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Indigenous child-welfare settlement heading back to Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Indigenous child-welfare settlement heading back to Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

OTTAWA — A multibillion-dollar settlement for children and families harmed by Ottawa's underfunding of on-reserve services is heading back to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for approval, as both sides seek to turn the page on a dark chapter in Canada's history.
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Feds' draft plan to enshrine UN's Indigenous rights declaration 'not perfect' Lametti

Feds' draft plan to enshrine UN's Indigenous rights declaration 'not perfect' Lametti

OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti said Wednesday he knows the government's draft action plan for implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is not perfect.
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'More needs to be done:' Police say Indigenous woman's body found in landfill

'More needs to be done:' Police say Indigenous woman's body found in landfill

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg police homicide unit is investigating the death of a First Nations woman as suspicious after her body was found in a city landfill.
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Companies challenged by labour shortage seek to recruit, retain Indigenous workers

Companies challenged by labour shortage seek to recruit, retain Indigenous workers

CALGARY — A growing number of Canadian corporations are pursuing cultural awareness training in order to get better at recruiting and retaining Indigenous employees.
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Governor General wants Indigenous leaders to meet King Charles to 'reset' ties: AFN

Governor General wants Indigenous leaders to meet King Charles to 'reset' ties: AFN

OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon wants Indigenous leaders to meet with King Charles to reset their relationship with the Crown, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations said Monday.
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First Nations police services say Ottawa's underfunding amounts to discrimination

First Nations police services say Ottawa's underfunding amounts to discrimination

OTTAWA — The association representing all 36 stand-alone First Nations police services in Canada is backing a human rights complaint alleging Ottawa's "deliberate" underfunding of policing in their communities amounts to discrimination.
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Vancouver asks artist, vigil keepers to end Indigenous children's shoe memorial

Vancouver asks artist, vigil keepers to end Indigenous children's shoe memorial

VANCOUVER — Officials in Vancouver said they plan to meet with the artist and volunteers who are keeping vigil on a children's shoe memorial on the steps of the city's art gallery in an effort to end the tribute to children who didn't return from residential schools.
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Talk on Indigenous culture and history at Oneness Centre

Talk on Indigenous culture and history at Oneness Centre

Organizers and volunteers who’ve been working hard to make the Wazin Ichinabi Ti (Oneness Centre) a reality in Cochrane have come full circle and are inviting anyone interested to learn about indigenous culture.
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'Significant step towards reconciliation:' N.W.T. introduces bill to implement UNDRIP

'Significant step towards reconciliation:' N.W.T. introduces bill to implement UNDRIP

YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories government has introduced a bill to guide implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which it says will advance reconciliation in the territory.
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Move toward 'economic reconciliation' must also come with healing: AFN national chief

Move toward 'economic reconciliation' must also come with healing: AFN national chief

OTTAWA — Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says advancing "economic reconciliation" must go hand in hand with helping communities heal from intergenerational trauma.
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