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Teresa Wright

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198 Articles
Justin Trudeau,

P.E.I. signs on to Liberals' national child-care program

Prince Edward Island has become the third province to sign on to the federal government's national child-care program, allowing it to receive about $120 million from Ottawa for $10-dollar-a-day child-care spots by the end of 2024.
News, Politics | July 28th 2021

RoseAnne Archibald becomes first woman to lead Assembly of First Nations

RoseAnne Archibald of the Taykwa Tagamou Nation in Ontario has become the first woman to serve as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
News | July 8th 2021
Perry Bellegarde,

AFN to choose new chief and honour children who perished in residential schools

First Nations chiefs and delegates will gather virtually this week to discuss their communities’ priorities and plans for moving forward — even as they also reflect on a past brought into harsher light with the recent discoveries of unmarked graves at former residential schools.
News, Politics | July 6th 2021
Reepa Evic-Carleton,

Disturbing truths mark this year's Indigenous Peoples Day

As many settler Canadians gain greater awareness of the dark and disturbing truths about the country's mistreatment of Indigenous populations, political leaders struck conciliatory tones in recognizing National Indigenous People's Day on Monday, June 21, 2021.
News, Politics | June 22nd 2021

Senate clears UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples bill

A landmark piece of Liberal legislation aimed at harmonizing Canada's laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has passed third reading in the Senate, paving the way for the bill to be enshrined into law before a possible federal election.
News, Politics | June 17th 2021

Feds release preliminary followup plan to MMIWG report

The plan released Thursday — the second anniversary of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls' final report — was branded as the long-promised "national action plan." However, the document is something of a preliminary framework that some Indigenous leaders said fell short of the urgent action needed. 
News | June 3rd 2021

Trudeau offers more support for Indigenous people after children's bodies found

News | May 31st 2021
Olympic rings,

Canadians divided on sending Team Canada athletes to the Tokyo Olympic Games: poll

A new poll by Leger and the Association of Canadian Studies suggests the country is divided over plans to send athletes from Canada to the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo as Japan grapples with climbing COVID-19 cases.
Coronavirus in Canada
News | May 15th 2021
A man in a suit and tie stands and speaks, gesturing with his hands in front of his chest

Liberals to instruct staffers to disobey House of Commons summons: Rodriguez

Federal Liberal cabinet ministers will instruct their staff not to appear if called to any parliamentary committees in an attempt to curb what they call an "abuse of power" by opposition parties.
News, Politics | March 25th 2021
women, laundry, Attawapiskat First Nation,

Indigenous communities need more mental health support: report

Many Indigenous communities are struggling to cope with dual states of emergency, thanks to the pandemic and its effects on those with mental illness and addictions.
Coronavirus in Canada
News | March 24th 2021
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