01.04.13 CHIEF THERESA SPENSE Hunger Strike - MAJOR PRESS

How a hunger strike affects the human body CBC.ca As First Nations Chief Theresa Spence wages her politically motivated hunger strike from an island in the Ottawa River, her body is gradually feeling the effects. Hunger strikes can go on for weeks, but each day a person goes without normal nourishment ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Full Pundit: Stephen Harper and hunger strike politics National Post There were many good reasons for Stephen Harper not to accede to hunger-striking Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence's demands for a meeting, Postmedia's Michael Den Tandt concedes: It could be seen as a sign of weakness; it might encourage others to ... See all stories on this topic »

Spence hunger strike working to a crescendo Macleans.ca Theresa Spence's hunger strike is working to a crescendo. The Attawapiskat chief's refusal to eat solid food has attracted significant media attention almost from the beginning, but it's naturally taken on greater urgency as the days and weeks pass ... See all stories on this topic »

Parliament Square peace protester stages hunger strike Evening Standard Parliament Square peace campaigner Barbara Tucker says she has gone on hunger strike and will starve herself to death unless police return tents confiscated from her and fellow protesters. Ms Tucker has been protesting in the square for eight years ... See all stories on this topic » Evening Standard

Peter Foster: Misguided hunger strike is manufacturing dissent Financial Post Chief Spence's hunger strike is not a total fast — at least under the Ramadan/Lent/Rosh Hashanah definition of the term. Since the strike began on Dec. 11, she has been sipping water, broth and cups of tea. Speaking to Postmedia in late December, Dr ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Post

Concerns mount about health of chief on hunger strike CBC.ca As Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence continues her hunger strike, a critical care doctor is warning that the human body begins to break down after such a long period without food. Dr. Gwynne Jones hasn't treated or inspected Spence. Chief Spence has ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

hunger striker Spence wants action from Ottawa within 72 hours Global Edmonton Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence is helped back to her teepee after greeting and welcoming supporters as they visit her on Victoria Island in Ottawa on Monday, January 3, 2013. Spence is in her fourth week of a hunger strike calling on Harper to meet ... See all stories on this topic »

Hunger-striking Attawapiskat chief refuses to talk to media Sun News Network OTTAWA — On the 23rd day of a hunger strike aimed at getting the Prime Minister to pay more attention to First Nations issues, Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence is reportedly too weak to meet with media. The teepee she has been staying in — on Ottawa ... See all stories on this topic » Sun News Network

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence's hunger strike continues amid growing list ... Yahoo! News Canada (blog) While her hunger strike — and the corresponding Idle No More movement — has garnered international media attention and sympathy, it appears that some Canadian media-types aren't as understanding. Over the past week, some 'mainstream media' ... See all stories on this topic »