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Indigenous students to take centre stage in powwow Sunday at U of T – News@UofT
Powwows have been a part of Ziigwen Mixemong’s life for as long as she can remember – longer, in fact. You could say she owes her existence to the tradition since her parents met while organizing a powwow about 20 years ago. She got her first glimpse of a powwow when she was just a […]
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NDP critic slams minister for ‘shameful’ comments to family of Kanina Sue Turtle – APTN News
March 5, 2018 As the family of Kanina Sue Turtle continues to struggle for answers about how their daughter was able to film her own suicide in a Sioux Lookout foster home the minister responsible for child welfare in Ontario says they could always give him a call. Children and Youth Services Minister Michael Coteau […]
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Sixties Scoop deal in jeopardy as more potential claimants object – Globe and Mail
A proposed deal struck by the federal government to compensate First Nations and Inuit people who were taken from their homes as children and adopted into non-Indigenous families may be in jeopardy as victims of the Sixties Scoop step forward to say the terms are unacceptable. At least three of the people who now oppose […]
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Efforts to change jury selection could see results within a year, Senator Murray Sinclair says – CBC
Senator says he has assembled team of people to work on changes to Criminal Code Mar 05, 2018 A team of people working on making changes to the Criminal Code, specifically surrounding jury selection, could have results within the next year, says a senator from Manitoba. Last month, Senator Murray Sinclair said he intended to […]
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Ontario to bring in ‘pay transparency’ bill aimed at closing gender wage gap – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Mar 6, 2018 By Shawn Jeffords THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ Ontario plans to introduce legislation Tuesday that aims to close the wage gap between women and men in the province. If passed, the “pay transparency” bill would require all publicly advertised job postings to include a salary rate or range, bar employers […]
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Calls mount from Indigenous leaders for Thunder Bay police chief to resign – CBC
Ontario watchdog finds ‘substantial’ deficiencies in death investigation of Stacy DeBungee Mar 05, 2018 First Nations leaders in northern Ontario are calling for the resignation of Thunder Bay, Ont., Police Chief J.P. Levesque in the wake of a report that slammed the local force for its handling of a 2015 death investigation of an Indigenous […]
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In the news today, March 6 – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Mar 6, 2018 stories in the news for Tuesday, March 6 ___ TRUMP, TRUDEAU TALK TARIFFS Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told U.S. President Donald Trump that his threatened tariffs on steel and aluminum imports will not make a new NAFTA deal happen sooner. The two leaders spoke by phone last night, after […]
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Interim leader says he cleaned up Ontario Tory ranks ahead of election – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Mar 6, 2018 TORONTO _ As he prepares to hand over the reins of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives this weekend, the party’s interim leader says he’s managed to clean up the mess left by his predecessor Patrick Brown. Vic Fedeli had previously vowed to root out the rot from within the Tory ranks and […]
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Justice system report slams Alberta for hiding Indigenous incarceration rates – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Mar 5, 2018 By Geordon Omand THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ The government of Alberta is being lambasted in a review of Canada’s justice system as the only province to keep secret the number of Indigenous people it has locked up over the last five years. The criticism comes as part of an […]
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Justice system report card dubs Ontario ‘most improved,’ as B.C., Quebec slide – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Mar 5, 2018 By Geordon Omand THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ The justice system has seen a slight drop in crime rates and a boost in legal aid funding relative to a year ago, but these improvements have been overshadowed by an increase in costs, lengthier court delays and the persistent over-representation of […]
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