NDP questions Trudeau government on mental health funding shortfall
The NDP is calling on the Trudeau government to make good on a 2021 election…
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AFN looks to change ‘financial relationship’ with Canada after budget falls short
The 2022 federal budget is a smaller one than last year’s and this means less…
‘I am sorry’: Pope Francis apologizes for role Catholics played in residential school abuses
The Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line (1-800-721-0066) is available 24 hours a day for anyone…
Land and apology on the agenda when AFN delegation meets with Pope next week
The Assembly of First Nations held a pre-Vatican trip news conference Thursday to discuss the…
Fighting hunger in the North through healthy, country food
This week brought about an announcement and the release of a study by Inuit Tapiriit…
‘It’s a crisis’: National strategy calls on Canada to tackle food insecurity in Inuit communities
‘Inuit food insecurity is not a new issue, and it amounts to a shameful human rights violation that Canada is legally obligated to remedy,’ says ITK President Natan Obed
Mary Simon says being named first Indigenous governor general ‘historic’ event
Simon has also been an ambassador and head of the Inuit Circumpolar Council.
Indigenous peoples left behind again by federal, provincial governments as nation deals with pandemic
Organizations are “very much in the dark” on how many Indigenous people have tested positive for COVID-19 across the country.
Mixed reactions to government’s plan to address COVID-19 in Indigenous communities
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) unveiled its preparedness plan for COVID-19’s potential impact in First Nations…