Protection orders had been sought against firefighter now facing sex charges – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 27, 2017 WINNIPEG _ Court documents indicate that over the last 16 years, three women tried and failed to get protection orders against a member of the…
Woman tells missing, murdered inquiry about pain of growing up without mom – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 26, 2017 SMITHERS, B.C. _ A British Columbia woman told the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women of the pain of growing up without a…
2 Saskatchewan Indigenous organizations holding elections this fall – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 26, 2017 PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. _ Two Indigenous organizations in Saskatchewan are preparing to enter election mode this fall. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is hosting…
Canadian Rangers raise the Invictus Games flag at official opening – Sioux Bulletin
Six Canadian Rangers from five Northern Ontario First Nations played a prominent part by raising the official flag of the Invictus Games at the spectacular opening ceremony of the Games…
Nova Scotia in tax fight with Ottawa over lottery terminals on reserves – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 26, 2017 HALIFAX _ Nova Scotia and the federal government are battling in court over $50-million in potential tax revenues from video lottery terminals operated on First…
Declaring a water crisis over isn’t the end of the ordeal – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 26, 2017 This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available…
FSIN speaks out after woman accuses Sears employee of racial profiling – Globalnews.ca
September 26, 2017 The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is speaking out after a First Nations woman said she was racially profiled at a Sears Canada store in Prince…
Why culture is key to Indigenous mental health – TVO.org
Carol Hopkins of the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation on the role cultural practices should play in supporting Indigenous communities Sep 26, 2017 Carol Hopkins firmly believes there are promising paths forward…
First Nations in B.C. face lower cancer survival rates than non-First Nations – CBC
Sep 26, 2017 Indigenous women were 92 per cent more likely to develop cervical cancer than non-Indigenous women Indigenous people in British Columbia showed an overall lower rate of most…
The roads to colonization were long and Indigenous people paid the price – brantnews.com
The Friends and Neighbours lecture series comes back this Wednesday with a screening of Colonization Roads Sep 25, 2017 Making sure everyone enjoys equity and equality is a hard-fought battle.…
