Federal budget pledges $18B in new money for Indigenous communities
The cash would be a 300 per cent jump from the 2019 allocation and would ‘further narrow gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples,’ says Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland
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‘They need to make it happen’: Billions needed in budget to lessen social gap for Indigenous Peoples
Housing, water, child welfare at top of wish list for federal cash in first budget since 2019
Doctor with First Nations Health Authority in B.C. test positive for COVID-19 after receiving vaccine
Physician says it’s a good lesson for people to be safe even after getting a shot.
Tribal groups opening immunization clinics in Saskatchewan
Clinics will have onsite translators, Elders and smudging
One year after 2020 Arctic Winter Games cancellation, athletes still eager to compete
At this time last year, Emma Tom Tom, a 19-year-old Selkirk First Nation athlete and…
Métis music van lifting people’s spirits in Winnipeg area as pandemic continues
‘To me I’m promoting my culture and heritage,’ says Alfred ‘Buck’ Anderson.
No link between colonialism and vaccine hesitancy among Indigenous Peoples says professor
There is no evidence that Canada’s history of colonialism has made Indigenous people any more hesitant to…
Lu’ma Medical Clinic rolls out COVID-19 vaccine for elders in Vancouver
A traditional ceremony was held at the Lu’ma Medical Clinic in Vancouver as elders arrived…
Pandemic has magnified inequalities says Winnipeg community leader
For nearly 40 years, the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre has acted as the…