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Final stages of Cannabis Law for Kahnawake0
KAHNAWA:KE — Officials with the Kahnbawa:ke Legislative Coordinating Commission say they are in the final stages of enacting the community’s custom Cannabis Law. The new legislation was read aloud to the community in it’s entirety on December 4. A certification signing of the law followed by Mohawk officials with the community’s legislative committee. The event
READ MOREAbusive off duty Thunder Bay cop caught on iPhone0
Thunder Bay — At 7:25 pm, eastern time, Saturday Dec. 1st, Thunder Bay OPP received a call to a disturbance involving a 17-year-old intoxicated female at a party on the city’s north side because someone was bleeding and needed medical attention.. A video of the incident shows a person strapped in a gurney being hollered
READ MOREAtlantic First Nations urged to ‘work together’ to achieve self determination0
HALIFAX _ Indigenous communities in Atlantic Canada need to work together to achieve self-determination, a former grand chief of the Council of Yukon First Nations said as a summit on self-governance wrapped up in Halifax Thursday. Ruth Massie said collaboration between communities and the participation of all Indigenous Peoples is critical as First Nations work
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Feds to introduce co developed legislation on Indigenous child services in 20190
OTTAWA _ Indigenous leaders expressed optimism Friday that the federal government is finally trying to fix a child-welfare system that has become Canada’s modern version of residential schools. Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott intends to introduce legislation early in the new year that would enshrine principles for Indigenous child welfare into federal law, she announced,
READ MORECommons to provide translation for MPs speaking Indigenous languages0
OTTAWA _ When Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette gave a speech last year entirely in Cree, hardly any of his fellow parliamentarians in the House of Commons understood a word he said. That’s because Commons rules recognized only French and English as languages deserving of simultaneous translation. But no more. Members of Parliament from all parties
READ MOREFirst Nations voters flipped 22 ridings in 2015 and ready to do it again: chief0
OTTAWA _ Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde has a pointed message for federal politicians: Listen to First Nations priorities, or else. Bellegarde says First Nations voters were responsible for flipping 22 ridings in the 2015 federal election and candidates in next year’s election had better attend to First Nations’ needs and demands.
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London Friendship Centre reopens after renovations
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- August 14, 2013
Neil Young ‘Honor the Treaties’ concert tour
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- December 11, 2013
On to Ottawa for Onkwehon:we rights
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- December 4, 2013
Interview with Gary Horsnell
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- January 5, 2014
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