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RCMP review body calls for complaint policy revamp after report finds long wait times

RCMP review body calls for complaint policy revamp after report finds long wait times

A federal oversight body is calling for changes to how Nunavut RCMP handle complaints from the public, starting with fixing investigation turnaround times that should take months but sometimes stretch into years.
Eliminating B.C.'s open-net fish farms would cost billions, report says

Eliminating B.C.'s open-net fish farms would cost billions, report says

Opposing sides in British Columbia's fractious battle over coastal open net-pen salmon farming are in Ottawa casting for support to either phase out the industry or throw it a life line. Representatives of B.C.
Ontario won't support making Truth and Reconciliation Day a holiday for now: minister

Ontario won't support making Truth and Reconciliation Day a holiday for now: minister

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford's government will not support a New Democrat's bill to make the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory holiday in the province, the Indigenous affairs minister said Thursday.
Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository

Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository

TORONTO — A region in northern Ontario was chosen Thursday as the site to hold Canada's nuclear waste in a deep geological repository, a critical milestone in a $26-billion, decades-long project to bury millions of used fuel bundles underground.
B.C. Chiefs 'alarmed' by federal and B.C. government's role in First Nations dispute

B.C. Chiefs 'alarmed' by federal and B.C. government's role in First Nations dispute

The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says the federal and provincial governments are wrongfully choosing sides in a land title dispute between two First Nations. The union says it's "alarmed" that B.C.
Blair says future of defence relies on building relationships with Indigenous Peoples

Blair says future of defence relies on building relationships with Indigenous Peoples

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Bill Blair says his department's future success depends upon building and strengthening relationships with Indigenous communities in a way that's consistent with reconciliation.
Liberal candidate in B.C. byelection seeks Métis membership after identity questioned

Liberal candidate in B.C. byelection seeks Métis membership after identity questioned

The Liberal candidate in a federal byelection in British Columbia says she is applying for Métis membership after a local group questioned her claims of Indigenous identity.
Supreme Court of Canada sides with First Nation in police funding dispute

Supreme Court of Canada sides with First Nation in police funding dispute

OTTAWA — Quebec must provide more money for a First Nations police force after acting dishonourably by refusing to negotiate the funding terms, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.
Inuit Nunangat University closer to realization with $50M from Mastercard Foundation

Inuit Nunangat University closer to realization with $50M from Mastercard Foundation

OTTAWA — The dream to open an Inuit-led university is one step closer to realization, the president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami said, after a $50 million investment from the Mastercard Foundation.
Closing First Nations infrastructure gap could generate $635B: report

Closing First Nations infrastructure gap could generate $635B: report

OTTAWA — Closing the First Nations infrastructure gap could generate $635 billion in economic output over the next seven years, a new report commissioned by the Assembly of First Nations said.
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