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Law firm warns $47.8B First Nations child welfare reforms could be lost with election

Law firm warns $47.8B First Nations child welfare reforms could be lost with election

OTTAWA — A legal review commissioned by the Assembly of First Nations is warning a $47.8-billion deal to reform the First Nations child welfare system could be moot if there's a change in government in the upcoming year.
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B.C. First Nation to develop salmon hatchery with Fisheries Department

B.C. First Nation to develop salmon hatchery with Fisheries Department

VANCOUVER — The Tsilhqot’in National Government in British Columbia says it has formed a "historic partnership" with the federal Fisheries Department to develop a permanent salmon conservation hatchery in its territory.
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First Nations business north of qathet region receives honour

First Nations business north of qathet region receives honour

Klahoose Wilderness Resort named Indigenous Tourism Business of the Year
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MPs approve $21.6B in supplementary spending; Conservatives vote against

MPs approve $21.6B in supplementary spending; Conservatives vote against

OTTAWA — Parliament has approved $21.6 billion in government spending, in a late Tuesday vote in the House of Commons.
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'Should never have happened': Indigenous man's braids cut off in Edmonton hospital

'Should never have happened': Indigenous man's braids cut off in Edmonton hospital

EDMONTON — Alberta Health Services says it has taken a number of steps to better train staff, after an Indigenous man's braids were cut off and thrown away while he was in an Edmonton hospital.
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Northern stores 'absolutely not' hiking food costs when federal funding arrives: CEO

Northern stores 'absolutely not' hiking food costs when federal funding arrives: CEO

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The chief executive of the North West Co. Inc.
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A Nobel Prize-powered gift from Geoffrey Hinton is boosting a Canadian water charity

A Nobel Prize-powered gift from Geoffrey Hinton is boosting a Canadian water charity

The Canadian winner of this year's Nobel Prize in physics is pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars from his winnings into a small Ontario-based organization.
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Ontario First Nation police force to become essential service and double in size

Ontario First Nation police force to become essential service and double in size

TORONTO — A First Nation police force in northern Ontario will become an essential service as it opts into provincial legislation governing police boards.
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Concerns raised about enforcement in baby eel fishery if licences redistributed

Concerns raised about enforcement in baby eel fishery if licences redistributed

HALIFAX — Fishers raised questions today about how federal enforcement officers will cope if a proposal to increase the number of people licensed to net baby eels in the Maritimes goes ahead next year.
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Postal strike delaying delivery of medicine, necessities to remote areas: AFN chief

Postal strike delaying delivery of medicine, necessities to remote areas: AFN chief

OTTAWA — The Assembly of First Nations says the ongoing postal strike is delaying supplies of medicine and other necessities to rural and remote communities.
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