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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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B.C. shipyard awarded $3.15 billion government contract to build icebreaker
A British Columbia company has been given a $3.15 billion contract to build one of two icebreaker ships for the Canadian Coast Guard. Public Services and Procurement Canada says in a statement that ...
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Indigenous people ‘feel the brunt’ of trade war as ‘B.C.’ presents 2025 budget
By Spencer Sacht Lund, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews Amidst a looming trade war, the “B.C.” government presented its latest budget earlier this week — focused on safeguarding the ...
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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 ...
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‘I’m an addict’: Councillor facing suit over alleged $300k credit card charges breaks silence
By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca FORT NELSON, B.C. — A Northern Rockies Regional Municipality councillor accused of making “improper charges” of more than ...
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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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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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Ejected MLA says Opposition Leader Rustad selling B.C. to ‘elite racial minority’
By Marcy Nicholson The B.C. Conservatives’ former attorney general critic has lashed out at leader John Rustad, suggesting he and Premier David Eby are beholden to “an elite racial minority” after she ...
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Remains found in Manitoba landfill confirmed to be murder victim Morgan Harris
CP-Remains found during a search of a Winnipeg-area landfill have been identified as belonging to the victim of a serial killer, RCMP announced Friday. A statement from the Manitoba government said ...
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Historic Ontario First Nation Child Welfare agreement signed
Ontario First Nations Leaders Sign Historic Agreement with Canada to Reform Child Welfare By Joshua Santos Writer ...
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The Latest: Trump grants monthlong exemption for US automakers from new tariffs on imports
CP-President Donald Trump is granting a one-month exemption on his stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for U.S. automakers, as worries persist that the newly launched trade war could ...