First Monument Honouring Charles Henry Byce to be Unveiled
From the residential school system in Northern Ontario, he stepped into history as Canada’s most highly-decorated Indigenous soldier of WW II WHAT: A bronze monument commemorating Charles Henry Byce, whose…
B.C. report details fractured and under-resourced services for First Nations youth
Press Release “The Representative for Children and Youth has identified a lack of timely access to mental health services, a lack of proper assessment, miscommunication and a lack of coordination between…
NEB members recuse themselves from Energy East review, Ecojustice and Transition Initiative Kenora react
Press Release Sep 9, 2016 TORONTO — Ecojustice lawyer, Charles Hatt, and Transition Initiative Kenora executive director, Teika Newton made the following statement in response to the recusal of the…
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde Supports Treaty 8 First Nations Justice for the Peace Caravan in Opposing the Site C Dam
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde Supports Treaty 8 First Nations Justice for the Peace Caravan in Opposing the Site C Dam September 12, 2016 (Ottawa, ON) – The Assembly of…
BCGEU: Report details fractured and under-resourced services for First Nations youth
Press Release September 8, 2016 A report released today by the Representative for Children and Youth (RCY), Marie Ellen Turpel-Lafond, has cast a spotlight on the under-resourced and fractured services…
Alberta joins National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Press Release Sep 08, 2016 The Minister of Indigenous Relations and the Minister of Status of Women issued the following statement after the Alberta government passed an order in council…
Working to end violence against women and girls
Press Release The B.C. government is providing $250,000 this year to support the work of the Moose Hide Campaign, a growing movement of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men dedicated to ending…
Urgent plea to the public in case of missing 21-year-old Christine Wood
Press Release September 6, 2016 The Canadian Centre for Child Protection, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO), and the family of Christine Wood are appealing to the public to come forward with…
Ontario Supporting the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Press Release September 6, 2016 Ministry of the Attorney General Ontario is supporting the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and establishing a support office for families…
2nd Anniversary of an Unsolved Homicide – William Wapoose
Press Release Incident Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 – 08:30 Incident Number: P14063024 Location: Chapples Park Date Published: 2016-09-01 Unsolved Homicide William Darryl WAPOOSE $50,000 Reward The City of Thunder Bay is offering…
