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Global News investigation exposes ‘dark secret of Canada,’ veteran NDP MP says

A federal NDP member of Parliament is blasting the federal Liberal and Ontario Conservative governments following a Global News investigation that revealed allegations of targeting and mistreatment of Indigenous youth in the child-welfare system. “This is the dark secret of Canada. The exploitation of Indigenous children, taking them away from …

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No home. No options: Ontario Indigenous kids ‘damaged’ by system sending them south

As Megean Taylor walks along the main gravel road of Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation, she stops and flinches in front of a white home with broken windows, covered in plywood. She lived alone in the home when she was a teenager in the First Nation, also known as Grassy Narrows, in …

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Northern Ontario First Nations declare state of emergency over winter roads

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 9, 2024 6:24 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size An organization representing First Nations across northern Ontario says it is declaring a state of emergency because warmer weather has left some winter roads that its communities rely on for …

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2 dead, 3 injured after house fire on Weenusk First Nation in northern Ontario

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 5, 2024 6:08 am Updated February 5, 2024 6:09 am 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The leader of an organization representing 49 First Nations says he is mourning after two people died in a house fire in …

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2 teens arrested after fire destroys Ontario First Nation’s only school

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 26, 2024 6:21 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A northwestern Ontario First Nation says two teens have been arrested in connection with a fire that destroyed the community’s only school. Chief Solomon Atlookan and the band …

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Cold snap draws attention to need for home maintenance on First Nation – Winnipeg

The effects of sudden cold weather along with a viral social media post from a Manitoba First Nation have put the housing crisis that exists in many communities back in the spotlight. But one community’s chief and council say it equally highlights the need for better home maintenance education for …

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Far from home, Indigenous students face challenges getting education but there’s hope

Charla Moonias lost her friends, her language and the connection to her culture after she left her northern Ontario First Nation at 14 years old to go to school hundreds of kilometres away. There was little support available as she struggled with addictions, tried to cope with the suicides of …

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Northern Ontario First Nations call for help amid mental health crisis

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 27, 2023 10:59 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Several First Nations and health officials in northern Ontario are asking for help after declaring a state of emergency over mental health crises across their territories. Cat Lake First Nation Chief …

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Why more universities are covering tuition for some First Nations students

The University of Toronto is the latest Canadian university to announce it’ll be covering tuition for First Nation students whose community’s traditional territory is on or near campus. This move is one that’s popping up across Canada and the U.S. Earlier this year the University of Waterloo and Kwantlen Polytechnic University …

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State of emergency declared in Peter Ballantyne First Nation after teen death

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation declared a state of emergency Tuesday after the death of a 17-year-old in Deschambault Lake, Sask. The First Nation said the event underscores an escalation of violence in communities like Pelican Narrows and Deschambault Lake. “The loss of …

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