Indigenous groups in Canada are welcoming plans by Ottawa and Washington to partner with Indigenous Nations across Canada and the United States to meet their climate change goals and protect nature. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden… »
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Auditor general faults Ottawa for water crisis in Indigenous communities
Canada’s auditor general says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has failed to honour its 2015 pledge to eliminate long-term drinking water advisories in First Nations communities and provide them with access to safe drinking water. The Liberals had committed during… »
COVID-19 cases declining in Indigenous communities: minister
COVID-19 infections continue to decline in Indigenous communities across Canada even as the federal government is bracing for outbreaks of more contageous variants of concern, Indigenous Services Marc Miller said Wednesday. Speaking at a media briefing in Ottawa, Miller said… »
COVID-19 vaccines have reached 27% of adult Indigenous population: minister
Health authorities in Canada have distributed more than 83,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses in over 400 First Nations, Inuit and northern communities, reaching 27 per cent of the Indigenous adult population, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday. Speaking at a… »
Health, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Edmonton’s mayor wants inquiry after homeless group cast from transit station
The mayor of Edmonton wants some answers about just what happened Sunday night when a group of about a dozen homeless people was thrown out of the Central Station of the city’s Light Rail Transit system–into freezing cold temperatures. Don… »
Arctic Tourism and the Pandemic #4 Policy Making in the Pandemic
We talk policy making during the pandemic with Yukon’s Tourism Minister Jeanie McLean.
Feds give $2M for Indigenous program fighting racism in healthcare
The federal government is allocating $2 million to two Indigenous organizations in Quebec to help them in their fight against systemic racism faced by First Nation communities in the provincial health system, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller announced Wednesday. The… »
Arctic Tourism and the Pandemic #3 A northern town tries the staycation
Peter Magill, the Tourism & Economic Development Coordinator in Hay River in Canada’s Northwest Territories, talks us through the town’s ‘Haycation’ campaign and what other communities might learn from its experience.
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics
Arctic mine expansion protests spread throughout Nunavut
Protests by Indigenous activists in Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut against plans to expand production at the Mary River Mine have disrupted operations at one of the world’s richest and northernmost iron ore deposits, according to the company operating the… »
Arctic Tourism and the Pandemic #2 It’s a scary situation we’re living in today
George Angohiatok, head of Cambridge Bay’s Ekaluktutiak Hunters & Trappers Organization in Nunavut talks about the economic consequences of the tourism shutdown on hunters and how the community is pulling together to get each other through the pandemic.
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