Morning Update: Ottawa working to decrease Indigenous incarceration, Justice Minister says – The Globe and Mail
Good morning, Canada’s Justice Minister is adamant that Liberal legislation will begin reversing the country’s disproportionate rate of Indigenous incarceration, but he acknowledges more needs to be done to address…
Indigenous tourism association sponsors two JUNO Awards – Timmins Today
Attawapiskat’s Adrian Sutherland is nominated for Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year at this weekend’s awards Officials with the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC) are getting into…
Williams Lake First Nation Osprey Nest Project Gets A Financial Lift – My Cariboo Now
May. 13th, 2022 Northern Development Initiative Trust will provide funding for six projects in the province including one in Williams Lake. $300,000 was approved under the Economic Infrastructure program for…
DFO ‘showed some leadership’ on P.E.I. Indigenous fishery solution, says chief – CBC
May 13, 2022 Understanding between DFO and Lennox Island a compromise, says Darlene Bernard Lennox Island Chief Darlene Bernard is not entirely happy with an agreement reached with the Department…
Indigenous ventures get startup boost – Yahoo News
May 13, 2022 THUNDER BAY, ONT. — This week, six entrepreneurs completed the Miinikaanan Badakidoon program, a new Indigenous funding stream of the Starter Company Plus program. Conducted through the…
Opinion | Election platforms pitch voters a lot of solutions, but let’s get to the root of the problem our Indigenous people still face – Toronto Star
May 13, 2022 The issues and problems in our country are the results of what the government did to the original people of this land, says Jody Harbour I have…
5 things to know for Friday, May 13, 2022 – CTV News
May 13, 2022 NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh describes to CTV News the heightened emotions he sees among protesters, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blasts Pierre Poilievre over Bank of Canada remarks,…
First Nations leaders renew call to stop B.C. pipeline projects as UN raps Canada – Global News
May 11, 2022 A group of First Nations leaders in B.C. are urging governments to stop two pipeline projects on unceded land, as a United Nations committee raps Ottawa again…
First Nation development corporations buy fibre assets from NorthwesTel – Welland Tribune
May 11, 2022 In a show of what might be coming in terms of emerging corporation-First Nation alliances, NorthwesTel and a consortium of 13 Yukon First Nation development corporations have…
‘Today was a day of hope’: Governor General’s tour of Nunavik includes visiting a family safe house – APTN News
May 12, 2022 At the Kuururjuaq National Park Interpretive Centre there hangs a large topographical map of the area with points marking the campsites that have been used by Inuit…
