Exploring Theme: "Legislative and Institutional Issues"

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam is among three Indigenous leaders calling out the government for not telling the community about contamination at the “Big Dock.” File photo by Natasha Bulowski/Canada’s National ObserverListen to article Canada’s National Observer: Indigenous leaders and experts are questioning Transport Canada’s claim that contamination at a dock in Fort...

Manto Sipi Cree Nation is more than 200 kilometres from the nearest hospital. Photo from Manto Sipi Cree Nation Facebook page Listen to article Canada’s National Observer: A chief of a northern Manitoba First Nation is condemning a decade-long nursing shortage in northern and remote communities as “systemic racism.” Michael Yellowback, Chief of Manto Sipi Cree...

APTN News: Sherri Caudron is planning to travel more than 6,000 km to South America from her home in Hay River, Northwest Territories to get the medical attention she needs. The Cree woman, who says she has lived with chronic pain and mobility issues for three years, expects to meet with a specialist in Nicaragua...