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‘Significant failures’ in addressing Indigenous youth mental health in New Brunswick
New Brunswick’s independent advocate for children, youth and seniors released a report Monday saying the province has failed to collaborate with First Nations governments to address youth mental ...
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Oregon tribe has hunting and fishing rights restored under a long-sought court ruling
Drumming made the floor vibrate and singing filled the conference room of the Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City, on the Oregon coast, as hundreds in tribal regalia danced in a circle. For ...
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With childcare shortages local daycare forced to close
Six Nations Band Council funding denials forcing private day care to close… 42 children could be left without childcare By ...
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Supreme Court of Canada sides with First Nation in police funding dispute
The Supreme Court of Canada says Quebec must provide more money for a First Nations police force after acting dishonourably by refusing to negotiate the funding terms. The top court dismissed the ...
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NDP ready to open ‘gates’ to pass Liberal GST holiday bill separate from $250 rebate
OTTAWA-(CP)NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party is ready to introduce motions as early as today that would help the Liberals pass legislation to create their promised GST holiday but only if they ...
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Boissonnault’s former company suspended from federal procurement
OTTAWA-(CP)-The federal government is barring a company previously co-owned by a Liberal MP and former minister from bidding ...
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Ontario eyes new electricity generation sites, possibly including nuclear
Ontario is eyeing three sites across the province for new electricity generation facilities, including the possibility of large-scale nuclear plants. Energy Minister Stephen Lecce says the province is ...
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Alberta seeks to ‘de-risk’ oil, gas pipeline investments in wake of Trump victory
Alberta’s government is looking for ways to encourage pipeline companies to boost capacity and increase the province’s oil and gas export volumes to the United States. But Premier Danielle Smith said ...
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Groups threaten to sue over which fish should be saved – salmon or bass
By John Chilibeck Local Journalism Initiative reporter A battle that’s been brewing on a famous New Brunswick river between people trying to protect wild Atlantic salmon and others wanting to preserve ...
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First Nation goes to court, accusing B.C. of not consulting over major gold mine
Canadian Press-A First Nation says it wasn’t meaningfully consulted before the British Columbia government “effectively greenlit” what has been called the world’s largest undeveloped gold mining ...
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Native healer will wait several more months before sentence is handed down for assaulting ...
By Keith Lacey, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Penticton Herald PENTICTON B.C.-A First Nation healer convicted of assaulting one of his longtime clients during a traditional healing session more ...
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Positive reaction for First Nation flag
The decision to fly Fort William First Nation’s flag at Thunder Bay’s Alstom rail-car plant is already having its intended impact. Two weeks after the community’s green-and-white flat was raised at ...