FEBRUARY 17TH, 2014 Demonstrators demand government action, increased awareness On February 14, over 500 people gathered in the snow at Place Émilie-Gamelin for the annual March for Missing and Murdered…
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Feb. 17 2014 Too many people without jobs. And at the same time, too many jobs without people. It’s a paradox that ripples through a 54-page analysis of the state…
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FEBRUARY 17, 2014 The handing over of education to Canada’s First Nations is a rejuvenating moment for aboriginal communities. The $1.25 billion over three years which the federal government has…
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17 February 2014 The federal government’s proposal to eliminate the immigrant investor and entrepreneur programs in the 2014 budget should come as “no surprise” for immigration lawyers, says a lawyer…
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FEBRUARY 18, 2014 THE over-imprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is a “national emergency” that needs to be immediately addressed according to the peak body, Aboriginal and Torres…
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17 FEB 2014 The Abbott government has confirmed it will go ahead with an inquiry into alcohol use in Indigenous communities. Despite originally being heralded as an inquiry into alcohol…
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February 18, 2014 Extra week expands activities to Nunavut schools Nunavut’s two-week celebration of the Inuit language opened Feb. 17 with a challenge to Inuit language-speakers to “go beyond their…
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Feb 17, 2014 The chief of Mishkeegogamang First Nation in northwestern Ontario says the community has been immobilized by shock since a deadly house fire broke out last Thursday. “[It’s]…
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Parents accuse referee of knocking 12-year-old to the ice after fight breaks out at peewee hockey game in Winnipeg February 18, 2014 A 12-year-old hockey player and his parents are…
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Feb 18, 2014 The inquest into the death of Brian Sinclair, who died after waiting 34 hours in a Winnipeg hospital’s emergency room for care, resumes today amid questions from…
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