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The Harper government announced June 29 that it will invest $1.5 million to support programs to battle the prescription drug epidemic in Ontario First Nation communities where it is estimated that 80 per cent of the population on some reserves abuse prescription drugs.
“Addressing prescription drug abuse is important for Health Canada,” said federal spokesperson Gary Holub. “…
Bossy Ducharme lost a whopping 80 lbs when he decided to eat a diet made up of primarily traditional fare.
Ducharme feasted daily on berries, wild rice and fish.
One of the surprising things is that the 41-year old didn’t exercise while he was on the diet for more than a year.
Bossy decided to do something about his health after his doctor told him he was obese and headed for a heart…
Nunavut’s Department of Health is advising women of child-bearing age, or who are pregnant or may become pregnant, to avoid ringed seal liver due to its high mercury content.
Representatives from Nunavut’s government, the University of Ottawa, and Nunavut Tunngavik released report results June 28.
The report warns that unborn children can be altered by too much mercury,…
Former Prime Minister Joe Clark has committed to tell the story of what he has heard at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s regional event in Saskatoon as part of his duties as an honorary witness. And he’s promising that he has access to some of the country’s most influential people, who he intends to speak with about the harm that was inflicted on Indian children within the residential…
The Saskatoon Police Service has made changes to their policies that will allow investigations to start more quickly on missing person’s cases, and it may be the first such move from a police service in Canada.
The Police services has also created a waiver form that allows the police to share information with the chief of the First Nation from which the person is missing, said Saskatoon…
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Toronto is commemorating the significant contributions of First Nations during the War of 1812 by dedicating Lower Jarvis Street as Warrior’s Way.
City Councillor Pam McConnell unveiled the new sign on Lower Jarvis after addressing a procession of Ontario First Nations, who walked five km to Fort York to remember those warriors who drove the invading Americans…
A new report released by the Native Women’s Association of Canada draws a strong connection between Aboriginal girls and women serving time and the inter-generational impacts of Indian residential schools.
“I don’t think we’ve had a report in the past that puts all of these things together in one way, drawing clearly those links between residential schools… and incarcerations,” said…
In the news: Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau endorses Shawn Atelo for the office of AFN National Chief.
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Alberta Regional Chief George Stanley understands the importance of treaty and says it should not be buried among other items on the national agenda.
Stanley comes from five generations of chiefs and when the treaties were signed in the 1800s his family was the keeper of the sacred bundle that was used. Today, Stanley’s family remains the keeper of the sacred bundle, something he is…
Terrance Nelson is known for his shoot-straight-from-the-hip style, and he certainly doesn’t mince his words. The former chief of Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation has thrown his hat in the ring in the race for National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
Nelson ran for National Chief in the last election. His platform for 2012 is similar to his campaign in 2009. He has a strong…
Joan Jack says leadership of the Assembly of First Nations means following the organization’s charter, which is “very clear…. The office of the National Chief is to function as a spokesperson and a facilitator of the vision of the Chiefs.”
Being National Chief is not about setting her own priorities, she says, and is not about one issue.
The purpose of the AFN, according to the…
Who can forget the iconic 1990 image of a masked warrior facing off against a Canadian soldier at Kanehsatà:ke?
But any memory of the so-called “Oka crisis” would be incomplete without the women on the front lines of the stand-off. Ellen Gabriel was chosen by the People of the Longhouse and then by her community to be spokesperson for Kanehsatà:ke during the Oka Crisis. Now she is back…
It is time to move beyond symbolic gestures and words. It is time for action.
Shawn Atleo, who is seeking his second term as National Chief with the Assembly of First Nations, is adamant that it is time to move beyond the words spoken by Stephen Harper in 2008 when he delivered his apology for the government’s role in operating residential schools; that it is time for the government to…
Diane M. Kelly was the first woman elected Grand Chief of the Grand Council of Treaty 3, and if elected as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, would be the first woman in that role as well. But gender shouldn’t be the deciding factor, says Kelly.
“We all have gifts (and) not necessarily because you’re a man or a woman. It’s because of your life’s experiences. And that’s…
“I’m talking about our sovereignty as Indigenous nations,” Pam Palmater declares enthusiastically, her voice edged with a passion for which the Mi’kmaq lawyer and academic has become renowned.
On May 28, the chair of Ryerson University’s Centre for Indigenous Governance joined the quest for leadership of the Assembly of First Nations. Immediately, the member of New Brunswick’s Eel Bar…