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What is Ottawa doing about the legacy of residential schools?
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett talks to Adrienne Arsenault about the federal government’s plans to address the legacy of residential schools after children’s...
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Pressure mounts for Pope to apologize for church’s role in residential schools
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Pressure is mounting for the Pope to apologize and the Catholic church to take responsibility for its role in the residential school system after preliminary findings of a ground survey...
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Growing push to rename schools, institutions honouring residential school creators
There is a growing push to rename schools and other institutions named after the creators of the residential school system. A Calgary junior high named after Hector-Louis Langevin is now Riverside Junior High, while a statue of Canada's...
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Manitoba First Nation wants search of former residential school grounds after B.C. discovery
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The chief of a Manitoba First Nation wants a thorough search of the grounds of a former residential school, saying people have long suspected there are unmarked remains. It comes after...
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Catholics demand church apologize for role in residential school system
The recent discovery at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., has more Catholics demanding the church apologize for the harm done to Indigenous people.
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Ottawa pledges financial support as UN joins calls for action over residential schools
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The federal government has pledged access to financial support for other First Nations to search for unmarked remains near former residential schools, but some — including a former Truth...
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NDP seeks debate after Kamloops residential school mass grave found
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is seeking an emergency debate in the House of Commons following the discovery of the bodies of 215 children at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.
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NDP seeks debate after Kamloops residential school remains found
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is seeking an emergency debate in the House of Commons following the discovery of the bodies of 215 children at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.
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What could accountability for residential schools look like?
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Indigenous children’s advocate Cindy Blackstock talks to Adrienne Arsenault about how the government and others can be held accountable for residential schools after children’s remains...
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Liberals face pushback to passing UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The Liberal government is committed to passing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, but it's facing pushback as the fate of resource projects could be at stake. Even some Indigenous leaders say it won't advance their...
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Manitoba First Nations leaders aim to build trust with COVID-19 vaccine clinics
First Nations leaders in southern Manitoba are hoping to build trust in the COVID-19 vaccines through pop-up clinics in larger communities, while the Canadian Forces help remote communities manage outbreaks.
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Trickster's 2nd season cancelled by CBC
CBC has cancelled its television series, Trickster, following questions about director Michelle Latimer's claims of Indigenous identity.
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Questions surround COVID-19 vaccine rollout in First Nations
When it comes to vaccinating Canada's Indigenous communities against COVID-19, governments face numerous logistical challenges including how to get vaccines to remote locations and deciding where to start.
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ITK president speaks about UNDRIP bill
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says implementing UNDRIP in Canada could reduce discrimination against Inuit, Métis and First Nations people.
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AFN national chief responds to UNDRIP draft bill
Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde praised the introduction of legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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Government poised to miss deadline for ending First Nation boil water advisories
Despite a promise by the federal government to end long-term boil water advisories on First Nation reserves by March 2021, 41 communities still have them, and many say that deadline won’t be met. One of those communities is Neskantaga...
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Indigenous Services minister outlines priorities for Saskatchewan, Alberta COVID-19 funding
Surge capacity and infrastructure needs are the priority when allocating COVID-19 funds to First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities and organizations in Alberta and Saskatchewan, according to Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller.
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Commercial lobster fishing begins in parts of Nova Scotia
Commercial lobster fishermen in Nova Scotia started dropping their traps today, the last Monday in November, known as Dumping Day. The start of the commercial lobster fishing season comes this year after a tense dispute between...
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Mi’kmaq sell lobster outside N.S. legislature as tensions rise
Dozens of people line up outside the Nova Scotia Legislature to buy lobster caught by the Mi’kmaq in a show of solidarity amid ongoing tensions surrounding the First Nations lobster harvest.
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B.C. designer's use of Indigenous art sparks controversy
One of the most prominent designers in B.C.'s Indigenous apparel world is not Indigenous but, rather, licenses designs from Indigenous artists. Chloë Angus has marketed her company as partially Indigenous owned, but that isn't true.
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'Illegal assault' on First Nations brothers by police was racist, lawsuit alleges
Ontario Provincial Police officers are accused of falsifying notes to justify the violent arrests of two First Nations brothers in Orillia, Ont., according to a lawsuit filed this week.
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B.C. First Nations stay closed to visitors to keep the coronavirus out
Despite the economic threat, many First Nations communities in British Columbia are choosing not to welcome visitors this summer, or are reopening more cautiously than the rest of the province, to keep the coronavirus out.
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Deal to overhaul funding of First Nations child welfare lacks new money, timeline
The federal government and the Assembly of First Nations have signed an agreement on how to fund an overhaul of First Nations child welfare, but the deal doesn't set out any new money or include a timeline.
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Project sends masks with Indigenous designs to remote First Nations
Tyson Wesley is selling face masks with designs by Indigenous artists online, and for every mask sold, another is sent to the Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario. The Indigenous Face Masks initiative has received orders from all...