APTN and CBC to Profile Unearthed MMIWG Cases
APTN AND CBC TO PROFILE UNEARTHED MMIWG CASES – Taken, a hard-hitting true crime documentary series – December 11, 2015, Winnipeg, MB – Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) has announced…
Homicide Update – Arrest – C14-174517
Press Release December 11, 2015 Homicide Update – Arrest – C14-174517 As previously reported, on August 17, 2014 at approximately 1:30 p.m. a body was recovered from the Red River…
First Nations schools could see funding double – StarPhoenix
December 11, 2015 Funding for First Nations schools could more than double if the federal government’s promise, repeated this week before the Assembly of First Nations, is fulfilled, says the…
Parenting support program in Cape Breton adds aboriginal component – CBC
Dec 11, 2015 Program works with Mi’kmaq families living off-reserve anywhere on the island A provincial program that supports families in difficulty will have an aboriginal component in Cape Breton.…
Aboriginal Law Report for the week ending December 13, 2015 – First People’s Law
December 13, 2015. The federal government announced its plans to hold an inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. Liberals to unveil consultation process for inquiry into indigenous…
Statement by Ministers Bennett, Wilson-Raybould and Hajdu following the first meeting on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
Press Release OTTAWA, ONTARIO (December 11, 2015) – The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada,…
Invitation to the press – Launch of Quebec Native Women’s Nānīawig Māmawe Nīnawind – Stand with us report
Press Release KAHNAWAKE, QC, Dec. 11, 2015 – Media representatives are invited to attend the launch of Nānīawig Māmawe Nīnawind official report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous women and girls…
Mental Health Act consultation in Cambridge Bay
Press Release December 11, 2015 The Government of Nunavut is reviewing the Mental Health Act and we want your input. Community members, families and mental health clients can participate in…
Evidence based, open governance: That should apply to First Nations finances, too – The Globe and Mail
Dec. 11, 2015 Tom Flanagan is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Calgary and Chair, Aboriginal Futures, at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. In his speech…
A Royal Commission, the Minister of Indigenous Affairs and the Energy East pipeline on the Dec 10 edition of N2N – APTN
December 11, 2015 After years of hearing calls from parents and loved ones, the federal government called for a Royal Commission into the numbers of missing and murdered Indigenous women…
