Final arguments today in La Loche deadly shootings case – CBC
Defence expert witnesses say shooter has FASD; Crown wants to cross-examine Aug 25, 2017 The hearing to help determine whether the La Loche shooter will be sentenced as a youth…
Minister halts timeline for environmental assessment until Saugeen Ojibway Nation makes informed decision on DGR Project – Electric Energy Online
Aug 25, 2017 In a significant expression of support for free, prior, and informed consent of Indigenous Peoples in Canada, the environmental assessment process for Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) proposed…
Wynne’s Ring of Fire road announcement ‘premature’ say 2 area First Nations – CBC
Eabametoong and Neskantaga not included in Aug. 21 announcement, say jurisdictional issues not settled Aug 25, 2017 Two northwestern Ontario First Nations near the Ring of Fire say an announcement…
MMIW hearings continue despite call for restart – Macleans.ca
Chief commissioner Marion Buller says she and her colleagues intend to go ahead with community hearings in September WINNIPEG – A national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women is…
Windsor Public Library looks at new resources on Indigenous people – CTV
August 25, 2017 Windsor Public Library will direct profits from book sales towards new resources in all of its branches. As discussed at Thursday’s board meeting, $11,000 will go towards…
Secondary diplomas to be issued to Nunavik grads this year – NunatsiaqOnline
August 25, 2017 “I’m just hoping we’ll have a more positive communication” Nunavik students started the 2017-18 school year Aug. 14 with some good news—Secondary 5 students who complete their…
Peter McKenna: Where is message about reconciliation? – The Guardian
Why honour, sanitize or normalize Amherst’s awful record by naming national park after him? August 25, 2017 After three separate opportunities and prodding from me, and much loose talk about…
Disappointing’ first-year response to inquest recommendations made after 7 youth found dead – Sudbury.com
Canada, Ontario, Thunder Bay and Nishnawbe Aski Nation all scored below 70 per cent as overall inquest response given C+ grade. THUNDER BAY – The first year response to recommendations…
Canada monitoring U.S. salmon spill – it’s very serious, minister says – Times Colonist
August 25, 2017 The federal government says it is monitoring thousands of Atlantic salmon that escaped into the Salish Sea last weekend after a fish farm pen in Washington state…
The shady past of Parks Canada: Forced out, Indigenous people are forging a comeback – Vancouver Sun
Banff National Park is celebrated as a Canadian treasure, “home to imposing 3,000-metre peaks, alpine meadows rich with colourful wildflowers, brilliant blue glacier-fed lakes,” as Parks Canada describes it. What…
