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Homelessness one of lasting impacts of Indian residential schools – CBC
First Nations photographer Ken Armstrong tells the story through photos Read More: http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/homelessness-one-of-lasting-impacts-of-indian-residential-schools-1.2588653
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Read MoreWhy the Native North America compilation is even more relevant today – CBC Radio
August 08, 2017 Jarrett Martineau believes the musicians featured on the Native North America Vol. 1 collection are important because they’re a reminder that Indigenous acts of today aren’t starting from nothing, and the issues they were singing about back then are still being faced by Indigenous people today. The Native North America collection, compiled […]
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Read MoreCall for Expressions of Interest for Next-Generation Clean Energy Infrastructure Projects – Electricenergyonline.com
Aug 8, 2017 Investing in next generation clean energy infrastructure and technologies will advance Canada’s efforts to build a clean economy, create well-paying jobs for middle-class Canadians and help us reach our climate change goals. Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr, announced a call for expressions of interest for funding aimed at […]
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Read MoreAFN Points to Water Priorities on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – Water Canada
August 8, 2017 To mark the tenth anniversary of the United Nations International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on August 9, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) national Chief Perry Bellegarde expressed his commitment to the full implementation of the United Nations Declaration, including its resolutions that relate to water. “Today, First Nations stand in […]
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Read MoreThe Top 25 Most Influential 2017 – Canadian Lawyer
August 8, 2017 Canadian Lawyer’s top 25 Most Influential in the justice system and legal profession in Canada is now in its eighth year. The Top 25 is always the magazine’s most-read and most-commented-on feature. Its popularity — both in terms of the number of nominations we receive as well as the number of votes […]
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Read MorePrairie Update – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Aug 8, 2017 (Alta-Fatal-Child) A nine-year-old girl was killed and two other children have been badly hurt in a crash southeast of Medicine Hat, Alberta. The R-C-M-P say the girl was a passenger in a car that was involved in a collision with a tractor-trailer yesterday at the intersection of […]
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Read MoreCanada groups continue legal challenge against permit for Petronas’ scrapped LNG project – Reuters Canada
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Canadian environmental and aboriginal groups said they will push ahead with a lawsuit seeking to scrap an environmental permit granted to Malaysia’s Petronas for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in British Columbia, despite the oil and gas firm’s announcement last month that it was scrapping the project. A representative for […]
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Read MoreIndigenous groups from Alaska, Yukon meet to figure out how to clean salmon river – APTN
August 3, 2017 Indigenous groups from Alaska and the Yukon are meeting in Carcross this week to figure out how best to clean toxic waste, garbage and pollutants from the Yukon River. The Yukon River is one of North America’s largest rivers – with the longest inland salmon runs. For 20 years, Indigenous tribes from […]
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Read MoreNunavut’s Arnait Video explores Inuit-Syrian friendship in new film – NunatsiaqOnline
August 03, 2017 “It’s a story of love and respect, regardless of ethnicity” Arnait Video Productions has begun shooting a new feature-length children’s film that tells a tale of girlhood, love, respect and family bonds between two distant cultures. The Igloolik-based production company just wrapped its first two weeks of filming in Montreal for the […]
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Read MoreNunavut economy to grow 6.4 per cent in 2017: study – NunatsiaqOnline
August 02, 2017 New mines expected to generate new wealth in the future Nunavut’s economy will grow by 6.4 per cent in 2017—due to mining and construction. With four mines expected to reach operation by 2020, the Conference Board of Canada forecasts a steady expansion in Nunavut’s gross domestic product, or GDP, which has been […]
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