Canada’s Aboriginal Affairs Minister visits the North American Indigenous Games
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The federal Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Bernard Valcourt visited the 2014 North American Indigenous Games.
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MKO showdown looms after Grand Chief Harper ignores chiefs’ request to accept suspension
Manitoba Keeewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief David Harper is about to face a non-confidence vote on his leadership after rejecting a request from his organization’s members chiefs that he step aside until the completion of a forensic audit.
Winnipeg mayoral candidate facing racist attacks
Robert Falcon-Ouelette is running for mayor of Winnipeg.
Nunavut youth seize the levers of power
Nunavut students with big ideas are gathered in Iqaluit Thursday for the model legislative assembly.
Politics of being Aboriginal: Probe research results
Probe Research has done what no other pollsters ever have: polled First Nations and Metis…
Brazeau not “legitimate representative” of First Nations: Ontario chiefs
An organization representing Ontario First Nations chiefs has written all MPs and Senators asking them to no longer consider Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau as a “legitimate representative” of First Nations.
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.
New environment minister in mini cabinet shuffle
Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiled a new environment minister during a mini cabinet shuffle Tuesday, naming former minister of state for foreign affairs Peter Kent to the post.
Brazeau takes another cyber-swipe at AFN
Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau has taken to cyberspace again for another run at the Assembly of First Nations.