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Wildfire-scarred Alberta Métis settlement pushes for second escape route

Wildfire-scarred Alberta Métis settlement pushes for second escape route

HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. — The only way in and out of the East Prairie Metis Settlement is a 40-kilometre range road that connects with Highway 2 some 360 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.
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Canadian wildfires hit Indigenous communities hard, threatening their land and culture

Canadian wildfires hit Indigenous communities hard, threatening their land and culture

EAST PRAIRIE METIS SETTLEMENT, Alberta (AP) — Carrol Johnston counted her blessings as she stood on the barren site where her home was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire that forced her to flee her northern Alberta community two months ago.
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Indigenous leaders call for release of report investigating Saskatchewan police force

Indigenous leaders call for release of report investigating Saskatchewan police force

SASKATOON — Indigenous leaders in Saskatchewan are calling for the release of a report into Prince Albert police and transparency for the family of a man who died while in custody.
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N.L. Human Rights Commission drops walk-in clients as demand rises for food, housing

N.L. Human Rights Commission drops walk-in clients as demand rises for food, housing

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Commission says people have been knocking on its doors looking for help because they can't find food and housing. The number of people arriving at the St.
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B.C. port strike returns, docs show nuke plans getting updated: In The News for today

B.C. port strike returns, docs show nuke plans getting updated: In The News for today

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today. Strike resumes, shutting down B.C.
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'Freddie the Flyer' chronicles exploits of the North's first Indigenous pilot

'Freddie the Flyer' chronicles exploits of the North's first Indigenous pilot

INUVIK, N.W.T. — Across the pages of a picture book, the northern lights dance over the Arctic landscape with brush strokes of bold colour, as caribou and muskox graze on the tundra and a bush pilot takes to the skies.
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Manitoba's reasons for refusing to search for Indigenous women's remains in landfill are a smokescreen

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site.
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Indigenous leaders say they do not accept premier's comments on landfill search

Indigenous leaders say they do not accept premier's comments on landfill search

WINNIPEG — Indigenous leaders are "dispelling the narrative" a search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women is unsafe after Manitoba's premier refused to fund the search due to health and safety risks.
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In the news today: Record-breaking wildfires, North American Indigenous Games

In the news today: Record-breaking wildfires, North American Indigenous Games

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...
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Spain captain apologizes after haka video is criticized by indigenous Maori before Women's World Cup

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Spain captain Ivana Andres has apologized to the Maori people of New Zealand for a video showing four members of her country's Women’s World Cup squad mocking the traditional haka which was shared a week ago on social m
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