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Prince Albert Daily Herald Indigenous leaders and members of the federal government spoke virtually on Monday to discuss the challenges Northern Saskatchewan residents face due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They also discussed plans for distributing the $18-billion in spending that the federal government committed as part of their 2021-22 budget. Those funds were designated to help close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in housing and other key areas. Minister Jim Carr, the gove...

Dryden, ON, Canada / CKDR Mar 14, 2021 7:00 AM The Conservatives believe the federal government isn’t doing enough to end all long-term drinking water advisories on reserves. Gary Vidal is the Shadow Minister for Indigenous Services and says the government has no clear plan and continues to break promises. Vidal says, “In 2015, the government promised to end all long-term boil water notices but more than five years later, we know when the plan falls apart, the Prime Minister retreats.” He...

The Conservative critic for Indigenous Services said a new federal website tracking the progress on water infrastructure projects on First Nations under long-term drinking water advisories is little comfort for people awaiting clean drinking water. On Wednesday, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller unveiled the website which provides an update on the progress on completing long-term […]

The federal government has created a new website in an attempt to be more transparent about its progress to remedy long-term drinking-water advisories in First Nations communities across the . . .

Five years after call to add Indigenous rights to citizenship guide, no changes made by Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press Posted Feb 15, 2021 4:00 am EDT Last Updated Feb 15, 2021 at 4:13 am EDT OTTAWA — More than five years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called on the federal government to revise the Canadian citizenship oath and exam guide, newcomers still study a book that contains a single paragraph on residential schools and they take an oath that doesn’t refer to treatie...

OTTAWA - More than five years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called on the federal government to revise the Canadian citizenship oath and...

Vidal questions vaccine rollout on First Nations communities The MP for Northern Saskatchewan says a First Nations community in his riding has only received 30 doses of the Moderna vaccination, despite having a COVID-19 outbreak declared. “I had heard a couple of Parliamentary Secretaries, all telling us in the House of Commons, what a great job the government has done in securing vaccines and this great rollout,” explained Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River MP Gary Vidal. “I receiv...

iPolitics ‘Water sustains us, flows between us, within us, and replenishes us. Water is the giver of all life, and, without clean water, all life will perish.’ —Assembly of First Nations “No human being, no animal or plant, can live without its water,” says Dawn Martin-Hill, co-founder of the Indigenous Studies program at Hamilton’s McMaster University. Martin-Hill, who also teaches at McMaster, lives on Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve, about 30 km southwest of Hamilton. It�...