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CAP Releases Report in the National Action Plan for MMIWG and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People 06/03/2021 | 12:50pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 3, 2021) - On the second anniversary of the release of the Final Report from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People, the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) is releasing its Interim Report. Included in the National Action Plan released today, CAP's Interim Report serves as a summary and first step in the development of CAP's National Action Plan. CAP's ...

Posted: May 12, 2021 8:23 PM AT | Last Updated: May 12 Lynn Bradley, the Native Council of P.E.I.'s mental health and addictions co-ordinator, says Indigenous people have unique histories that sometimes come into play when trying to access services.(Laura Meader/CBC) The Native Council of P.E.I. says it needs funding for its own homeless shelter after it says Bedford MacDonald House discriminated against some Indigenous clients. Lynn Bradley, the council's mental health and addictions co-ordinator, said she is telling clients not to use the shelter because the council worries they'll face dis...

Sir John A. Macdonald statue resolution an opportunity for education, Mi'kmaw leader says A Mi’kmaw leader on P.E.I. says the modifications that will be made to the Sir John A. Macdonald statue in Charlottetown is not about changing history, but about education. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: May 11, 2021 8:00 PM AT | Last Updated: May 11 Chief Roddy Gould of the Abegweit Assembly of Councils says the controversy around the Sir. John A Macdonald statue shows how badly education is needed.(Shane Hennessey/CBC) A Mi'kmaw leader on P.E.I. says the modifications that will be made to the S...

Posted: May 05, 2021 10:23 PM AT | Last Updated: May 6 The $10-billion LNG project would require a section of highway to be moved.(The Canadian Press) The proposed road to a liquefied natural gas project on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore is paved with conflicting opinions about whether the highway change — and the $10-billion development it is a part of — should even go ahead. Pieridae Energy received environmental approval in 2014 to build a natural gas liquefaction plant at Goldboro, a tanker terminal, marine facilities and power plant.  For the project to proceed, the company needs to m...

Coun. Mitchell Tweel says he wants the province to hold a public meeting at the current location of its outreach centre in Charlottetown before proceeding any further with a potential plan to move the centre to the former Charlottetown Curling Club — in Tweel’s ward.