November 20, 2015

When the figures are collected next year for the long form federal census, John Kolkman is convinced it will indicate that Edmonton’s 2011 Aboriginal population figure was low. But he still thinks it will be decades before Edmonton surpasses Winnipeg as the centre with the highest urban Aboriginal population.

Kolkman, research coordinator for the Edmonton Social Planning Council, released the findings of the 2015 edition of Tracking the Trends for Edmonton yesterday.

Theresa Morrisseau hadn’t really thought much about cancer in the first 59 years of her life.

Growing up in Rocky Bay in an Ojibwe speaking home, health resources and education were scarce. If she was sick, she’d go see a doctor in nearby Beardmore on the one day a week the doctor came there, but in between episodes she didn’t pay it much mind.

The capsizing of the whale watching tour boat Leviathan II off the West Coast of Vancouver Island has brought the vulnerabilities of search and rescue capabilities into sharp focus.

Many are calling for First Nations communities to have an official rescue role in search and rescue services.

Bennett says victims’ families to play key role in MMIW inquiry

The newly-elected Prime Minister of Canada has put his best foot forward and chosen a Cabinet that reflects the country, including putting two Indigenous people in key positions.

It was touted soon after the election results were in that Jody Wilson-Raybould of the Cape Mudge First Nation, elected to the riding of Vancouver Granville, was a shoe-in for a Cabinet post, but it surprised many that she was appointed to a dual role in the power-position of Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, an inner-circle appointment if there ever was one.