Social Issues

Saskatchewan In order to combat high levels of crystal meth use, the Montreal Lake Cree Nation is beefing up security and providing options for community members seeking help.  New detox and treatment facilities to take in patients next Wednesday; additional security measures in place Bryan Eneas · CBC News · …

Saskatoon The Saskatoon Correctional Centre is reviewing its policy on smudging ceremonies following staff complaints about odour and second-hand smoke, says a Ministry of Justice official. Policy review follows staff concerns over odour, allergies Jason Warick · CBC News · Posted: Jan 17, 2020 2:03 PM CT | Last Updated: …

The Yukon government and the Liard First Nation have signed a deal for the first phase of upgrades to the Nahanni Range Road. It will mean training and jobs for First Nation members. The Nahanni Range Road ‘goes through the heart of Kaska territory,’ said George Morgan, chief of the Liard …

The Dene Nation is seeking a formal apology for the way its members were treated in medical institutions. The move comes as a class action lawsuit seeking redress for ‘Indian hospitals’ heads toward certification. A teacher with students during the 1960s at the Charles Camsell Indian Hospital in Edmonton, Alta. …

It’s been nearly a month since an Indigenous man and his 12-year-old granddaughter tried to open a bank account at a Vancouver BMO branch and ended up in handcuffs. A top executive is now calling the incident “a mess from start to finish.” People protest at the Bank of Montreal at …

Nfld. & Labrador Chantel John remembered at ceremony in Glenwood marking anniversary of her death A red dress was hung in Glenwood on Wednesday afternoon, marking one year of missing and remembering John, 28, who was killed in Conne River just over a year ago. Social Sharing John, 28, was killed …

Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says construction will begin soon to help salmon pass through a section of British Columbia’s Fraser River that was largely closed by a landslide. The rock slide at Big Bar narrowed the Fraser River, creating a waterfall that prevented many migrating salmon from getting through …

Indigenous The RCMP have blocked access to a First Nation’s territory in northern B.C., heightening tensions as government officials and hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en continue to clash over the Coastal GasLink pipeline.  ‘Being restricted on your own territory is against our law,’ hereditary chief says Supporters of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary …

Mayor Kennedy Stewart, in his role as chair of the Vancouver Police Board, will be reviewing what led to Maxwell Johnson and his granddaughter being arrested for fraud at a downtown BMO branch while trying to open the pre-teen girl an account. City of Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart speaks at …

The federal government has consented to the certification of a proposed $1.1 billion class action lawsuit filed over Indian hospitals — federally run medical facilities that saw the abuse and mistreatment of Indigenous patients over several decades. Children attend class at the Nanaimo Indian Hospital, shown in a 1964 CBC TV story. The …