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School boards prepare for cuts to Jordan’s Principle funding
By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Free Press MANITOBA-Manitoba school boards are bracing for cuts to their Jordan’s Principle funding as trustees assess staffing ...
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Grand Erie Public Health warns three new measles exposure areas
Grand Erie Public Health (GEPH) is advising community members of three new measles exposure locations in their region. Exposure to the measles virus may have occurred at the following locations, dates ...
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Brantford Police continue attempted jewelry store robbery
BRANTFORD-The Brantford Police Service are continuing to investigate an attempted robbery that occurred on Saturday, March 1, ...
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Manitoba premier says landfill search for two women’s remains under budget
MANITOBA-CP-Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the search of a landfill for two murdered First Nations women is under budget, as ...
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Three B.C. Conservative rebels will sit as Independents as they ‘explore’ new party
By Ashley Joannou On the front steps of the B.C. legislature on Monday, three rebel former members of the B.C. Conservatives laid out their case — Opposition leader John Rustad was beholden to “woke ...
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Trudeau pushes for RCMP reform during final days in office
During his final days in office, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing for long-promised reform to the RCMP. A government report released Monday, which highlights concerns about Canada’s capacity ...
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Inuit Child First Initiative extension a ‘relief,’ advocate says
By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News The extension of the Inuit Child First Initiative came as a “relief” to Taya Tootoo, the Arctic Children and Youth Foundation ...
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No Child Left Behind – Customary adoptions now possible in Cree communities
By Patrick Quinn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Nation Long before European contact, customary adoption was common among the Cree and other Indigenous people. It traditionally involved ...
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Ontario ditches Starlink deal, leaving remote communities with few alternatives
By Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Ontario government killed its $100-million deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink, leaving rural and remote communities in northern Ontario in the dark ...
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Tribes and Native American students sue over Bureau of Indian Education firings
Three tribal nations and five Native American students say in a lawsuit that the Trump administration has failed its legal obligations to tribes when it cut jobs at Bureau of Indian Education schools.
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Indigenous housing funds hinge on forming agency
By Carl Clutchey, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Chronicle-Journal About $2.5 billion remaining in budgeted federal funds for Indigenous housing projects is expected to eventually flow, but ...
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Timeline of 4 women slain in Winnipeg, demands to search landfill for remains
CP-The RCMP said Friday that remains found at a landfill north of Winnipeg have been identified as belonging to Morgan Harris, one of two slain First Nations women who search teams have been looking ...