A national organization to support wellness and healing initiatives for thousands of survivors of federally-run Indian day schools will officially launch Thursday.
Planned dump site creates worry for chief of neighbouring First Nation community cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Posted: Jun 25, 2021 6:54 PM AT | Last Updated: June 25
Steve Ginnish referenced the discoveries of what are believed to be almost 1,000 unmarked graves at two former residential schools, one in Kamloops, B.C., and the other in the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan.(Government of New Brunswick)
The final day of hearings into New Brunswick s use of glyphosate took an emotional turn Friday when a member of the Eel Ground First Nation appeared before the committee.
Steve Ginnish, director of forestry for Eel Ground-based Mi gmawe l Tplu taqnn Inc., noted he was a late addition to the hearings agenda. We were not initially invited to participate in the hearings but felt it was important and necessary for you to hear an Indigenous perspective, so we asked to be added to the witness list, Ginnish said.
Canada s third Indigenous-led community food centre launches in Northern Saskatchewan paherald.sk.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from paherald.sk.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Posted: May 11, 2021 7:27 AM AT | Last Updated: May 11
Seven-year-old Moises in his hospital bed in Miramichi Regional Hospital. Moises became ill Saturday after he ate cannabis cookies, thinking they were Oreos.(Tobi Leah Russo/Facebook)
A New Brunswick mom whose seven-year-old was hospitalized after eating what he thought were Oreo cookies is calling for a crackdown on cannabis-product packaging.
Tobi Russo, who lives on Eel Ground First Nation southwest of Miramichi and is recovering from surgery, says she was having a rest on the couch Saturday morning when her youngest son, Moises, came upstairs to tell her he wasn t feeling well.