’60s Scoop Survivors win in Ontario court should be applied nation-wide
by John Copley (ANNews) – It took eight long years, but on February 14, 2017, Ontario Superior Court Judge Edward Belobaba ruled in favour of…
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‘Elder in the Making’ documents the long road to reconciliation
by John Copley (ANNews) – On February 8, 2017 Business Link’s Aboriginal Business Development Services (ABDS) hosted a special screening of Elder in the Making,…
Treaty Six Grand Chief responds to Ontario Sixties Scoop Ruling
(February 2017) – “The court makes it clear that the mandate of successive Canadian governments was to suppress and assimilate Indigenous peoples through the removal…
Tenth Anniversary of Human Rights Complaint on Discrimination Against First Nations Children
(Feb. 23, 2017) — Today, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde and Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family…
Marchers remember Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
By Regan Treewater (ANNews) – February 14 was an uncharacteristically warm night here in the City of Champions. The roads were filled with slush and…
Alberta child welfare class action members to appeal settlement on Feb. 22
by John Copley (ANNews) – In mid-November 2015 Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Denny Thomas approved an Alberta Child Welfare Class Action Settlement that…
Northern Chief celebrates 60s Scoop Ruling
by Xavier Kataquapit (Under the Northern Sky) – Chief Marcia Brown Martel of Beaverhouse First Nation near Kirkland Lake Ontario is excited and relieved that…
BC Child Welfare System failed 18 year old Metis youth Alex Gervais
(Victoria) – Lacking any permanent connection to his family and culture and without the mental health supports that might have made a difference, an 18-year-old…
Senator urges MPs to pass bill defending Aboriginal women
Ottawa, January 31, 2017 – The House of Commons should work quickly to pass a Senate bill aimed at deterring violence against Aboriginal women, a…
Join Cindy Blackstock and Alanis Obomsawin at the Edmonton premiere of their landmark film
(Edmonton) – The rights of First Nations children take centre stage in the landmark documentary, “We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice” which will be…