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National chief urges MPs to send water bill to Senate before holiday break

National chief urges MPs to send water bill to Senate before holiday break

OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on all members of Parliament to send a First Nations water bill to the Senate before the holiday break, saying the water crisis demands urgent action.
Canada can't say when it will clear 140,000 backlogged cases for First Nations kids

Canada can't say when it will clear 140,000 backlogged cases for First Nations kids

OTTAWA — Canada has told the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal it can't say when it will work through a backlog of some 140,000 cases related to First Nations child services.
Law firm warns $47.8B First Nations child welfare reforms could be lost with election

Law firm warns $47.8B First Nations child welfare reforms could be lost with election

OTTAWA — A legal review commissioned by the Assembly of First Nations is warning a $47.8-billion deal to reform the First Nations child welfare system could be moot if there's a change in government in the upcoming year.
B.C. First Nation to develop salmon hatchery with Fisheries Department

B.C. First Nation to develop salmon hatchery with Fisheries Department

VANCOUVER — The Tsilhqot’in National Government in British Columbia says it has formed a "historic partnership" with the federal Fisheries Department to develop a permanent salmon conservation hatchery in its territory.
MPs approve $21.6B in supplementary spending; Conservatives vote against

MPs approve $21.6B in supplementary spending; Conservatives vote against

OTTAWA — Parliament has approved $21.6 billion in government spending, in a late Tuesday vote in the House of Commons.
'Should never have happened': Indigenous man's braids cut off in Edmonton hospital

'Should never have happened': Indigenous man's braids cut off in Edmonton hospital

EDMONTON — Alberta Health Services says it has taken a number of steps to better train staff, after an Indigenous man's braids were cut off and thrown away while he was in an Edmonton hospital.
Northern stores 'absolutely not' hiking food costs when federal funding arrives: CEO

Northern stores 'absolutely not' hiking food costs when federal funding arrives: CEO

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The chief executive of the North West Co. Inc.
A Nobel Prize-powered gift from Geoffrey Hinton is boosting a Canadian water charity

A Nobel Prize-powered gift from Geoffrey Hinton is boosting a Canadian water charity

The Canadian winner of this year's Nobel Prize in physics is pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars from his winnings into a small Ontario-based organization.
Ontario First Nation police force to become essential service and double in size

Ontario First Nation police force to become essential service and double in size

TORONTO — A First Nation police force in northern Ontario will become an essential service as it opts into provincial legislation governing police boards.
Concerns raised about enforcement in baby eel fishery if licences redistributed

Concerns raised about enforcement in baby eel fishery if licences redistributed

HALIFAX — Fishers raised questions today about how federal enforcement officers will cope if a proposal to increase the number of people licensed to net baby eels in the Maritimes goes ahead next year.