Native Council News Today

Cultural centre project 20 years in the making getting close to its funding goal

Summerside police and city staff say more officers are needed to address complaints connected to city residents facing addiction and homelessness.

Giving African Nova Scotian, Black and Indigenous peoples a place at the table in the fight against climate change.

Groups working to reduce the harm caused by illegal drug use on P.E.I. say their work is being hindered by misinformation, some of which is promoted by Charlottetown city councillors.

The Native Council of P.E.I. runs a men’s shelter on Winter Street in Summerside. It has been pretty much at capacity since it opened last spring, says Chris Clay, the Native Council’s Reaching Home housing coordinator.

Some Charlottetown city councillors continue to express doubts about the Native Council of P.E.I.'s harm reduction program, which for four years has been providing services for Islanders with drug addictions.

Members of the trans, two-spirit and non-binary community and their allies will gather at the Beaconsfield Carriage House in Charlottetown on Sunday to support and celebrate transgender people.

The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples is defending the NunatuKavut Community Council as the Labrador group faces accusations of co-opting Inuit identity. The president of the recognized Inuit treaty organization in northern Labrador, however, says he rejects the council's claims.

The chief of the Native Council of P.E.I. says she will continue to stand up for Indigenous people living off reserve on Mi’kmaw land, including those who use the controversial mobile harm reduction unit.

Six seniors on Prince Edward Island have been recognized for various contributions in the areas of volunteering, artistic achievement, sports, and business.