Carstairs proud of advocacy for dying – Winnipeg Free Press
Retired senator to receive Order of Canada Friday OTTAWA — Retired Manitoba senator Sharon Carstairs will join the Order of Canada on Friday, without skipping a beat in her decades-long…
How one woman is fighting to save Indigenous languages in Saskatchewan – Video – The Loop
Belinda Daniels, an award-wining teacher, shares her story on how she’s working to revitalize and preserve Indigenous languages. Read More: http://video.theloop.ca/home/watch/how-one-woman-is-fighting-to-save-indigenous-languages-in-saskatchewan-/5550249916001/#.WZ7qRemQzIU…
Human trafficking survivors’ group to bridge resource gap in north – CBC
The group will eventually help improve policies and programs, using own experiences Aug 24, 2017 The window in Nicole St-Jean’s office lets in a lot of light while talking about…
Nanaimo to Vancouver ferry service inches closer – Times Colonist
August 24, 2017 Passenger ferry service between Nanaimo and Vancouver is a small step closer to reality after Island Ferry Service and the Nanaimo Port Authority agreed on terms that…
Feds, province commit $10M to NAN student safety plan – Tbnewswatch.com
Nishnawbe Aski Nation held an emergency chiefs meeting in July to draft plan to address concerns about safety of Indigenous youth in Thunder Bay. THUNDER BAY – The federal and…
Mike Harcourt Joins Calls to Halt to Site C Dam – The Tyee
Former BC premier warns project would ‘severely damage BC Hydro and B.C. credit ratings.’ The Site C dam is an “economic, fiscal, environmental and aboriginal treaty rights disaster,” according to…
Indigenous workers at Voisey’s Bay anxious about Vale review of nickel operations – Global News
August 23, 2017 Global mining giant Vale’s decision to review its global operations in light of depressed nickel prices is causing anxiety among Indigenous workers at its Voisey’s Bay mine…
RCMP give little info about officer involved shooting on Saskatchewan reserve – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Aug 23, 2017 DESCHAMBAULT LAKE, Sask. _ RCMP are not saying much about a shooting involving one of their members in a northern Saskatchewan First Nation. Police say…
Tlicho elders, hunters return from 2nd year of on-the-land Bathurst caribou monitoring – CBC
Group of hunters, elders, researchers spent six weeks near Contwoyto Lake monitoring Bathurst herd Aug 24, 2017 Tlicho hunters and elders have returned from six weeks of observing caribou at…
Lessons from Supreme Court decisions on Indigenous consultation – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Aug 23, 2017 By Justin Safayeni, Adjunct Professor in Administrative Law, York University, Canada and Nader R. Hasan, Adjunct professor, U of T Faculty of Law, University of…
