and Washington. In that post we discussed the admissibility of evidence and pre-certification disclosure in connection to two pre-certification decisions. The saga continues with the recent decision of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench wherein the representative plaintiffs seek to have their action certified in Alberta under the Class Proceedings Act. In the present WHL action, the representative plaintiffs Lukas Walter, Travis McEvoy and Kyle O'Connor (the "Plaintiffs"), were former hockey players of the WHL. The Plaintiffs claim that during the time they played in the WHL, they were employees of the clubs and were therefore entitled to receive minimum wage payments in

accordance with minimum wage legislation in the respective Canadian and US jurisdictions.

The various claims made by the Plaintiffs include: breach of employment contract; breach of contractual duties of honesty, good faith and fair dealing; breach of employment standards legislation in Canada and labour law statutes in the US; conspiracy, as well as negligence and unjust enrichment against the Canadian clubs and their owners.

The decision of Justice Hall of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench ultimately granted the certification of all the class action claims made against the Canadian Defendants, but did not certify the claims made against the US Defendants.

A parallel proceeding is currently taking place in Ontario regarding the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Many of the same matters that Justice Perell of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice considered in the OHL decision were ruled on similarly by Justice Hall.

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First girls team staff to win coaching staff of the year

By TRT Staff SIX NATIONS – The bench staff to receive the Russell “Beef” Smith S.N.M.L.A. Coaching Staff of the Year Award were none other than the staff that stood behind the Six Nations Intermediate Girls Lacrosse Team – the first girls coaching staff to win the award.

Comprised of Head Coach Chuck Martin, Assistant Coaches Tim Bomberry, Manager and Trainer Taina Lickers, and Doormen and Equipment Managers Tyler Bomberry and Phillip Grosbeck helped to carry the girls team from the bottom of 'C' Division to the very top of 'A' Division as champions in three short seasons.

With the midget girls team taking 'C' gold and the peewee boys taking gold as well, the recognition was well deserved as Six Nations girls box lacrosse has been escalating in momentum and skill.

Well-known Coach Jay Smith began giving the award as a memorial for his grandfather, who was also recognized in the Lacrosse Hall of Fame and one of the first coaches to coach a native team to a national title.

“A few years back I noticed that there were coaches year after year after year, but there was no real recognition for them.

So, I took it upon myself and went to my family, 'cause Russell 'Beef' Smith is my grandfather, and I got my family's blessing to give a coaches award in his name. So I did,” said Smith.

Smith explained that it is very easy to find coaches for the top 1 and 2 teams, but as the divisions grow the three and four teams tend to struggle for coaching staff, just as the girls teams do.

“So, I thought after that, you know I'm going to give this award to staff that deserve it,” he said.

“We were just discussing earlier that this group of girls, the core of their team has been together

Although several of the team and bench staff were missing, the Six Nations Intermediate Girls posed on stage during their award ceremony. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN since bantam and it's come to fruition. Now they've won a provincial title and that's as high as you can go in minor,” he said. “So, I would hope that the coaching staff here comes back,” he said. “Any team that could get Chuck and Tim or Phil and Tyler and Ty on their bench staff, well they're blessed.”

In regards to the award, Head Coach Chuck Martin explained that the award represents something bigger than just having a good bench staff.

“It means that a lot of people took notice of us,” said Martin. “And we all contributed on the bench, even the door guys we hollering at [the team when they needed to] and changing the lines properly. So, it's not just me [as head coach], it was all of us on the bench.”

The provincial win as well was icing on the cake for a good year to Martin.

“Winning that trophy means that we accomplished something and that a lot of people seen what our coaching staff and bench staff did,” said Martin. “Not just Jay, but all of the S. N.M.L.A. seen how they played and how the girls did and they ended up winning.”

“I can remember back when the girls couldn't pass, catch, or score,” he said. “It was a good year and the girls did everything we told them to,” he said. “They worked hard at it, they didn't stop and

they didn't stop wanting to learn how to beat the teams that they wanted to beat. It was a good year.”

On behalf of the team, Captain Lizzie Bradley offered a statement recognizing the development of her teammates as this was her last year with the league she has played on since it's beginning.

“Winning the Provincial A championships this year was an unbelievable feeling,” she said. “I still look at the medal everyday and

I'm blown away by our accomplishment.

This win was more than a medal for our girls, it was a sense of pride. We started seven years ago not being able to catch or throw, struggling to have returning coaches and dedicated players and seven years later we are the best girls team in Ontario.

As captain, I look at the girls as more than a team, we are a family; there to fight together and for each other. I believe this

(from left) Head Coach Chuck Martin, Awarder Jay Smith and Doorman and Equipment Manager Phillip Grosbeck pose with the Russell "Beef" Smith S.N.M.L.A. Coaching Staff Award plaque. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN

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Hockey class action continued from page 29 to common issues, and that a class proceeding is the preferable procedure for the fair and efficient resolution of the common issues for the Canadian Defendants.

However, despite the similarities, Justice Perell in the OHL decision only granted certification for breach of employment statutes and unjust enrichment, stating that certification of the remaining issues would be redundant.

In the WHL decision, Justice Hall was not prepared to follow this lead. He recognized that while redundant causes of action do not promote access to justice or judicial economy, he was not prepared to strike actions, which have been properly pled. Therefore, all causes of actions pled against the Canadian Defendants were certified to proceed.

Nonetheless, Justice Hall did contemplate that some of the Plaintiffs' claims may be required to be simplified in the future, or that they may be summarily dismissed later down the road7.

The test for whether pleadings disclose a cause of action is based on the "plain and obvious test": that is that the facts as pleaded are assumed to be true and the requirement is satisfied, unless it is 'plain and obvious' that the plaintiff's claim cannot succeed. is why we came out on top, every girl put their teammate before themselves. We fought together and we became Ontario Champions together.”

Congratulations to Lizzie Bradley and Chezney Martin for Best Defense, Julie Anne Sandy for Most Valuable Player, Julia Cowan and Kennley Jacobs for Most Improved, Fawn Porter for Highest Scorer, and

The remainder of the certification process then follows the question of whether there is "some basis in fact" to establish each of the individual certification requirements.

The Plaintiffs' claims in the WHL action included a wide range of issues, from employment standards to conspiracy and negligence. This leaves the door open for further questions regarding the balancing of judicial economy against the interests of an entire class, particularly when considering the important underlying principles of proportionality in Canadian court cases.

This includes the encouragement of more simplified pre-trial procedures that are tailored to the needs of the case, in order to increase access to justice and ensure a timely and just adjudication of all claims.

What this might mean for the present Plaintiffs in this class action is that there is still substantial work to be done. Despite their big advances this round, many of their claims may still be at the risk of being dismissed down the road, or at the very least, will likely need to be simplified as they move forward.

Needless to say, for those of us watching from the stands, it will be an interesting saga as this hockey feud heats up.

Krystle Hill for Most Sportsman-like for the girl intermediate team.

Congratulations as well to Hailee Johnson for Highest Scorer, Cloe VanEvery and Tyra Skye for Most Improved, Danny Hill for Best Defense, Kaya Nomee Maracle and Ky Maracle for Most Valuable Player and Ida Miller for Most Sportsman-like for the girl midget team.

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U-17 Box Lacrosse game gives teens rare chance to play internationally

By Neil Stevens Canadian Lacrosse Association OTTAWA – The addition of a Canada-Iroquois under-17 game boosts the excitement around a big night of international box lacrosse scheduled for Hamilton’s First Ontario Centre on October 21.

“Events like this grow the game in a big way,” says Josh Sanderson, who will help coach Canada’s under-17 side.

The main event, as previously announced, will be the Canada-United States men’s game for the Heritage Cup. Now the teens are getting a plate at the table.

The two games bring international box lacrosse to southern Ontario for the first time since the inaugural FIL World

Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC) in 2003 in Hamilton, Kitchener, Mississauga and Oshawa.

Sanderson, Bruce Codd, Bill Greer and Brian Biesel, who are all former NLL pros, will coach Canada’s under-17 side.

They also coached the under-17 team that went 4-0 in two exhibition games against each of the Iroquois and the Czech Republic during the men’s world tournament at the Onondaga Nation in New York State in 2015.

“To coach kids getting first chance to represent our country is pretty neat,” Sanderson says in recalling that experience.

Those selected for the team will also get the opportunity to learn from a pair of Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductees in Curt Malawsky and Todd

Lorenz, who were recently added to the coaching staff.

The first-half of the youth game in Hamilton will begin at 6 p.m.

ET. The men’s team will then have its warmup.

The teens play their third quarter before the men’s game starts and they play their fourth quarter during halftime of the men’s game.

“They’ll feel very honoured and excited to play in this game,” says Sanderson. “It’s unique, one game, but we’re trying to build internationally at a younger age. As we move forward, we envision that someday at the men’s worlds there will be a junior division.”

Sanderson attended the recent national youth championships in Whitby, Ontario, to get a look

at the best under-17 players in Canada. He’s hoping the best of what he saw will try for a spot on the October 21 roster.

“We’ll have quite a few kids from Ontario on the team because it’ll be close to home but Alberta has some strong kids and there’s some good ones from British Columbia, too.”

The Heritage Cup was revived in 2013 in Montreal after a nine-year hiatus. Canada won 12-11 over the Iroquois Nationals. An under-17 game was played that night as well. The lineup included a player from Quebec and one from Saskatchewan so players outside Ontario are always given a chance to crack the lineup.

Sanderson, who retired from the NLL pro

league last year. played in the inaugural 2002 Heritage Cup game in Mississauga, Ontario, where the United States upset Canada 21-16. That was the last time the men’s indoor team lost a game. Canada is 23-0 in winning four straight world indoor titles, which are contested every four years. Sanderson was on the triumphant 2011 team that won gold in Prague.

“It’s a huge honour to represent your country,” he says. “I grew up watching international hockey and to be able to do it in lacrosse was special and pretty cool. The 2011 trip was one of the best experiences of my lacrosse career.”

Most of the teens he’ll be coaching in Hamilton will get their first taste. It will be the first under-17

indoor international played in southern Ontario.

Canada’s lineup for the main game will be drawn from the 2015 WILC roster that captured gold in Onondaga.

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With coaches on the ice with their team, a scrimmage gave young players a chance to get the rust off the skates with ongoing instruction from the coaching staff. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

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Six Nations Minor Lacrosse celebrated the end of the lacrosse season with the annual Minor Banquet, as divisions from bantam to intermediate received awards of recognition and words from their bench staff on Sunday, September 24. The teams were also able to help themselves to a beautiful meal and reunite with friends and mingle with supportive family. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN

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What New Zealand's vote means for Maori and potentially First Nations in Canada

By Dominic O'Sullivan, Associate Professor, Charles Sturt University

David MacDonald's recent analysis for The Conversation Canada proposes a radical rethinking of the place that First Nations' people occupy in a modern liberal democracy.

He points to New Zealand's Mixed Member Proportional Representation (MMP) system, used to elect the country's Parliament since 1996, as a potential path forward for Canada's Indigenous.

Maori have been guaranteed representation through designated seats since 1867. That's something Canada might consider as part of its commitment to the United Nations' Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that states: Indigenous peoples have the right to participate in decision-making in matters which would affect their rights, through representatives chosen by themselves in accordance with their own procedures, as well as to maintain and develop their own indigenous decision- making institutions.

No clear winner in New Zealand election New Zealand elected its 52nd Parliament this weekend. It's a 120-seat Parliament that guarantees seven members elected from a geographically based Maori electoral roll.

Other Maori have been elected by voters from the 64 geographically based general constituencies, and from national party lists, from which 59 members are elected.

List seats are allocated

to ensure that the total membership of the Parliament is proportional to each party's share of the national vote. Since the MMP system's introduction, Maori representation in Parliament has remained at least proportional to the Maori share of the national population.

Provisional election night results indicate that neither of the two large parties will be able to form a government alone.

The conservative National Party won 58 seats, three fewer than the number required to form a government. The main opposition Labour Party will hold 45, the nationalist New Zealand First Party nine, the Green Party eight and the libertarian ACT Party one.

The Maori Party failed to win any seats, but despite that trouncing, Maori politicians have still been elected from all parties but ACT. That means whoever forms the government, there will be Maori representation.

No real improvement in Maori lives Since 2008, the National Party has governed with what are known as confidence-and-supply agreements with the Maori Party, grounded in Maori cultural values and an unapologetic politics of self-determination.

The Maori Party obtained policy commitments from the National Party in return for its support.

But it hasn't been enough to result in sufficient improvement in Maori living standards, educational outcomes and employment numbers, or

to reduce the Maori burden of disease and incarceration rates.

Significant progress in these areas was needed to allay Maori reservations about an alliance with a conservative party that they'd never before supported in great numbers.

MMP is a system that encourages democratic contest and gives Maori voters genuine choice. But the Maori Party's failure to bring about sufficient progress towards self-determination helps to explain Saturday's significant swing by Maori voters to the opposition Labour Party.

The Labour Party won all seven of the Maori seats and left the Maori Party with no parliamentary representation.

Nonetheless, the system still reflects the diversity of Maori opinion and their presence in the country's politics.

Paula Bennett's tenure, as the National Party's Maori deputy prime minister, depends on negotiating a coalition or a confidence-and-supply agreement with the nationalist New Zealand First Party, led by another Maori who once served as deputy prime minister, Winston Peters.

Kelvin Davis, meantime, is the Maori deputy leader of the Labour Party.

Peters, whose party could determine the next prime minister, believes that Maori should be integrated into a singular political community.

His view is consistent with the Royal Commission on the Electoral System's argument that the need for all parties to so-

licit Maori votes (Maori constitute around 15 per cent of the national population) means that there will always be meaningful Maori representation drawn from the party lists and that Maori are increasingly likely to be elected to represent general constituencies.

Labour leader rejects referendum But others contend that in a Maori constituency, Maori candidates are free to use their own culturally reasoned arguments to win over voters in ways that may not make sense to a broader constituency, nor reflect that constituency's priorities.

What's more, they argue, Maori voters are free to assess Maori candidates according to their own cultural values and aspirations.

Labour leader Jacinda Ardern has indicated that her party won't go along with a referendum on the Maori seats as a requirement of a coalition with New Zealand First.

New Zealand's MMP electoral system provides a foundation for substantive and inclusive liberal citizenship for Maori to facilitate the re-emergence of tribal entities.

The Maori party advocated for greater tribal authority while in government. Maori voters will expect that advocacy to continue given they largely believe full citizenship is not realized through the state alone.

In short, Maori people and policy influence New Zealand politics in ways that First Nations in Canada do not.

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Canadian Environmental Protection Act continued from page 7 Indigenous cultural and legal tenets. CEPA should also recognize the special relationship that Indigenous peoples have with the Earth and other living things.

We have the right to be informed consumers. We should have the right to have our health matter. With respect to products, many personal care and cleaning products contain toxic chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive and neuro-behavioural impacts.

The report recommends mandatory labelling of consumer products containing toxic chemicals.

Even with labelling, safer alternatives may be out of reach for many, as they are often more expensive.

The report calls for an approach to toxics regulations that ensures greater protection for socially and biologically vulnerable groups.

The recommendation for binding national drinking water standards would also benefit Indigenous communities, given the long-standing drinking water crisis these communities face.

We need to have a loud and united political voice on this issue. Our Indigenous brothers and sisters from across Canada fight to maintain the health of the lands and their families. This is our opportunity to support one another in this fight against environmental racism. Amending CEPA to create science-based, enforceable standards for toxics and recognize the human right to a healthy, non-toxic environment would help support our fight to protect the environment.

Through this simple act of speaking out in support of the recommended changes to CEPA, we can

give Mother Earth the legal protection she needs.

If you have concerns with certain sections of the proposed CEPA legislation, then speak out against those sections but support the rest of the changes. If we choose to do nothing, then nothing will change.

Your voice matters.

The last federal election saw a huge turnout of Indigenous voters who wanted change in leadership. The federal Liberals enjoy their position now because we supported them. Now is the time to hold this government accountable. Make them stand true to their word.

Please speak out and encourage this government to implement the recommended changes to CEPA. Paula Hill Public Engagement Specialist David Suzuki Foundation

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CLAUSE: (nee Monture) Eleanor “Anne”

It is with great sadness at the age of 84 Ronald “Hayenehs” John Styres has been called home to the spirit world on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at St. Catharines General Hospital. Ron was predeceased by his parents, Bella Martin and John Styres; his son Orven Styres; siblings, Lorna Thomas, Karmen Stevens, and Clark Styres.

Ron is survived by his sisters, Holly Longboat, Edith “Pete” Styres; children, Jackie Labonte (Oliver), Marie Jones, Tony Styres, Rogene Jody Styres (Michelle), Rory Joel Styres (Teresa), Rona (Chop) Styres, and Rosanne (Jo-man) Styres. Also survived by 22 grandkids and 23 great grandkids with his own nicknames for them all.

He studied horticulture and landscaping with his last 11 years doing landscaping at Kanastsiohareke. He enjoyed travelling, visiting, and speaking his native languages with other speakers. Wake to take place at 3416 4th Line, Six Nations on Tuesday with funeral service and interment to be held at Sour Springs Longhouse on 3rd Line, Six Nations on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 11 am. www.rhbanderson.com

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at Brantford General Hospital. She fought a long, courageous battle, but now she is pain free.

She leaves behind her children Karen (Dan), Kelly, Kathy “Sam” (Kenny B), Ron, and Kim; stepchildren Becky, Randy (Sue), and Joe, and “adopted” son Ron Beaver; grandchildren Kerri (Tony), Jill, Missy (Wade), Cameron (Taylor), and Christian; great grandchildren Hayden, Haylee and A.J., Ziibii, Olivia and Lemmy, Tyler, Cory, Jamie, and Cheyenne; great great grandchildren Brooklyn and Chloe; sister Kathie (Denny) and brother Cam. She is predeceased by her parents Cam and Reta, husband Gerry, and grandson Wade. According to her wishes, she has been cremated. We will have a celebration of her life on Thursday, September 28, 2017 at Styres Funeral Home, 1798 4th Line Rd., Ohsweken at 1 pm. with visitation one hour prior. www.rhbanderson.com

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, when an opportunity comes your way, resist the temptation to pass it up thinking something better is on the horizon. There are no guarantees, so make the most of this chance.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Many things around the home need your attention, Taurus. But you may be having trouble finding the motivation to tackle them right now. Get a partner to lend a helping hand.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, make a concerted and sincere effort to focus on family for the next few days. It’s time to reconnect with everyone in the house, and you will enjoy the time at home.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, slow down a little because moving faster will not get the job done right. It may only lead to sloppy mistakes that will take even more time to handle.

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LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 It can be challenging to find initial support for your ideas, Leo. However, once you explain all of the specifics, there’s a good chance others will climb on board.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Risk can sometimes have a large payoff, Virgo.

Just make sure you time your jump right or you could miss an opportunity to really shine.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, if you push yourself a little harder this week, you will be happy with the results. Even though it may be an uphill battle, the summit will look pretty nice.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, just when you think you can lie low and escape the week without any excitement, something pops up that requires all of your attention. Hunker down for now.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, focus on something new for a while rather than a problem that has been bouncing around in your brain. Frustration will get you nowhere, so let it go for now.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, even if you take some time off from work, things will go on as planned. Although you are a key member of the team, others can temporarily fill your shoes.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Sometimes the things that require the most work are the ones that you enjoy the most, Aquarius. Dig in deep on a new project and the rewards will come afterward.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 A few things still need to be sorted out, Pisces.

Then you can put your feet up for the time being. Gemini has something to say this week.

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