After 40 years, CAP still pushes on
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples held an anniversary this weekend in Ottawa.
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Tent city ups pressure over housing on Yukon government
It is summertime in the Yukon and campers are taking advantage of the government’s greenery.
Reserve housing getting worse, dirty water plagues communities: AG
The Auditor General’s spring report is out and there are no surprises.
Conservatives cut $127 million from on-reserve housing: Liberals
The Conservative government has cut $127 million from First Nations reserve housing since 2008, the Liberals charged in the House of Commons Tuesday.
Harper may be “hiding an agenda” behind Indian Affairs name change: Layton
Indigenous leaders have reason to suspect a hidden “agenda” behind the Stephen Harper government’s decision to change the name of Indian Affairs and the title of the minister responsible for the department, NDP leader Jack Layton said.
Layton slams Harper for ignoring FNs issues
NDP Leader Jack Layton blasted Prime Minister Stephen Harper for failing to address First Nations water, housing and education issues in the Conservative’s last, dead-on-arrival, federal budget.
Carson’s Valentine’s Day meal with Atleo and the pitch to Mike Holmes
Days before Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo announced in Winnipeg he would be pushing to abolish the Indian Act, he received a telephone call from Bruce Carson, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s former aide and friend.
Toronto housing corp mired in spending scandal
The auditor of Canada’s biggest city released a report Monday that took Toronto’s Community Housing Corporation to task saying it spent hundreds of thousands of dollars unethically.
Tobacco battle flares in two more provinces
Authorities in British Columbia and Saskatchewan have recently seized thousands of cigarettes shipped by a Mohawk tobacco company in Kahnawake, Que., aiming to establish a reserve-based distribution network throughout the Western provinces, APTN National News has learned.