A house fire in Sandy Lake, a remote First Nation northwest of Thunder Bay, Ont., is believed to have claimed the lives of several children, Nishnawbe Aski Nation says. Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu is among those giving condolences.
The Ontario government has announced $1.5 million in cash and proceeds seized from criminals will be spent across the province to help local partners fight back against crime.
A long-awaited report into the reinvestigation of the sudden deaths of nine Indigenous people in Thunder Bay, Ont., is expected sometime this summer, but the families of the deceased and their representatives are already casting doubt on it.
Making Sense of Race
Edward Dutton,
The first chapter of
Making Sense of Race ends with these words: “Clearly, race is a biological reality. It needs to be understood. The most up-to-date research on it needs to be widely known. Its implications need to be explored. That is the purpose of this book.” It would be hard to think of a more worthy goal, and Edward Dutton, who teaches evolutionary psychology at Asbiro University in Poland, achieves it admirably. The pity is that books like this are shoved into obscurity, so the people who need to read it won’t.
Lawrence Martin ( Supplied)
Lawrence Martin remembers standing behind the stage as Robbie Robertson was announcing the 1994 Juno Awards winner for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording.
Martin did not expect to hear his own name.
Standing on the stage in front of the huge crowd and accepting the award, he started giving thanks but didn’t know what to say.
Hearing his children cheer from a balcony calmed him down a bit and he said a few words in Cree to give himself some time to put his thoughts together and to say something in English.
“The Cree language saved my ass there for 30 seconds,” he says laughing.