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AFN National Chief Bellegarde Statement on River Run 2019 – Walk with Grassy Narrows for Mercury Justice
AFN National Chief Bellegarde Statement on River Run 2019 – Walk with Grassy Narrows for Mercury Justice June 19, 2019 (Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde today provided the below statement in support of justice for Grassy Narrows Fist Nation. “The Assembly of First Nations supports Chief Rudy Turtle […]
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Read MoreNew probe of 9 deaths coming – The Chronicle Journal
Top U.S. court denies Teck’s appeal; miner now on the hook for legal costs, cleanup Jun 18, 2019 Vancouver-based mining giant Teck has run out of appeals after polluting the Columbia River and Lake Roosevelt in Washington State for decades from its huge lead-zinc smelter in Trail, B.C. The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear […]
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Read MoreRCMP seeks names of potential victims of coerced sterilization – CBC
‘To date, we have no allegations that are on file,’ says RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki Jun 19, 2019 The RCMP is seeking the names of potential victims of coerced sterilization procedures and wants lawyers to help in the process, Commissioner Brenda Lucki said Tuesday. In testimony before the House of Commons health committee, Lucki said […]
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Read MoreShe Speaks: Justice begins with a word – Huntsville Doppler
June 19, 2019 Reta Blind, right, sheds tears while embracing Viola Thomas after listening to Bernie Williams testify at the final day of hearings at the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, in Richmond, B.C., on Sunday April 8, 2018. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press) I wanted to start this article by […]
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Read MoreOntario Announces Funding to Combat Sex Trafficking
Support to Voice Found will Raise Awareness and Strengthen Supports for Survivors June 18, 2019 OTTAWA – Ontario is protecting what matters most by investing up to $271,000 in funding for Voice Found, an Ottawa-based organization that supports survivors of sex trafficking. The province is also looking at new approaches to combat trafficking, support survivors […]
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Read MoreGenocide against Indigenous peoples a side note of UN Human Rights commissioner’s visit to Ottawa – APTN News
June 17, 2019 The United Nations’ high commissioner for human rights wants Canada to implement the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ (MMIWG) 231 calls for justice. Michelle Bachelet, a former two-term president of Chile, was in Ottawa Monday for meetings with federal officials, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In the […]
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Read MoreGovernment to accept Criminal Code changes pushing for harsher sentences in crimes against Indigenous women – Ottawa Citizen
Justice Minister David Lametti said Monday that the changes to the bill are ‘in the spirit of the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls’ June 17, 2019 OTTAWA — The federal government will adopt changes to its criminal justice legislation, Bill C-75, that will require judges to consider harsher sentences in cases […]
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Read MoreA Niagara perspective on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls report’s calls for justice – Niagara Falls Review
More education about Indigenous culture needed advocates say Chelsie John was just 16 years old when she was called a “squaw” by one of her teachers at Lakeshore Catholic School in Port Colborne. Back in her high school days, Liz Sault (pronounced Soo) was often called Liz Sault the Wahoo. Both women say the name […]
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Read MoreThunder Bay mother accuses Dilico of kidnapping children after lawyer’s letters ignored – APTN News
June 17, 2019 It’s been 18 days since a Thunder Bay mother revoked her consent to her children being in care. By law she should have had a court hearing within the first five days or her children returned. But Dilico Anishinabek Family Care hasn’t responded to her lawyer. The mother wants to know how […]
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Read MoreNorthumberland OPP probe suspicious fire in Alderville First Nation – Global News
Northumberland OPP are investigating the fourth suspicious fire this spring in the Roseneath area after a blaze destroyed a home in Alderville First Nation early Sunday morning. Around 1 a.m., while responding to an unrelated call, an officer noticed flames from an abandoned home on Megyaak Drive. The area is about 60 kilometres south of […]
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