On the streets of Fort Hope
An urgent call for help was issued by a First Nations chief in Northern Ontario whose community has been gripped by widespread addiction to prescription drugs.
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NWAC criticized for backing Conservative announcement
The Native Women’s Association of Canada is taking heat for backing the Conservative’s recent announcement on a strategy to deal with murdered and missing Aboriginal women’s cases.
“I’m saddened by this”
Front line advocates and family members of Aboriginal women who have been victims of violence say they are disgusted with the Conservative’s $10 million strategy to deal with the hundreds of murdered and missing women cases across the country.
Conservatives “piggy-back” agenda on Aboriginal women’s strategy: critics
The Conservative government is pushing through portions of their tough-on-crime agenda under the cover of a national strategy to deal with the hundreds of murdered and missing Aboriginal women cases, opposition critics say.
National centre, increased police powers to tackle murdered, missing women cases
The federal government announced Friday it was launching a “multi-pronged” approach to combat violence against Aboriginal women.
Sask First Nations jump into potash fray
The potash debate continues to heat up in Saskatchewan as a local First Nations get involved in the struggle over the province’s lucrative resource.
Clarke new Aboriginal Conservative caucus chair
Conservative Manitoba MP Rod Bruinooge has been quietly replaced as chair of the Conservative Aboriginal affairs caucus, APTN National News has confirmed.
Halifax man charged in sex trade worker murder
A man with a history of violence against sex trade workers in the Halifax area has now been charged with murder.
Hundreds of dead birds in tar sands tailings pond
Just days after agreeing to pay the largest penalty in Alberta’s environmental history, Syncrude is once again apologizing for the deaths of migratory birds on one of their tailings ponds.
