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Saskatchewan report calls for more services to combat intimate partner violence
CP-The Saskatchewan government is being urged to increase services for victims of intimate partner violence and to make the topic of healthy relationships a mandatory part of the school curriculum.
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Caregiver charged with murder of toddler on Manitoba First Nation
CP-Manitoba RCMP say a woman has been charged in the death of a toddler in her care. Police say the injured two-year-old was brought last week into the nursing station on the Bloodvein First Nation, ...
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Ex-priest sentenced to six years for sex abuse of Nunavut children
CP-A former Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to indecent assault against seven Inuit children more than four decades ago has been sentenced to six years in prison. An Iqaluit court heard Eric ...
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B.C. Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin wraps up seven-year post
British Columbia’s lieutenant-governor is leaving office after seven years on the job, with Premier David Eby telling her farewell ceremony that her focus on reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples was ...
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‘Staggering’ number of families struggle in B.C.’s system for disabled kids: advocate
British Columbia’s children’s representative says the province is at a “threshold moment” for fixing an underfunded and fragmented system of supports for children with disabilities that is almost ...
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B.C. extends deferral of logging in Fairy Creek amid reports of tree spiking
The British Columbia government has approved a legal order to extend temporary protections to an old-growth forest on Vancouver Island even as the minister of forests acknowledged that the RCMP are ...
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Sentence set for ex-priest who pleaded guilty to assaults on Nunavut children
CP-A judge is set to sentence a former Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to indecent assault against seven Inuit children more than four decades ago. Crown and defence lawyers have jointly ...
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‘These divide-and-conquer tactics are destroying us’: Matawa First Nations reflect on Doug Ford’s Ring of Fire legacy
By , Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ricochet The same day Premier Doug Ford called an early election, his government announced it had reached a $20-million deal with Aroland First Nation that ...
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Remote Ontario community breaks free from diesel dependency
By Matteo Cimellaro, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A northern Ontario First Nation is celebrating the connection to the province’s power grid today after an ambitious transmission line through ...
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What the looming federal election could mean for the Bank of Canada’s independence
By Andrew Allison The Conversation The independence of central banks from the democratic process has been a bedrock of economic policy for decades. The Bank of Canada is no exception, maintaining ...
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Six Nations Elected Council wants to know where Development Corporation funds going
The bulk of the Six Nations Development Corporation Management Agreement funds will go toward Parks and Recreation ...
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SNEC reviewing education funds
Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) will review Education funding for community members. SNEC passed a motion to receive funding amendments for 2024-2025 from Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) at its ...