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Established in 1983 to serve the needs of northern Alberta, Windspeaker became a national newspaper on its 10th anniversary in 1993.
After years of hard work鈥攄riven to improve the economic conditions for the Aboriginal people he serves鈥擪eith Martell, one of the original founders of the First Nations Bank of Canada, will be receiving an honourary degree.
Martell is from the Waterhen Lake First Nation (Saskatchewan), and graduated in 1985 from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. The U of鈥
Life is good these days for Kale Kane.
Although still stinging 鈥 both mentally and physically - from the rigors of a long playoff run, which ended when his Chilliwack Chiefs fell just two wins shy of a BCHL (British Columbia Hockey League) championship, Kane is thrilled with where he鈥檚 at in life, and in hockey.
Kane grew up on the Kahnaw谩:ke reserve, just 10 kilometers south of鈥
May 19, 2016. The National Energy Board has approved Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion but with 157 conditions. Among those conditions is consultation with Indigenous peoples. NEB鈥檚 recommendation for Indigenous interests states, 鈥溾
May 20, 2016
Three years after he allowed a racist letter to be printed in the now defunct Nanaimo Daily News, the editor of that newspaper has been contracted as a communications consultant with the city.
Tracy Samra is Nanaimo's first female and first Aboriginal CAO.
(Photo: Gordon Fuller)
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鈥淚鈥檓 going to be going to the United Nations saying what I want to say.鈥 鈥 National Chief Dwight Dorey of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
May 19, 2016
His decision to speak at the United Nations this week鈥揳nd not take money from the federal government to cover the cost of his ticket to New York鈥揻inally netted him a meeting with Indigenous Affairs Minister鈥
Health Sciences North (HSN) in Sudbury, Ont. announced May 19 that the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) clinic at NEO Kids is now accepting referrals for children under the age of six. Previously, the clinic dealt with children between the ages of six and 18.
New Canadian guidelines use a series of indicators to determine if a child under the age of six has impairments that鈥
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As we go to press, a new study has been released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and we鈥檇 like to draw our readers鈥 attention to it. It鈥檚 entitled 鈥淪hameful Neglect: Indigenous Child Poverty in Canada.鈥 It can be viewed here:鈥
Forty Indigenous high school students from across Canada got a taste of university life in Mid-May.
The program is the University of Manitoba鈥檚 Verna J. Kirkness Science and Engineering education program. It is for Grade 11 students of Aboriginal descent, already considering a university degree in the field, and they spend a full week shadowing and learning from different researchers,鈥
Author encouraged Aboriginal writers
One cold winter night, Larry Loyie and his younger sisters hauled an old steamer trunk up Rabbit Hill overlooking Alberta鈥檚 Slave Lake. Unable to afford a real sled, a scoop shovel and tin strips served as sled runners as the children hopped in the box to whiz over the snow.
It鈥檚 scenes like this, simply and honestly told,鈥
May 13, 2016.
After touring Fort McMurray by air and on the ground Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadians need to understand that the pictures they have seen of a raging wild fire are accurate and it isn鈥檛 because of weather or luck that most of the community remains standing.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think people understand that 鈥 it was the efforts of the firefighters that鈥
Treaty 8 First Nations are asking, 鈥榃hat is wrong with this picture?鈥
The Liberal Government of Canada has declared full and unqualified support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), while at the same time allowing the contentious Site C Hydro project to proceed.
On May 10, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett stood鈥
Delaney Ross ended up with a medal haul from her appearances at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC).
Ross, an 18-year-old forward from the Canoe Lake First Nation, participated in the last six national tournaments, including the 2016 event, which concluded this May 7 in Mississauga, Ont.
Ross was the captain of the Saskatchewan girls鈥 team, which edged the host鈥
Gitga鈥檃t First Nation and a team of researchers from UBC and Michigan State University have completed a groundbreaking acoustic study of Douglas Channel and its adjacent waters in Gitga鈥檃t marine territory on the B.C. Central Coast.
The channel has been proposed as a tanker route to ship diluted bitumen flowing from Alberta through the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline.
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A young member of Sachigo Lake First Nation has set out on a 2,000-kilometre trek from his home in Northern Ontario to raise money for people impacted by the devastating wildfire in Fort McMurray.
Stanley Barkman, 26, set out from Sioux Lookout on May 9, and hopes to reach the Alberta oilpatch capital in six weeks.
Stanley鈥檚 father, Robert, is driving the support vehicle.鈥
Change an unethical practise in bail hearing proceedings in criminal courts in the province, says the Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan.
Kim Beaudin, president of the AACS, says the organization is petitioning the courts to do away with a practice that allows police officers to take the place of Crown Prosecutors in 鈥渁fter hours鈥 trials.
Judges who normally appear during鈥