‘Deadly aunties’ help keep their community out of harm’s way thanks to Yukon community safety officer program
Joyce Douville and her sister Margaret are not your average safety officers. They don’t carry guns, they can’t make arrests and they don’t
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‘He didn’t just fall into the river’: Artist’s family calls out Thunder Bay police
Robert Moskotaywenene was a well-known artist in Thunder Bay. Delicate work that requires a soft touch. A skill that he passed along to his
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Indigenous TB project in Manitoba helps First Nations man find his mother
A First Nations man from Ontario says after searching for decades, has now found the resting place of his mother. “As a child, you don’t
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Family of Inuk woman wasn’t told of her death because authorities botched her name
The family of Tara Niptanatiak is looking for answers after a spelling mistake by authorities delayed them from finding her. “I feel like so
National survivors organization calls on police to conduct thorough investigation into Rebecca Contois murder
The National Family and Survivors Circle (NFSC) is calling on Winnipeg police to conduct its investigation of the murder of Rebeca Contois with
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Justice system dispenses only injustice for Indigenous women says Sen. Kim Pate
A Canadian senator says the Trudeau government can no longer wait to address the alarming number of Indigenous women filling Canadian
Prince Charles and Camilla wrap up Platinum Jubilee visit in Northwest Territories
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, landed Thursday in Yellowknife, where they were to speak with First Nations chiefs on the final
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Chantel Moore inquest recommends police have better access to ‘less lethal tools‘ and training
The jury at the inquest looking into the police shooting death of Chantel Moore says police need to look into better methods of dealing with
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Gwich’in leaders in Washington D.C. in bid to protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Leaders, elders and youth from the Gwich’in Nation are in Washington, D.C., in an effort to restore protections for the Arctic National Wildlife
Former RCMP officer creates video re-enactment of the night Chantel Moore was shot
The inquest into the death of Chantel Moore, a 26-year-old woman originally from Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation in British Columbia and killed by
‘Nenookaasiins’ opens in Winnipeg’s North End to provide affordable housing for youth aging out of care
A new housing project for Indigenous youth in care or those aging out of the child welfare system in Manitoba is now complete after undergoing
‘Nenookaasiins’ opens in Winnipeg’s North End to provide affordable housing for youth aging out of care
A new housing project for Indigenous youth in care or those aging out of the system in Manitoba is now complete after undergoing renovations. The
Ontario Liberals fail to approve nomination for Naomi Sayers so she’s running as an independent in election
First Nations lawyer Naomi Sayers says she’s running as an independent candidate in the upcoming Ontario election after the Liberals refused to
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MMIWG advocate says cost of not implementing calls for justice is a ‘continuance of violence’
The head of a group that looks to end all forms of gender- and race-based violence and genocide against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+
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MMIWG advocate says cost of not implementing calls for justice is a ‘continuance of violence’
The head of a group that looks to end all forms of gender and race-based violence and genocide against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+