Homeless in Montreal fighting COVID-19, freezing temperatures and police
Having to play ‘cat and mouse games’ with authorities won’t keep homeless people alive says advocate.
Safety
Case of slain boys ‘a wake-up call’: Wendake chief
Quebec’s human rights commission said it will try to determine whether the children’s rights were violated prior to their killings.
James Favel out at Bear Clan Patrol in Winnipeg
Former executive director plans to release his own statement soon
Red Women House: First recovery centre for Indigenous women opens in Calgary
‘From having nothing, sleeping beside my daughter on a single bed in a basement. It brings me hope.’
FN chief curtails social gatherings, then hosts a party
Members of a First Nation in northern Manitoba say their chief hosted a house party…
Safety patrol formed after violent crimes mark Yukon community
After violent crime changed their community, it was time to make positive changes. That’s when…
National inquiry hears arguments over whether legalizing the sex trade will keep women safer
It’s an argument that is almost as old as the sex trade itself –…
Indigenous woman says shut down of Saskatchewan bus service will cost lives
The Canadian Press An Indigenous woman in Regina says she believes “people are going…
Chiefs at AFN assembly support call for sentencing crackdown on men who assault Indigenous women
Senator Lillian Dyck wants to amend the Criminal Code so courts must take victims’ Aboriginal female identity a factor in sentencing