Aly Thomson, Canadian Press
The death of a former grand chief of the Innu Nation while hunting in Labrador has renewed calls to improve Canada’s search-and-rescue protocols, a provincial politician said Saturday.
Write comment (0 Comments)By Annalise Klingbeil
Metro Edmonton
For what is believed to be the first time, a First Nations person is running for school board trustee in Edmonton.
Write comment (0 Comments)By TOM SANDBORN
The Tyee.ca (BC online publication)
Calling them "bright shining stars" and "good, prosperous tribes," Liberal MLA candidate and former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan praised First Nations in Osoyoos and Kamloops for the way they are "joining in the economy."
Write comment (0 Comments)Ross River Dena Council says Canada must keep promises made more than 100 years ago
CBC News
The Court of Appeal for Yukon has overturned a territorial Supreme Court's land claim case ruling that courts do not have the authority to enforce promises made by the Crown more than 100 years ago.
Write comment (0 Comments)Whale-watching is dramatic, humbling
BY ROCHELLE LASH, SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE (Montreal)
At the outdoorsy First Nations community of Essipit, it’s just you, the water and the whales.
Write comment (0 Comments)By: Mike McIntyre
Winnipeg Free Press
Family members of a Winnipeg woman missing since 2006 have been told the search is over with the discovery of human remains inside a city home this week.
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The remains of a woman missing since 2006 have been found in a Winnipeg rooming house, family members tell CBC News.
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The homicide rate for indigenous women in Canada is believed to at least seven times higher than for non-indigenous women.
By: Jacqueline Hansen
Toronto Star
Ten years ago, when Amnesty International began researching the issue of violence against indigenous women in Canada, we were shocked to learn that police in Canada could not answer the simple and urgent question of how many First Nations, Inuit, and Métis women have been murdered or gone missing. A decade later this question remains unanswered. What’s even more shocking is the fact that the lack of official statistics continues to be used as an excuse for inaction.
Write comment (0 Comments)Study backs what two native Winnipeggers experienced
By: Alexandra Paul
Winnipeg Free Press
A pair of Winnipeggers say they're living proof of what recent Canadian studies show: Urban aboriginal adults who embrace traditional culture are less likely to experience prescription- and illicit-drug problems.
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