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Noongar woman Winnie Hayward is still coming to terms with the police chase that ended with her son and his best friend drowning in Perth’s Swan River in September 2018.
Her son Christopher Drage, 16, and Trisjack Simpson, 17, were among a group of five boys reported to police after they were spotted jumping neighbourhood fences in Maylands, a suburb to the east of Perth.
Two patrol officers, constables Lindsay Jeffree and Ella Cutler from the Western Australia Police Force, suspected the boys had broken into nearby houses and chased them on foot. A witness described the boys as appearing “frightened” and “distressed” as the police pursued them.
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Elizabeth Saewyc is director and professor at the UBC School of Nursing;
Ace Chan is a PhD student at the UBC School of Population and Public Health and a research assistant at UBC’s SRAVYRC;
Ashley B. Taylor is a postdoctoral research fellow at UBC’s SRAVYRC. This article was originally published in the Conversation here. SHARES A counter-protester flashes a sign supportive of trans kids at a demonstration Saturday at the Vancouver Art Gallery that billed itself opposing ‘child medical-transition and gender identity in schools.’
FREDERICTON The New Brunswick government announced Tuesday it won t renew its current tax collection agreements with First Nations and is asking chiefs to help create a new economic partnership. The decision follows a court ruling last month that said the province has an obligation to share with the province s First Nations carbon tax revenues collected and remitted by on-reserve retailers. Breaking: New Brunswick will not be renewing current tax collection agreements with 13 First Nations in New Brunswick. @CTVAtlanticpic.twitter.com/qYgjskudTA Alyson Samson (@alysonsamsonNB) April 13, 2021 Premier Blaine Higgs says the province won t appeal that ruling but adds the current tax agreements are outdated and have proven to be unfair.
The New Brunswick legislature in Fredericton. (Image: Brad Perry)
The New Brunswick government says it will not be renewing tax-sharing agreements with First Nation communities.
Premier Blaine Higgs made the announcement Tuesday, calling the existing agreements “unsustainable and unfair.”
The agreements allow First Nation communities to keep a percentage of the provincial tax revenues they collect on-reserve through the sale of tobacco, gasoline and other fuels.
Currently, the communities keep 95 per cent of the first $8 million in provincial tax revenues and 70 per cent on amounts above that.
Higgs said about $44 million will be refunded to First Nations this year and that number is projected to reach $75 million in 2031-32.