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Open secret: sexual abuse haunts children in indigenous communities – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Nov 6, 2016 14:00 By Kristy Kirkup and Sheryl Ubelacker THE CANADIAN PRESS Freda Ens says she was a baby when her birth mother sold her for a bottle of…
Media Advisory: Health Minister and Ontario Regional Chief to Make Announcement About Health Care
November 4, 2016 Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, and Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day, on behalf of the Chiefs in…
Manitoba First Nation family to get new home after deplorable conditions revealed – CTV News
November 4, 2016 A family in Manitoba’s Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation is getting a new home after the deplorable state of their crumbling, overcrowded house was detailed in a…
Cabinet puts road to Whati over men’s healing program, says Yellowknife MLA – CBC
Nov 04, 2016 6 ‘I am never going to be happy when the government decides to invest in roads rather than people’ Yellowknife Centre MLA Julie Green says N.W.T. cabinet…
Alta Health Cuts – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Nov 3, 2016 CALGARY – Talks are ongoing between Alberta Health Services and the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees over possible big cuts to frontline health…
Finding solutions to the youth suicide crisis in Saskatchewan – CBC
November 03, 2016 Read story transcript In October, six young girls — the youngest was just 10 — took their own lives in north Saskatchewan. Amidst the shock and sorrow in…
Hungry at school: Nearly 40 per cent of Canadian post-secondary students can’t afford to eat properly – Waterloo Chronicle
Cross-campus study brings attention to ‘hidden’ problem on campus Here’s some food for thought: The largest cross-campus study to date has discovered that nearly 40 per cent of Canadian students…
Man posts video of rat-infested home on Sandy Bay First Nation to get PM Trudeau’s attention – CBC
Central Manitoba family of 10 has been living in home with sewage backups for years Nov 03, 2016 A man has posted his video on YouTube showing a rat-infested home on…
Pressure mounts on federal Liberals to invest in First Nations child welfare – CP
Nov 1, 2016 OTTAWA — An indigenous member of Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s economic advisory council is taking issue with the federal government’s claims that First Nations agencies lack the…
Education: An investment we can stomach?
Hungry for Knowledge is the largest cross-campus study on student food insecurity in Canada, to date. The report collected data from post-secondary students regarding their financial access to food, the…
