Bossio bringing Indigenous Committee to Tyendinaga Territory – Quinte News
The discussion on the relationship between the Federal Government and Indigenous Peoples comes to our doorstep this week. The federal Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs is on a…
BR MMIW Inquiry Smithers – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Sep 26, 2017 SMITHERS, B.C. – A commissioner at the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women says she expects powerful testimony at the…
Necessaries case adjourned for a month – Lethbridge Herald
Sentencing has been delayed for another month in a child-neglect case dating back to 2013. But in that time, between Monday’s appearance and the new October date, updated reports will…
Indigenous people need place around Site C table: new report – Times Colonist
September 25, 2017 “Collaborative consent,” an approach to making political decisions about land and fresh water as they affect First Nations and other Canadians, can offer some answers to issues…
Addressing reconciliation with empathy – The Concordian
September 26, 2017 Recognizing and celebrating our nation’s progress, but understanding there’s still more to do It has been 10 years since the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of…
Police seek missing 12-year-old girl in Saskatoon – CKOM
September 23, 2017 Saskatoon police are asking for help to locate a missing 12-year-old girl from the Confederation Park area. Kalyce Wattendorf was reported missing Friday night after she didn’t…
Marijuana debate leaves First Nations weighing pros and cons – Toronto Star
“What the communities are obviously going to be looking at is how far we go with this. Do we accept it fully? Do we accept it in part? Or do…
First Nations authors take on spirituality, alcoholism in Sask. workshop – CBC
Blair Stonechild and Harold Johnson host talk in Saskatoon Sep 25, 2017 Saskatoon’s annual Word On the Street festival kicked off Sunday with a workshop by two authors who get…
Chief and band councillor at First Nation removed following audit of nearly $600K powwow – National Post
LEAMINGTON — The chief and a band councillor from a small Southwestern Ontario First Nation have been removed from office in the fallout of a nearly $600,000 band powwow, an…
Ontario police watchdog to host public meeting in Thunder Bay, Ont., Monday – CBC
OIPRD investigating allegations of systemic racism in Thunder Bay police Sep 25, 2017 The head of Ontario’s civilian police oversight body is scheduled to be in Thunder Bay, Ont., for…
