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Author: Meral Jamal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
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Man who caused ‘profound and long lasting harm’ by defrauding Indigenous Youth granted full parole
The Parole Board of Canada approved the next step in conditional release for Robert Riley Saunders, who misappropriated more than $460,000 while posing as a social worker in ‘Kelowna’
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Secwépemc family launches human rights complaint about Correctional Service Canada
Alleging forced separation and racism, Jenni LaRue met with the CHRC regarding the treatment of herself and her husband, who is serving a life sentence
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Haíɫzaqv takes legal action against ‘Canada’ after DFO shut down nation’s herring fishery
The community’s leadership is moving forward with a lawsuit, saying a 2022 ban on their commercial spawn-on-kelp harvest infringed on their constitutional rights
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Police discrimination probe builds on Indigenous families’ calls for justice
The human rights commissioner’s investigation aims to uncover comprehensive data about ‘who is at the receiving end of use of force by police’
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Mother of Gill twins pleads guilty to fraud in Inuit identity case, charges against sisters withdrawn
An Iqaluit court heard Friday that Amira and Nadya Gill were unaware Karima Manji submitted falsified forms identifying them as Indigenous
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In new podcast, Iñupiaq storyteller brings Northern tales to a digital platform
‘Human beings have been listening to stories longer than we’ve been reading them in books,’ says James Dommek Jr., who created ‘Alaska is the Center of the Universe’
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Report details ‘intimidation and harassment’ of Wet’suwet’en people by RCMP protecting pipeline company
Amnesty International investigated human rights abuses by police, government, private security and CGL and is now calling for a halt of operations
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Fraud case involving twins who claimed Inuit status adjourned until new year
Iqaluit court hears the Gill sisters have not yet found representation licensed to practice in Nunavut
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Indigenous leaders condemn the justice system after Robert Riley Saunders granted day parole
Saunders was sentenced to five years in prison last July after posing as a social worker to defraud Indigenous youth in his ‘care’
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Pressure builds on ‘B.C.’ to review mine expansion that syilx communities say threatens the Similkameen River
22 advocacy groups are joining calls from LSIB and USIB for an environmental assessment of the proposed Copper Mountain Mine extension