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How Indigenous relations specialists are bringing reconciliation to the workplace

How Indigenous relations specialists are bringing reconciliation to the workplace

CALGARY — When Annie Korver sits down with a new corporate or small business client, she encourages them to focus first on the "truth" part of Truth and Reconciliation.
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Alberta municipal leaders squash advocacy for permanent resident voting rights

Alberta municipal leaders squash advocacy for permanent resident voting rights

RED DEER, ALBERTA, CANADA — A Calgary city councillor's plea to have permanent residents be given the right to vote in municipal elections, an idea long dismissed by Premier Danielle Smith as unconstitutional, has been defeated. Coun.
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First Nations, Inuit and Metis leaders say work lays ahead on road to reconciliation

First Nations, Inuit and Metis leaders say work lays ahead on road to reconciliation

OTTAWA — The Liberal party of today is not quite the same as the one elected in 2015 promising to foster new paths and nation-to-nation relationships with Indigenous Peoples, the leaders of the three national Indigenous organizations said as they loo
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Anishinaabe elder uses online video to pass along love of language to children

Anishinaabe elder uses online video to pass along love of language to children

Barbara Nolan, an Anishnaabe elder on a mission to promote her nation's language, says she loves to hear stories about how her work is influencing children.
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NDP MP introduces bill to criminalize residential school denialism

NDP MP introduces bill to criminalize residential school denialism

OTTAWA — An NDP MP has introduced a bill that would criminalize residential school denialism, saying it would help stop harm caused toward survivors, their families and communities.
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Quebec seeks injunction against dumping of contaminated soil in Kanesatake

Quebec seeks injunction against dumping of contaminated soil in Kanesatake

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is going to court to fight the dumping of contaminated soil along the shores of a lake in the Mohawk community of Kanesatake, west of Montreal.
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Alberta First Nation angered over lack of consultation in dam decision

Alberta First Nation angered over lack of consultation in dam decision

A southern Alberta First Nation says it will fight a government decision on a dam that it says broke promises to take its concerns into account.
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'Not much has changed': Indigenous physicians reflect on health care in Canada

'Not much has changed': Indigenous physicians reflect on health care in Canada

Dr. Michael Anderson clearly remembers a First Nations child flown into the Toronto pediatric ward where he was working 30 years ago.
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'Life is hard': Living under a 29-year boil-water advisory in an Ontario First Nation

'Life is hard': Living under a 29-year boil-water advisory in an Ontario First Nation

NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION, ONT. — Every other day, Derek Moonias drives 15 minutes to the airport in Neskantaga First Nation and fills his pickup truck with cases of bottled water flown in on the dime of the federal government.
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Report says 'disproportionate' use of force against Indigenous and Black Calgarians

Report says 'disproportionate' use of force against Indigenous and Black Calgarians

CALGARY — An analysis of race-based data shows Calgary police used a disproportionate amount of force against Indigenous and Black individuals in the city last year.
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