Six Nations mother looking to create ‘Heather’s Law’ after daughter’s death
Family of Heather Winterstein says she went to hospital for help and died waiting.
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Thunder Bay police board chair apologizes to families, says board not currently focus of ongoing investigations
Nearly all of the dozens of deaths that need to be re-investigated involve Indigenous peoples.
First Nations in B.C. work towards ending racism in the education system
Two First Nations in northern British Columbia have formed what they’re calling an Indigenous Education…
Would Joyce Echaquan still be alive if she were white? Quebec coroner says ‘I think so’
Systemic racism that led to death of Joyce Echaquan ‘well documented’: Quebec coroner.
Despite apologies and announcements, little has changed says Joyce Echaquan’s community
One year has come and gone since Joyce Echaquan hit record and livestreamed her dying…
First Nations women sue Ottawa alleging systemic racism against Indigenous public servants
Former and current public servants seeking $25 million in punitive damages
Atikamekw leaders tell coroner’s inquest community is haunted by Joyce Echaquan’s death
Atikamekw leaders are renewing their calls for the Quebec government to recognize systemic racism in…
Joyce Echaquan’s care at Quebec hospital should have been taken more seriously: head nurse
The head nurse at a Quebec hospital where Joyce Echaquan died last September told a…
‘Toxic environment’ at FNIHB in Halifax affecting Mi’kmaw communities say health officials
“There is no way they can say that communities haven’t suffered,” says health director Juliana Julian