Assembly of First Nations hosting its 43rd Annual General Assembly this week

Assembly of First Nations(AFN)’ Annual General Assembly is taking place in Vancouver Convention Centre (West) this week with the theme of “Walking the Healing Path”. The Assembly will be both in-person and virtual from July 5-7, 2022 with a dialogue session happening Monday, July 4. The Chiefs Assemblies gather twice a year for First Nations […]

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Virtual panel on UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

On July 7th, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm (ET) the Government of Canada is hosting a rebroadcast of a virtual discussion panel featuring First Nations, Inuit and Métis experts and senior federal officials. Speakers include: Laurie Sargent, Angie Bruce, Shalene Curtis-Micallef, Caleb Behn, Diana Kwan, Time Argetsigner, Brandon MacLeod, Kathleen Boston, Manitok Thompson and Elder […]

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Ottawa Moving To Red Zone At Midnight

Ottawa will be heading into the red zone of Ontario’s colour-coded pandemic framework at tomorrow. Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams says that through discussions with local health officials, it was decided that further action was needed “to help ensure the continued health and safety of people in the region.” Dr. Vera […]

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Ottawa students walk out of class in support of Wet’suwet’en

While the federal government says negotiations have reached an agreement with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, Indigenous youth and their allies say they are still fighting for the people and the land across the country. “There’s one united effort to execute these walkouts in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en,” says Madeline Ienerahtahawi Kelly. “Their demands continue to be unmet.” […]

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Indigenous youth and allies give Justice Minister David Lametti 24 hours to set a meeting with Wet’suwet’en

Indigenous youth and allies in support of Wet’suwet’en have been in the Justice building at Wellington Street for over a day but they have set a deadline for the Attorney General to plan a meeting with Wet’suwet’en. They’re working on their next steps if they don’t see meaningful action from the Minister by Wednesday morning. […]

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Somebody has to be here to do it: Indigenous youth and allies sit-in in support of Wet’suwet’en

  Indigenous youth and allies in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en are sitting in at the Ministry of Justice on Wellington Street where they say they will stay until Justice Minister David Lametti calls on the RCMP to stand down. “If everybody can just stand up and say something, that would be great,” says Sunshine, one of […]

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The election we nearly had: last week at West Block (March 18-22)

Last week saw a typically filibuster last over 30 hours, an investigation shut down and another person resign in the SNC fallout. Here’s your wrap-up from the House of Commons last week. An early election was nearly called. The Conservatives launched a filibuster, or marathon voting spree, that forced Members of Parliament to stay on the […]

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