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Robbin Whachell

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My great-grandfather served in World War I and II

My great-grandfather served in World War I and II

It is my great-grandfather Primeau who carries the Native bloodline of Cree and Sioux; French-Canadian on the other side. We are Metis.

Fashion Show to Raise Funds for Canada's Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women

Fashion Show to Raise Funds for Canada's Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women

“Speak by remembering the loss of so many of our aboriginal women and girls gone missing and murdered, and their families…”

ReMatriate wants to take back 'visual identity' of First Nations women

Fashion & BeautyRobbin WhachellApril 13, 2015Canadian, D-Squaw, designer, fashion, First Nations, Indian Tribes, rematriate, squaw, Vancouver

Canada’s Indian Policy is a Process of Deception – Briarpatch Magazine

People & PlacesRobbin WhachellMarch 21, 2015Briarpatch, Canada, Canadian, First Nations, history, Indian, Magazine, Ontario Supreme Court, Policy, sex discrimination, third world

President of the Native Women’s Association named Women of the Year

People & PlacesRobbin WhachellNovember 21, 2014Aboriginal, Canada, Canadian, Conservative Government, honoured, Liberals, MCW, Michèle Audette, Montreal Council of Women, Native Women’s Association of Canada, NWAC, Ontario, President, women

Painting Poppies... Lest We Forget

Painting Poppies... Lest We Forget

People & PlacesRobbin WhachellNovember 11, 2014BC, Blue Mountain Park, Canada, Canadian, ceremony, City of Coqutlam, Coquitlam, epitaph, In Flander's Field, painting, Parkspark, Poppies, Porter Street, Primeau, Remembrance, Remembrance Day, School children

Malala becomes youngest Peace Prize recipient a day before International Day of the Girl Child

Malala becomes youngest Peace Prize recipient a day before International Day of the Girl Child

Connected: CBC Vancouver tour, a peek inside the Newsroom

People & PlacesRobbin WhachellOctober 5, 2014Canada, Canadian, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC, CBC Radio, Connected, connections, Ian Hanomansing, Joanna Wagstaffe, Meteorologist, radio, reporter, Shawn, studio, TV

VIFF Announces Canadian Award Winners

Canadian author Farley Mowatt dies at 92

People & PlacesRobbin WhachellMay 7, 2014author, books, Canadian, dies, environmentalist, Farley Mowat

Pope Francis canonizes two Canadian church pioneers as saints

News & EventsRobbin WhachellApril 3, 2014Canada, Canadian, Canonize, church, Pope Francis, Prime Minister Harper, saint, saints, Stephen Harper, the Vatican

Bahamian artist to present life-like portrait to Pope Francis

Bahamian artist to present life-like portrait to Pope Francis

People & PlacesRobbin WhachellMarch 25, 2014Azaleta Ishmael-Newry, Bahamas, Bahamian, Canadian, Italy, Jamaal Rolle, Mike Oldfield, Nassau, Oprah, painting, Pope Francis, Prince Harry, Rome, The Celebrity Artist, Tubular Bells, Vatican City