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Indigenous specialist services have been slashed by a tidal wave of cuts. This has a direct impact on the health and safety of thousands of Aboriginal children 19 February 2014…
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By Helen Branswell TORONTO _ A new study shows unintentional injury rates are higher in remote and low-income neighbourhoods with a high percentage of First Nations residents. The study, from Statistics Canada,…
February 19, 2014Read More
By David Suzuki It would be difficult to live without oil and gas. But it would be impossible to live without water. Yet, in our mad rush to extract and…
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Kwakiutl First Nation protests BC government’s attempts to shirk treaty responsibilities Nation says it will continue to occupy its traditional territory until provincial and federal governments agree to honour 1851…
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02/19/2014 The Selinger government has set aside $100 million as a down payment to rebuild homes and infrastructure in four Interlake First Nations ravaged by flooding in 2011. The announcement…
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Feb 18, 2014 When Xat’sull Chief Bev Sellers reflects on her childhood she remembers the fear, humiliation and deplorable conditions she was so often forced to endure. “I wasn’t allowed…
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Feb. 19 2014 Two months ago in Ottawa, Ted Nolan, “interim coach” of the Buffalo Sabres, was asked what he planned to do about Latvia now that he had found…
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18 FEBRUARY 2014 Thirty-five people beat drums, sang and marched through Westbank to protest the B.C. government’s handling of aboriginal children. More aboriginal kids are getting placed in foster homes…
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February 18, 2014 With more time to plan it this year, three First Nations groups are hoping for an even better All-Nations Tribal Days. The event, which debuted last April,…
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Family withdraws from inquest into Winnipeg man’s death during long ER wait Feb. 18 2014 The family of a man who died during a 34-hour wait in a hospital emergency…
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