APTN National News
Duncan lukewarm on national panel’s call for immediate fixes to First Nation education
The Harper government doesn’t appear prepared to move immediately on recommendations issued Wednesday morning by a national First Nation education panel created by Ottawa and the Assembly of First Nation to find fixes for the crumbling school system on reserves.
100 reserve schools “not safe,” system needs “immediate injection” of cash: panel chair
First Nations schools need an “immediate injection” of money, says the chair of a national, three-person panel created by Ottawa and the Assembly of First Nation to study the education system on reserves.
“We’ve learned to live with pain and hurt,” says Attawapiskat resident
Twenty-two homes built for Attawapiskat sit hundreds of kilometers in the south waiting for the trip north.
“Children should not have to ask for equal rights”
Nearly a dozen First Nation student ambassadors had the world stage all to themselves this week in Geneva.
Yukon activist claims “brutally attacked” by RCMP
A Yukon activist says she was sent to a Vancouver hospital for treatment after an incident involving an RCMP officer.
Dancing through Greyeyes’ marvellous career
In his three decades on the stage and screen, Michael Greyeyes has emerged as a respected director, choreographer, dancer and actor.
