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August 2012

Health, Legal

AFN says “Urgent Call to Action on a National Crisis”

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Assembly of First Nations National Chief Says RCMP Update on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women an “Urgent Call to Action on a National Crisis” OTTAWA Continue Reading →

Culture

TRC request Pope to apologize

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Dear Editor: I have heard on the APTN that, in response to the TRC request for the Pope to apologize within one year for the Continue Reading →

Legal

Have Aboriginal groups reached the peak of their legal powers?

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OTTAWA – A series of court decisions have steadily expanded the legal rights of Aboriginal groups in recent years but these unprecedented victories are unlikely Continue Reading →

Health, Youth

Symposium examine gaps in Mi’kmaq child welfare

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MEMBERTOU – A symposium on Mi’kmaq child welfare has produced a consensus that there are gaps in the province’s social services network. About 130 people, Continue Reading →

Health, Legal

Truth & Reconciliation Commission brings calls for action

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History met hope at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s closing events in Ottawa, as residential school survivors and their allies examined the past and looked Continue Reading →