Nunavut’s government promises to balance budget, but NTI critical of the plan
Nunavut Finance Minister George Hickes has delivered a mostly stay the course budget to the…
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Iqaluit jail riot to cost Nunavut more than $11K a day and counting
Keeping 40 Nunavut inmates in an Ontario jail is costing the Government of Nunavut $11,000 a day. The 40 were shipped south after what RCMP describe as a “riot” at the Baffin Correctional Centre (BCC) in Iqaluit on June 20.
Nation to Nation takes one last look back at the 2018 budget
The 2018 federal budget, released Tuesday, contains a chapter called “reconciliation.” It earmarks $4.8 billion…
Trudeau government announces $1.4B in new funding for First Nation child welfare
First Nation child welfare services will see nearly $1.4 billion in additional funding over the…
National #MMIWG Inquiry has spent 10% of budget as of March
The National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls has spent almost $5.2 million as of March 23, 2017 according to an Inquiry spokesperson.
Face To Face: Dennis Ward sits down with MKO Grand Chief, Sheila North Wilson
Dennis Ward APTN Face To Face She was the first woman to ever be elected as…
All talk and no money, Mi’kmaq out east say bureaucracy hasn’t caught up with Trudeau’s Sunny ways
Money is slow to come down east as Mi’kmaq communities try to get projects up and running.
Yukon government gets a failing grade on eve of budget
Shirley McLean APTN National News Yukon’s legislative assembly will table the budget Thursday. It’s also…
Budget 2016: Water
APTN National News While not costed out, the Liberals promised to take care of the…