Photos from yesterday’s rally for First Nations education in Ottawa. [album: https://mediaindigena.com/wp-content/plugins/dm-albums/dm-albums.php?currdir=/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/Rally for Education/] Photography by Tim Fontaine & Martha Troian
Remember when I said that, beginning Sept. 1, the province of Ontario was going to be honouring point-of-sale tax exemptions for its (8%) portion of the 13% Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)? Well, it seems some retailers didn’t get the message. While shopping today, I flashed my trusty Secure Certificate of Indian Status at both Walmart […]
Quick update to Rick’s post: Ken Wyatt has been elected to Australia’s House of Representatives, making him the first indigenous MP in that country’s history. But ABC Australia is reporting that Wyatt has been receiving hate mail, something the Aboriginal politician dismissed. “Let’s move on from that — what’s more important is the way in […]
Not sure why I’m so tickled by this, but during a recent arctic tour Canada’s Prime Minister reportedly got down to some local drumming in Inuvik, NWT. And I’m pretty sure that’s newly appointed Minister of Indian & Northern Affairs John Duncan right beside him. If anyone has video of this pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease send it our […]
Are you a Status Indian living in Ontario? Have you bought anything there in the past two months off-reserve and paid sales tax? If ‘yes’ on both fronts, beginning Sept. 1, you can submit your claim for a refund of the Ontario portion (8%) of the province’s new 13% Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). To claim it, […]
