Piikani Nation facing overdose crisis during pandemic
Alberta’s Piikani Nation has seen a spike in opioid overdoses during the novel coronavirus pandemic….
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‘We’ve been through this before’: Blood Tribe using lessons from the past to get through pandemic
The opioid crisis taught the largest First Nation in Canada how to deal with a major crisis.
‘There is no timetable’: Courts refuse to let these three moms see children during pandemic
One mother just had her baby three weeks ago and hasn’t seen her child after…
B.C. says help on the way for people in the Downtown east side but so far that hasn’t happened
In Vancouver officials have two states of emergency to deal with – one for the…
Nechi Institute still looking for new home following eviction
Chris Stewart APTN News Late last year the Alberta government evicted the Nechi Institute from…
Energy sector advocate wonders ‘who’s pulling the strings’ in opposing oil and gas projects in Canada
Stephen Buffalo feels there is a lot of misrepresentation around the resource sector and Indigenous…
Family of Ojibway woman concerned police didn’t thoroughly investigate her death
Despite Vanderwal’s struggles the family says she was always optimistic and tried to provide a better life for her two-year-old daughter.
Nechi Institute pushed out for opioid treatment
The Poundmaker’s Lodge treatment centre outside Edmonton is expanding to treat opioid addiction. But that…
After UNDRIP, MMIWG commitments, attention turns to throne speech for hint of what comes next
When National Chief Perry Bellegarde took to the stage to address the delegation to close…