Indigenous Services braces for audit of department’s efforts to supply First Nations with clean water
Auditor general set to table report in the House of Commons on Thursday afternoon
Indigenous Services
Overworked, underpaid: Ottawa’s chronic lack of funding leaves First Nations water operators behind
An investigation reveals Indigenous water operators sometimes earn less than half of what municipal operators are paid, but an Indigenous-led group in Atlantic Canada has a solution.
Indigenous Services admits feds will miss March 2021 target to lift First Nation water advisories
Feds to pour more money into First Nations drinking water woes.
Feds can use spending power to fight anti Indigenous racism in health care: Miller
First Nation, Metis and Inuit leaders are scheduled to meet with Marc Miller Friday.
Indigenous services advises First Nations communities to stay the course ahead of a second wave of COVID-19
In last six weeks, the number of active cases in First Nation communities has gone from 19 to 98 cases. ‘We are still in a global pandemic and we must remain vigilant,’ says Marc Miller.
Federal government opens up aid package for Indigenous organizations
The federal government has opened the window on a portion of the $305 million dollar…
COVID-19 pandemic plan needed for Canada’s jails and prisons
According to a 2019 report from Statistics Canada, there are nearly 39,000 people in federal,…
Meeting between Mohawk leadership, minister was ‘a good start’ but protest remains
Jamie PashgumskumAPTN NewsA meeting between Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller and representatives of the Turtle,…
Human rights case to compensate First Nations kids extended to late February
A hearing scheduled for this week at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to work out…