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Cree mother, whose newborn was apprehended, says social worker told her to ‘stop wailing’
Chelsey Woodward has not been able to see her daughter consistently after MCFD took the two-day-old baby from a ‘Surrey’ hospital on Oct. 19
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Indigenous leaders say ‘B.C.’ must do more to implement DRIPA four years after it became law
The remarks were made the first day of the Cabinet and First Nations Leaders’ Gathering Thursday, set to see more than 900 meetings take place in ‘Vancouver’
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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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Secwépemc leaders form industry response group rooted in Indigenous law
TMX being granted federal approval to trench through the sacred Pípsell corridor was ‘a turning point in Canada,’ says newly-formed Unceded Law Response Group
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Gitxsan leaders rally against industry injunctions, calling the orders ‘a license to kill’
Hereditary chiefs say the injunctions, granted by the B.C. Supreme Court and enforced by RCMP C-IRG unit, break their Indigenous law
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Regulator approves TMX plan to trench through ‘extremely sacred’ Secwépemc site
Knowledge-keeper says pipeline’s blockage in Pípsell amounts to the land pushing back, while company’s lawyer argues for ‘no prioritizing of Indigenous interests’
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Countering hate movements, billboard brings message of love to Okanagan’s LGBTQ2S+ community
With support from Advocacy Canada, Two-Spirit Anishinaabe artist Sarah Jones designed the piece with the words ‘you belong’
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‘Chase’ council revisits decision to vote down Every Child Matters crosswalk after community pushback
Local government rejected the project to recognize survivors which would cost the municipality an estimated $625 plus maintenance
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Stó:lō confirms 158 children’s deaths at four institutions as investigation reveals rampant neglect, abuse
‘There was no oversight to keep those children safe,’ says grand chief, after phase one of project looking into missing kin at residential ‘schools,’ Indian hospital