‘No answers for me:’ Chief says First Nations left out of Fort McMurray fire response
It was May 8, 2016, and the Fort McMurray wildfire was in full blaze. Municipal…
Red Cross
Wildfires forcing people from their homes in northern Manitoba
“We don’t want to perish out here.”
Red Cross funds study into how Fort McMurray wildfire affected First Nation and Metis people
Red Cross to fund study on how First Nation and Metis people affected by Fort McMurray fires.
Manitoba housing evicting flood of the century victim
Flood evacuee facing eviction at hands of Manitoba housing authority.
Displaced Manitoba flood evacuees protest at Red Cross, allege mistreatment
A Red Cross representative says the agency wants to find solutions to their concerns
In Attawapiskat, “Canada’s Haiti,” dignity survives despite squalor
It’s -20C in Attawapiskat First Nation.
The Attawapiskat equation:$1 million = 4 houses
APTN National News reporter Ossie Michelin travelled to Attawapiskat this week.
Attawapiskat partly at fault for housing crisis: Duncan
Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan said Friday that the housing crisis gripping the northern Ontario First Nation of Attawapiskat is partly of its own making.
Ottawa offers up to $2.5 million for Attawapiskat as Red Cross prepares to help
The federal government is promising $2.5 million in funding to alleviate the housing crisis gripping the northern Ontario First Nation community of Attawapiskat which medical experts say is putting the lives of residents in danger as winter approaches.