Burst Iqaluit water pipe triggers city shutdown
The bursting of one of Iqaluit’s main water pipes forced the shutdown of government offices and schools Friday.
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Federal official wanted emails deleted outlining plan to stonewall on residential school genocide questions
Federal Aboriginal Affairs officials planned to stonewall and avoid public questions about comments made by their minister, emails obtained by APTN National News show.
Atleo: First Nations people have reason to feel “angry and betrayed”
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo called the Attawapiskat crisis a “national disgrace” and said First Nations people have “reason to feel angry and betrayed,” during his opening speech to chiefs gathered for a special assembly in Ottawa Tuesday.
Slow response: Residential school students say they’ve been hurt by law firm
APTN National News Considering all the people who were responsible for overseeing the IAP system,…
Kelly Busch: Residential school students say they’ve been hurt by law firm
The single mother of two young children needed a job. A non-Aboriginal woman, she was educated at First Nations University of Canada. Her two young children are of Anishnabe heritage and she deeply cares about First Nation people. She saw the chance to work as a form filler as an opportunity to do a job she could be proud of.
Honour Walk: Residential schools students say they’ve been hurt by law firm
The people who search for former students for Blott and Company work for a company called Honour Walk.
Court supervised: Residential school students say they’ve been hurt by law firm
Ontario Chief Justice Warren Winkler and eight other provincial court judges in different regions of the country supervise the settlement agreement. Justice Winkler has retained class action lawyer Randy Bennett to assist him. Since this is a court-approved and court-monitored process, the court has the authority to oversee and intervene as necessary.
The IAP Process: Residential school students say they’ve been hurt by law firm
In this story, we are talking about clients involved in the Independent Assessment Process or IAP. The IAP is a very bureaucratic and complex system set up under the Indian Residential Schools Class Action Settlement Agreement to decide whether the former students deserve to be compensated for physical and sexual abuse they endured in the schools as children – and if so, how much that compensation should be.
Recent Developments: Residential school students say they’ve been hurt by law firm
On November 10, British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Brenda Brown ordered an investigation into the allegations made against a Calgary law firm. We do not know how many of the Blott and Company lawyers are facing these allegations.