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Daily update on what’s making headlines in Indigenous country across Canada and beyond.

  1. October 8, 2024

    Tuesday, October 8th 2024

    Our lead story: pressed in Question Period by the NDP on “the housing crisis in Indigenous communities,” the Liberal Minister of Public Services and Procurement Jean-Yves Duclos blames the previous Conservative government.

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  2. October 7, 2024

    Monday, October 7th 2024

    Our lead story: funding for the pilot of a Manitoba-wide ‘red alert system’ is announced on the National Day of Action for MMIWG2S.

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  3. October 4, 2024

    Friday, October 4th 2024

    Our lead story: 72-year-old Clarence Woodhouse’s half-century-long fight to clear his name of a 1974 murder conviction ends with a Manitoba judge formally declaring his innocence.

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  4. October 3, 2024

    Thursday, October 3rd 2024

    Our lead story: asked about calls for a public inquiry into recent First Nations fatalities during encounters with Canadian police, Crown–Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree says an investigation is needed.

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  5. October 2, 2024

    Wednesday, October 2nd 2024

    Our lead story: on Monday’s National Truth and Reconciliation Day, some residential school survivors of the Mohawk Institute hold the feds’ feet to the fire over funds for searches for unmarked graves.

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