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Canada, Manitoba to develop Red Dress Alert for missing Indigenous women and girls
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG, MAN-Canada and Manitoba are partnering to launch an alert system that would inform the public when an Indigenous woman or girl goes missing, they announced Friday in ...
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Fire Bans Back in Effect
By Carol Baldwin  Local Journalism Initiative  A fire ban has been reinstated for the towns of Cudworth and Wakaw, Resort Village of Wakaw Lake, Wakaw Lake Regional Park, and the Rural Municipalities ...
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Quebec court gives green light to Indigenous child-welfare class action suit
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Winnipeg judge to rule if trial of accused serial killer to start with jury
The Canadian Press A Winnipeg judge is expected to decide today whether the trial of a man accused of killing four women will still be heard by a jury Lawyers for Jeremy Skibicki have asked that his ...
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Government of Canada Provides Funding for Virtual Health Hub
By Carol Baldwin Local Journalism Initiative Reporter OnTuesday April 23rd, Prime Minister Trudeau made a quick visit to Saskatchewan during which he highlighted the $21 million designated for the ...
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Ottawa will appoint commissioner to oversee treaties with Indigenous Peoples: Trudeau
The Canadian Press The federal government is planning to create a new agent of Parliament to oversee modern treaty implementation, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says will ensure Ottawa is held ...
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Woman charged with impaired driving
SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND-A local woman is facing an impaired driving charge after Six Nations Police spotted a vehicle ...
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Quesnel, B.C., censures mayor, saying his actions jeopardize Indigenous relations
By The Canadian Press Councillors in Quesnel, B.C., have voted unanimously to censure their mayor, saying his actions related to a book denying the harms of Canada’s residential school system ...
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Native Horizons Centre “Phoenix rising” as program expands
The Native Horizons centre is seeing their “Phoenix rising” with not only a restoration but an expansion of programs and ...
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Deputy Minister announces First Nations loans program
BUSINESS: Electrification strategy and details of Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program revealed at Toronto conference By Sam ...
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Two men have been charged after the Ministry of Finance and OPP seized tobacco products
Haldimand OPP, and HSD/TIME, charged two men in connection with the seizure of what they are calling “contraband” tobacco products during  a two-day initiative April 22 and 25, 2024, that resulted in ...
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‘Thunderhead’ LGBTQ national monument breaks ground in Ottawa
The Canadian Press After a rainy night in Ottawa, the sun broke through Wednesday afternoon ahead of a ceremony to break ground for a national LGBTQ+ monument. That was no coincidence, Albert McLeod ...