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Kivalliq hamlets call for better transport infrastructure for Nunavut

Aglukkaq hears what community reps think about 2014 budget – Nunatsiaq [ PETER VARGA ] February 24, 2014 – Although Nunavut has a long list of funding priorities under the…

Pregnant student studying cases of murdered and missing … – National Post

Pregnant student studying cases of murdered and missing Aboriginal women disappears in Halifax Last Updated: Feb 20 Loretta Saunders is an Inuit woman and criminology student studying incidents of murdered…

First Nations group taking Tories’ aboriginal education plan to court – CTV News

February 19, 2014 OTTAWA – The Assembly of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador is requesting a judicial review of the Conservative government’s reworked plan for aboriginal education. The…

First Nations group takes Conservatives’ aboriginal education plan to court – CP

Feb 19, 2014 OTTAWA _ The Assembly of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador is requesting a judicial review of the Conservative government’s reworked plan for aboriginal education. The group is asking the…

Feds invite Ontario infrastructure application on Ring of Fire development – CP

By Bruce Cheadle THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ Despite an absence of new funding in this year’s federal budget, the Conservative government says it still fully supports development of the…

Big picture needed on Aboriginal education – SBS

20 FEB 2014 Indigenous leader Tom Calma has urged the federal government to look at the big picture in its attempts to improve indigenous education outcomes. Indigenous leader Tom Calma…

More home ownership opportunities for Indigenous communities – My Sunshine Coast

21 February 2014 Indigenous communities will now have greater opportunities for home ownership in Queensland with new laws coming into effect today. Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Andrew Cripps…

Tony Abbott’s cuts directly hurt Aboriginal children – The Guardian

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…

Unintentional injuries higher in areas with higher First Nations populations – CP

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,…

Science Matters: Trading water for fuel is fracking crazy – CP

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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