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Death of seven year-old girl needs deeper investigation: ombudsman
APTN National News Ontario’s child ombudsman says it’s time the province got to the bottom of the Katelynn Sampson case. She’s the seven year-old girl who was beaten to death by her guardians. Despite...
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Chiefs call for Manitoba's children's advocate to resign
APTN National News Manitoba’s grand chiefs are calling for the resignation of Manitoba’s children’s advocate. This comes after the advocate, Darlene McDonald, criticized the amount of money being...
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More First Nations children learning Indigenous languages, living in poverty:...
APTN National News A new report shows the number of children living in poverty in First Nations is on the rise. The information comes from a report from the First Nations Information Governance...
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Despite Parliament's vow, FN kids still fall through cracks, research shows
APTN National News Seven years ago, Jordan River Anderson of Norway House, Man., died in a Winnipeg hospital. He never set foot in his family’s home. Federal and provincial bureaucrats could not...
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Tribunal begins hearing into complaint against Ottawa over discrimination...
APTN National News After years of legal wrangling a preliminary hearing started Tuesday in Ottawa looking into whether Canada discriminates against First Nation children living on reserves. That’s a...
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Aboriginal Affairs fails to disclose spying investigation documents during...
By Jorge Barrera APTN National News Aboriginal Affairs has refused to release any documents related to its investigation into allegations officials with the federal department spied on a First Nations...
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Newfoundland's family services 'kidnap' Innu children: councillor
APTN National News Imagine one day your child stops coming by to visit and you have no idea why. You find out the foster care system has moved them to another province without warning. That is exactly...
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Lawyer says Ottawa won't agree to stop spying on First Nations children's...
By Jorge Barrera APTN National News The lawyer for a First Nations children’s advocate plans to ask the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to order the federal government to cease surveillance on his...
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3 UN rapporteurs investigated allegations Ottawa retaliated against FN...
By Jorge Barrera APTN National News Three UN rapporteurs investigated allegations the Harper government retaliated against a First Nation children’s advocate for launching a human rights complaints...
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Document: Ottawa’s funding shortfall put East Coast FN children at ‘high’...
By Jorge Barrera APTN National News A funding shortfall faced by Aboriginal Affairs on the East Coast put First Nation children at “high” risk of “exposure” to “serious harm,” according to an internal...
View ArticleMore than half of sleep related deaths in Manitoba are First Nations infants
A new report from the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth released today with a focus on sleep related deaths in infants. The report, a first-of-its-kind in Manitoba, gathered data from 1,000...
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