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Six Nations Elected Council approved $27 million to build language schools in a closed meeting
OHSWEKEN, ON – Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) has approved spending $27 million to build the longed for Kawenní:io/Gawení:yo Elementary and Secondary School (KG). SNEC approved the $27 million ...
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CFL, nine member clubs donate over $4.5 million to grassroots football programs
The CFL and its nine member clubs invested over $4.5 million into amateur football last year. The league announced Friday that it and the nine franchises combined to donate $4,518,900 to grassroots ...
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Nunavik Police Service aims to reinvent itself with funding increase
By Cedric Gallant, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News The Nunavik Police Service hopes to reinvent the way it serves the region after receiving a five-fold increase in its funding ...
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Alaska man unscathed after being pinned for three hours by 700-pound boulder in glacier creek
An Alaska man who was pinned facedown in an icy creek by a 700-pound (318-kilogram) boulder for three hours survived the ordeal with only minor injuries, thanks in part to his wife’s quick thinking ...
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Ottawa tabling bill to skirt impact assessment law for ‘national interest’ projects
By Nick Murray The federal government is developing a “national interest” bill to fast-track nation-building projects with a streamlined regulatory approval process as a substitute for reviews under ...
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As allies turn on B.C. NDP, house leader Farnworth celebrates ‘great session’
By Wolfgang Depner Can a government have a “great session” if its flagship legislation draws condemnation from a coalition of historical allies? B.C. NDP house leader Mike Farnworth thinks so, ...
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Buffalo harvest brings tradition and lunch to northern Saskatchewan schools
By Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer On a frigid prairie day, students from northern Saskatchewan gathered outside — not for recess, but for a lesson.
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Last-minute changes to Ontario mining bill are not good enough, First Nations say
By Liam Casey Last-minute changes to a controversial Ontario mining bill are not good enough and ignore a central plea to work together on drafting legislation, First Nations said Thursday. Grand ...
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Appeals court revives Native American challenge to $10B SunZia energy transmission project
By Susan Montoya Bryan A federal appeals court has sided with Native American tribes in their fight against the federal government over a $10 billion energy transmission line designed to carry ...
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Nova Scotia mum on why it won’t release findings from environmental racism panel
By Keith Doucette The Nova Scotia government is refusing to release recommendations from a panel tasked with examining environmental racism in the province, and the minister responsible isn’t saying ...
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Ontario to give education minister power to more easily take over school boards
By Allison Jones Ontario is set to give the minister of education power to more easily put school boards under supervision and require more boards to put police officers in schools, moves decried by ...
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Bill 15 is poised to become law. B.C. First Nations leaders say that would be a step back for reconciliation
By Shannon Waters, The Narwhal Despite weeks of growing opposition from First Nations, municipal governments and environmental organizations, B.C.’s controversial Bill 15 is now law. A tie vote in the ...