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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from First Nation, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 84 stories have been published about First Nation which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from First Nation, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 84 stories have been published about First Nation which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Justin Trudeau · OttawaThe federal government is spending $40 million over the next six years. The money will be used to build a new lodge for the James Smith Cree Nation. The funding comes after 11 people were killed in a stabbings in September. The victims' families met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday.See the Story
Trudeau announces $62.5 million in funding for Saskatchewan First Nation rocked by stabbings
48% Center coverage: 19 sources
US & Canada · WinnipegA First Nation in Ontario is working with a Winnipeg environmental assessment firm to help communities investigate sites of former residential schools with an Indigenous-led approach.See the Story
First Nation works with environmental group to help in residential school searches
46% Left coverage: 11 sources
US & Canada · VancouverNew packing material made of forestry waste can decompose in a matter of weeks, say scientists. Styrofoam currently fills up to 30 per cent of landfills around the world. The biofoam project is a collaboration between the Wetsuweten First Nation and University of B.C. researchers.See the Story
B.C. scientists and First Nation create decomposing 'biofoam' packaging from wood
60% Left coverage: 10 sources
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First Nation · EdmontonEmergency crews were called to the Saddle Lake Cree Nation at 4 a.m. on Wednesday. They found a 66-year-old man with life-threatening injuries. The man has been identified as Roland Jackson of the First Nation. He will appear in St. Paul Provincial Court on Thursday.See the Story
Man killed in First Nation northeast of Edmonton
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
Water · AtlanticThe Manitoba government has released a new water strategy for the first time in 19 years. Unlike the old strategy, the new one places more emphasis on demand-side management. It floats the idea of new water pricing structures to help control demand, but offers no specifics. The document also offers rainwater capture as a way to help conservation.See the Story
Atlantic First Nations Water Authority becomes first Indigenous water utility in Canada
44% Left coverage: 9 sources
US & Canada · OttawaThe Canadian Human Rights Tribunal says a $40 billion settlement agreement the federal government struck over child-welfare on First Nations hasn't met all of its orders and is urging the parties to negotiate further.See the Story
$40B child-welfare agreement doesn't satisfy all orders, tribunal says
46% Left coverage: 11 sources
First Nation · Bella BellaThe apology ceremony was part of a settlement agreement between Maxwell Johnson and the Vancouver Police Board. Johnson was arrested alongside his 12-year-old granddaughter in December 2019 after a bank employee phoned police. A statement from the nation says it views the constables' decisions not to attend "as a symptom of the larger systemic failure to acknowledge and take responsibility for systemic racism"See the Story
B.C. First Nation says apology ceremony can’t proceed in absence of police officers who wrongfully handcuffed members
44% Left coverage: 9 sources
US & Canada · VancouverThe Heiltsuk First Nation will be hosting the Vancouver Police Board whose members will formally apologize to Johnson and his family on their territory. A statement issued Sunday by the nation says the names of the two constables are not on a passenger list of the delegation travelling to Bella Bella. Cultural protocol does not allow for others to stand in as representatives for the officers.See the Story
2 officers who arrested Heiltsuk man, granddaughter might not attend apology ceremony, nation says
56% Center coverage: 9 sources
Crime · ReginaNine residents of James Smith Cree Nation, a community of approximately 1,900 people who live on the reserve, were killed in a series of fatal stabbings on Sunday. Another person was killed in the nearby village of Weldon, while 18 others were injured. The attacks mark one of the deadliest incidents in Canadian history, while a days-long search for the suspect, Myles Sanderson, worsened the plight of families.See the Story
'We all have to come together,' says James Smith Cree Nation chief after stabbing tragedy
Coverage: 7 sources
US & Canada · VancouverThe federal government is providing a $1.4-billion loan to a Vancouver First Nation to build 3,000 homes. The land was once an ancient village that was burned and expropriated a century ago. The Squamish Nation says the development is the largest Indigenous-led housing and retail development in the history of Canada.See the Story
Canada provides $1.4 billion in deal with B.C. First Nation for 3,000 rental homes
Coverage: 7 sources
Justin TrudeauMyles Sanderson, 30, is suspected of killing 10 people in Canada on Sunday. Police have urged people in James Smith Cree Nation to stay in their homes. Police say Sanderson is considered armed and dangerous and may have killed his brother. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: "All Canadians stand with the people of Saskatchewan"See the Story
Canadian police urge people to stay in their homes after possible sighting of mass stabbing suspect
38% Right coverage: 8 sources
