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Media Advisory: Update on two-day Emergency Meeting on First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation Child and Family Services
Ottawa – Please be advised that the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services, will convene a two-day emergency meeting on Indigenous Child and Family Services. This meeting will include Indigenous leaders, Provincial and Territorial Ministers, community technicians, youth representatives, experts and advocates. The purpose of this meeting is to identify shared priorities and a path […]
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Bob McLeod: AME Roundup – Indigenous Partners Breakfast Opening Remarks
January 24, 2018 Good morning everyone. I want to thank you all for being in Vancouver this week at Roundup. Reconciliation with Indigenous people has become a popular topic in the national conversation over the past couple of years. I think this is a positive development and should be welcomed by the Indigenous people of […]
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Agreement-in-principle released for ’60s Scoop settlement – APTN News
January 23, 2018 APTN Investigates The firm contracted to manage the applications and settlement for the ’60s Scoop lawsuit has released the agreement-in-principle for the settlement. There are between 20,000 to 200,000 potential survivors that may be eligible. They can now participate in developing the final details of the agreement which the federal government has […]
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Bob McLeod: AME Roundup – NWT Night Opening Remarks
January 23, 2018 Good evening and welcome to NWT night. Before things get started tonight, I would like to take a moment to simply thank each of you for coming – and for your continued interest and investment in the Northwest Territories. This event has become a bit of a tradition. A chance to celebrate […]
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Canadian forces plan big sovereignty operation in Nunavut’s High Arctic – Nunatsiaq Online
January 24, 2018 Cambridge Bay, Resolute Bay slated for exercises Feb. 23 to March 19 The Canadian Armed Forces has many plans already in place for its annual Nunalivut spring sovereignty exercise, which the Nunavut Impact Review Board is now reviewing. Every year since 2007, the military, backed by the Canadian Rangers, has headed north […]
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Lack of mental health care a factor in missing woman’s disappearance: Family – APTN News
January 23, 2018 When Angela Meyer disappeared in 2010 she was days from getting the mental health care she needed that was not available in N.W.T. “She actually was looking forward to it,” said her father, Dean Meyer. Dean told the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Tuesday in Yellowknife he […]
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We’ll eliminate TB from Inuit Nunangat, Jane Philpott promises – Nunatsiaq Online
January 24, 2018 “We’re developing a very clear plan” This March 24, federal government officials and Inuit leaders will announce a target date for the eradication of a great scourge that for many decades has inflicted death and misery on the people of Inuit Nunangat: tuberculosis. “We intend to see the elimination of tuberculosis from […]
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PM Trudeau applying pressure on U.S. in NAFTA talks, says Wilbur Ross – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 24, 2018 9:28 DAVOS, Switzerland _ U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Wednesday that he thinks Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used his speech at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday to apply pressure on the United States in the NAFTA renegotiation. Trudeau said Canada and the 10 remaining members of the TPP had revised […]
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Statement from Provincial and Territorial Ministers on Improving Outcomes for Indigenous Children, Youth and Families – Government of ON
January 24, 2018 6:00 A.M. Ministry of Children and Youth Services In advance of the upcoming meeting with Jane Philpott, federal Minister of Indigenous Services, on January 25-26, 2018, Provincial and Territorial Ministers with responsibility for child and family services convened to discuss emerging opportunities. The Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to addressing the overrepresentation of […]
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Mineral Resources Act What We Heard Document Released – Government of NT
YELLOWKNIFE (January 23, 2018) — The Government of the Northwest Territories has released its What We Heard report on public engagements that will inform the development of a new NWT Mineral Resources Act (MRA). The GNWT’s public engagement on the MRA encompassed seven well-attended community visits across the NWT and submissions collected from an interactive engagement […]
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