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Premier François Legault apologizes for Quebec’s treatment of Indigenous peoples

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 12:05 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:05
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Quebec Premier François Legault apologized to the Canadian province’s Indigenous and Inuit inhabitants Wednesday, saying successive provincial governments have failed

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Quebec should apologize for systemic discrimination in treatment of Indigenous people, Viens report says

Benjamin Shingler and Kamila Hinkson, CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 30, 2019 at 10:35 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:44
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The Quebec government should apologize to First Nations and Inuit for the harm they have endured as a result of

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation archives added to UNESCO world register

Lenard Monkman, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 13:50 — Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2019 at 10:12
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The collection of archives, personal stories and photos of residential school survivors at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

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Blog Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Blog – Canada’s new Arctic policy doesn’t stick the landing

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 10:05 — Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2019 at 16:21
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On Tuesday, just hours before the 2019 federal election was called, the Liberals released their long-awaited Arctic and Northern Policy

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Shortage of qualified teachers in Northern Quebec schools

Jamie Pashagumskum, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 16:53
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Under the pressure of a teacher shortage, school boards across Northern Quebec are putting unlicensed educators into classrooms. Harriet Keleutak

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Ottawa must compensate First Nations children impacted by on-reserve welfare system, tribunal rules

Jorge Barrera, CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 6, 2019 at 11:26
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Ottawa must pay tens of thousands of dollars to every First Nations child who was placed in the on-reserve child

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Indigenous groups in Northern Canada celebrate Porcupine caribou agreement

Laura Busch, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 15:08 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 10:50
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People from eight Indigenous communities are celebrating a groundbreaking collaboration agreement on how they will share the harvest of the

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Violence against Indigenous women in Canada: final report altered to fix error

Evan Dyer, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 11:45 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 11:49
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The MMIWG national inquiry overstated in its final report the percentage of Canadian homicide victims who are Indigenous women and

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Northern Canada: Council of Yukon First Nations to train writers for Indigenous sentencing reports

Chris Windeyer, CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 30, 2019 at 13:27
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The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) is taking over a pilot project aimed at training people in the Northern

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General 

Canadian Indigenous broadcaster launches French-language national news program

Susan Bell, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 14:32 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 14:40
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The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) has launched a weekly national newscast in French, with a host hailing from the

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Violence against Indigenous women: Northwest Territories gov not yet committing to recommendations

Sidney Cohen, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 14:08
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The N.W.T. government is not yet committing to act on all the recommendations from the inquiry into missing and murdered

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Construction of Tlicho all-season road in Northern Canada begins

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 26, 2019 at 14:07 — Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2019 at 14:15
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Elected officials stabbed at muddy ground with clean shovels at the official groundbreaking on the Tlicho all-season road in Whatı̀​​​,

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

New Corrections Act brings big changes to jails in Canada’s Northwest Territories

Alex Brockman, CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 14:56 — Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 15:02
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The Northwest Territories’ overhaul of its corrections law could be a new model for reconciliation and offer inmates “a light

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Final agreement signed to protect Peel watershed in northwestern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 11:54 — Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 14:12
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It has taken more than 15 years of consultations, protests, court battles and more consultations — and now a final

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Dene, Métis end self-government talks in Canada’s Northwest Territories

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 11:42
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Three land claim organizations in Tulita, N.W.T., have “unanimously” decided to end self-government negotiations with the federal government, according to

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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