MKO: Funding Available for Shelters on Reserve
Press Release Jul 22, 2020 The Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation (CMHC) will provide funding of $31.7 million, delivered through its On-Reserve Shelter Enhancement Program (SEP), to build 10 shelters…
B.C. hits new child care milestone
Press Release July 22, 2020 NANAIMO – Thousands of families in 34 B.C. communities will soon have access to quality, licensed child care, as the Province marks a new milestone…
Red Pheasant celebrates grand opening of new cannabis retail outlet – battlefordsNOW
Jul 22, 2020 A local mother from Red Pheasant Cree Nation is among those who appreciate seeing a new cannabis retail outlet now available on the First Nation. Red Flower…
Community forest licence received – Alaska Highway News
July 22, 2020 The Northern Rockies has its community forest licence in hand, all it needs now is a mill and manufacturing hub. The community forest, managed jointly between the…
1911 Gold Provides Company Update
Press Release TORONTO, July 23, 2020 – 1911 Gold Corporation (“1911 Gold” or the “Company”) (TSXV: AUMB) today provides an update with respect to the Company’s planned Annual General and Special Meeting (“AGM”)…
11 Indigenous children died in last four months connected to Ontario’s child welfare system – APTN News
Jul 22, 2020 Former child advocate calls for independent inquiry into child welfare system After several months of pushing the Ontario government, APTN News can now report how many Indigenous…
Indigenous people want healing owed to them: Harpe – St. Albert Today
“We did not do this to ourselves,” says residential school survivor Residential school survivor Stephanie Harpe said Indigenous communities want to heal from the trauma inflicted on them by the…
Saskatchewan wants feds to pony up its share of abandoned uranium mine cleanup – Estevan Mercury
July 22, 2020 During the 1950s and 60s, the demand for uranium was insatiable. It was the dawn of the nuclear age, and uranium was needed to fuel a wave…
Indigenous people more often face arrest, violence when protecting land say researchers – APTN News
Jul 22, 2020 After analysing thousands of environmental stand-offs around the world, a group of international researchers report that Indigenous people are more often threatened with arrest, violence, and in…
Fatal police encounters in Manitoba jumped in last 2 years; most involved Indigenous people – CBC
9 people have died in last 2 years, compared to 6 deaths in 6 years prior, CBC analysis finds Jul 23, 2020 Manitoba has experienced two of its deadliest years…
