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Lawyer for family members of Pickton’s victims wants copy of killer’s ‘tell all book’
The Canadian Press-A Vancouver lawyer representing families of the victims of serial killer Robert Pickton says he’ll be asking for a copy of a “tell all book” seized from Pickton’s cell after he died ...
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One of the last Navajo Code Talkers from World War II dies at 107
John Kinsel Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages during World War II based on the ...
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Chumash people in California to co-steward marine sanctuary in historic partnership
For more than 10,000 years, Native Americans have been living along California’s central coast, an area of breathtaking beauty with stunning turquoise waters rich in biodiversity. Now, in the first ...
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‘You are not my king,’ Indigenous Australian senator yells at visiting King Charles
An Indigenous senator told King Charles III that Australia is not his land as the British royal visited Australia’s parliament on Monday. Sen. Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary ...
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AFN votes on way forward after $47.8 billion child welfare reform deal is defeated
The Canadian Press First Nations chiefs have voted in favour of a new negotiation process to reform the child welfare system after a $47.8-billion deal with Canada was defeated Thursday evening at an ...
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N.B. election: Blaine Higgs says Indigenous people ceded land ‘many, many years ago
MONCTON NB-(CP)-New Brunswick is “ceded” land, the province’s Progressive Conservative leader said Friday on the campaign trail, highlighting his party’s position regarding a major lawsuit involving ...
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‘Error in judgment’: Province probes school board’s $45k Italy trip for $100k of art
TORONTO-(CP)-Ontario’s education minister has asked officials to conduct a governance review of a Brantford-area Catholic school board after trustees spent $45,000 on a trip to Italy to buy $100,000 ...
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AFN vote on $47.8B child welfare reform deal doesn’t pass after lengthy debate
CALGARY- Canadian Press-First Nations chiefs have voted to reject a landmark $47.8-billion child welfare reform deal, reached in July with the Canadian government. At a special chiefs assembly in ...
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Long-promised flood-prevention project in Manitoba under review with no timeline
(Canadian Press)-A long-promised $600-million flood prevention project in Manitoba is now under review, and the provincial government has opened the door to redesigning it with no timeline for ...
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NAN Statement from AFN Special Chiefs Assembly
On behalf of the leadership of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), the NAN Executive Council has issued the following statement ...
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Testy B.C. election campaign sees leaders attacking each other more than policy
British Columbia’s election campaign enters its final day in what is viewed as a too-close-to-call contest where David Eby’s New Democrats and the B.C. Conservatives led by John Rustad debated big ...
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Six Nations Police charge man with impaired and dangerous driving
SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER-A 23-year-old man is facing impaired and dangerous driving charges after a car speeding on ...