Fire kills two infants in northern Ontario
APTN National News NIBINAMIK FIRST NATION, Ont.–A small northern Ontario First Nation community is reeling…
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MPs to hold cross-country hearings on violence against Aboriginal women
A Parliamentary committee plans to hold hearings later this month in several provinces as part of a study on violence against Aboriginal women.
Indian Affairs cuts water shipments to Ontario FN
Indian Affairs is forcing the reduction of bottled water shipments to a northern Ontario First Nations that has been without a clean water supply source since this summer, according to the band chief.
GG’s wife visits suffering Ontario Ojibway community
The wife of Canada’s Governor General arrived Thursday morning in a remote northern Ontario Ojibway community that has been plagued by drug-fuelled violence.
Ottawa may call Rangers to aid Eabametoong
The federal government is considering calling in a reserve military unit with a large Aboriginal component as one of several options to help a beleaguered northern Ontario Ojibway reserve whose chief recently issued a national plea for help over escalating drug-fuelled violence.
‘People are getting crazier here, crazier and crazier’
A fly-in northern Ontario First Nation has declared a state of emergency over a rash of violent incidents, including murders and a series of arson attacks.
Remove judge who jailed me: chief
A northern Ontario First Nations chief says the judge who sentenced him and five band councillors to jail time should be removed from a land claims tribunal unveiled in a “historic announcement” by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2007.
Toronto-area blockades set for June 24: RPU
A First Nations rights group is still planning blockades around Toronto on June 24 despite warnings from Canada’s spy agency and the increased security around the gathering of world leaders the same week.
Inquiry into treatment of Innu children in child welfare system starts
A long-awaited inquiry in Labrador examining the state of Innu children in the provincial child…