Grand Chief Arlen Dumas strongly opposes Province’s bid for Winnipeg as CFL Hub
Press Release July 21st, 2020 Treaty One Territory, Manitoba – The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) is expressing strong opposition to the Provincial Government’s bid to have the Canadian Football…
Vancouver City Council Considers Urging a Ban on Police Street Checks – TheTyee.ca
Indigenous and Black people are vastly over-represented in checks. Now council is considering whether to end the practice. In the Downtown Eastside, police street checks are a constant part of…
Disciplinary charges dropped against Thunder Bay, Ont. police officer in altercation with Indigenous teen – CBC
Police spokesperson says case has been resolved through “internal disciplinary process” Jul 22, 2020 A Thunder Bay, Ont. police officer caught on video striking an Indigenous teen has had Police…
YFC/Youth Unlimited Fares Through Pandemic – PortageOnline.com
22 July 2020 Youth For Christ/Youth Unlimited has been working through COVID-19 providing programming for youth and had to be innovative through it all. Executive Director Art Schroeder outlines some…
Advisory to the Residents of Lax Kw’alaams COVID-19 – Advisory #10
Press Release Members are advised that Council is becoming concerned with confirmed cases of COVID in Haida Gwaii, the Site C dam near Fort St. John, and St. Paul’s Hospital…
Coastal GasLink supports B.C.’s healthy economic recovery – Coastal GasLink
Jul 21 2020 Coastal GasLink kicked off its summer construction program in July and is safely putting people back to work, providing well-paying jobs that support local families as part…
Nearly 1,300 people on Manitoulin given COVID-19 testing – Manitoulin Expositor
July 22, 2020 MANITOULIN – Increasing numbers of Islanders are undertaking COVID-19 tests through Manitoulin health providers, according to statistics on weekly test volume collected by testing centres and shared…
Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians, Grand Chief Joel Abram’s Statement of Support on Ontario’s Decision to Eliminate the Practice of Birth Alerts
Press Release (Toronto – July 21, 2020) Grand Chief Joel Abram is supporting the Government of Ontario’s announcement to put an end to ‘birth alerts,’ a practice that can lead…
MKO: Apply by July 31 for emergency funding for food support
Press Release Jul 21, 2020 Second Harvest has distributed close to $5 million in emergency funding to Indigenous communities and organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The FoodRescue.ca Emergency Fund is…
Three Nunavut communities approved for 2020 bowhead harvest – Nunatsiaq News
22 July 2020 But one community will not host the hunt because of COVID-19 concerns The Nunavut communities of Coral Harbour and Sanirajak plan to hold bowhead whale hunts this…
