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ALONE AND COLD: The death of Frank Paul

In 1998, a homeless and intoxicated Canadian Aboriginal man was dragged from a Vancouver police station, and left to die in a nearby laneway in freezing temperatures. More than a decade later, the...

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Inquiry called into missing Aboriginal women

CANADA: First nations groups have called for a separate inquiry into why around 600 Aboriginal women have been murdered or reported missing in the past couple of decades. Young Aboriginal women are...

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Canadian government slammed for failing to lift Indigenous living standards

CANADA: Conditions on First Nations reserves has worsened over the past decade, with an Auditor General’s report slamming the federal government for failing to fulfil its commitments to improve living...

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AFN chief calls for re-look at Indian Act

CANADA: The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has called for a move beyond the country’s Indian Act. The Indian Act defines who is an Aboriginal Canadian and deals with local...

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100-year-old finishes marathon

CANADA: A 100-year-old runner became the oldest person to complete a full-distance marathon when he finished the race in Toronto on Sunday. CANADA: A 100-year-old runner became the oldest person to...

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‘National emergency’ shocks Canada into ‘modern legislative change’

CANADA: Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with about 400 Aboriginal chiefs from Ottowa this month following reports of third-world conditions in the northern Ontario community of Attawapiskat. CANADA:...

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Canada’s Stolen Generations report released

CANADA: A commission set up to examine a decades-long government policy that required Aboriginal Canadians to attend schools where students were stripped of their cultural identity says that the...

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Canada probes its Stolen Generations

CANADA: A Truth and Reconciliation Commission into Canada’s Stolen Generations – the children who were forced from their families into Residential Schools – has handed down its interim report. CANADA:...

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Canadians think First Peoples get too much support: Poll

CANADA: Almost two-thirds of Canadians believe Aboriginal people receive too much support from taxpayers, a new survey has found. CANADA: Almost two-thirds of Canadians believe Aboriginal people...

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Canadians think First Peoples get too much support: Poll

CANADA: Almost two-thirds of Canadians believe Aboriginal people receive too much support from taxpayers, a new survey has found. CANADA: Almost two-thirds of Canadians believe Aboriginal people...

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ABORIGINAL INK: A nation’s complacency is killing first peoples

NATIONAL: CHRIS MUNRO* tells the horrendous story of Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who preyed on many Aboriginal women. NATIONAL: CHRIS MUNRO* tells the horrendous story of Canadian serial...

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Canadian PM to talk with Aboriginal leaders following hunger strike

CANADA: Canada’s prime minister has agreed to talks with Indigenous leaders as a hunger strike by one native chief, demanding improvements to squalid living conditions on reserves, enters its fourth...

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