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Province Launches Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Manitoba
April 3, 2017 Educating Manitobans is Key: Squires The Manitoba government will recognize April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month by raising awareness, sharing information about available resources and fostering a greater understanding of consent, Sport, Culture and Heritage Minister Rochelle Squires, minister responsible for status of women, announced today. “Manitoba has a high rate of […]
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MMIWG: Date to Apply for Standing Extended to April 18
Deadline for Standing Extended to April 18 The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has extended the deadline to April 18 from April 10 for interested parties to apply for standing. The application forms and instructions are available on the National Inquiry’s website, at www.mmiwg-ffada.ca under “Legal Notices and Documents.” There […]
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David Alexander Robertson and IsKwé stand up for missing and murdered Indigenious women – CBC
April 03, 2017 Winnipeg artists David Alexander Robertson and IsKwé addresses a First Nations epidemic through the character of May, an Indigenous teenager who discovers the dark and tragic stories of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the graphic novel, Will I See?. The collaborative effort between the graphic novelist and singer-songwriter aims to galvanize […]
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Remote Manitoba First Nation Fire declares emergency after fire destroys store – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Apr 3, 2017 13:22 BROCHET, Man. _ A remote northern Manitoba First Nation has declared a state of emergency after fire destroyed the community’s only grocery store. The fire began early Sunday morning and gutted the Northern Store of Brochet-Barren Lands Nation. Chief John Clarke says the building was still smoldering 12 hours later […]
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4 girls, 4 suicides, and a desperately broken system – APTN
Jorge Barrera APTN National News Girl 1: There was no crib in the home when she was born and by 16 she was dead by suicide. Girl 2: Night after night she heard the beatings through the wall of her bedroom and by 15 she was dead by suicide. Girl 3: She was raped at […]
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Outreach tour in advance of murdered, missing women inquiry stops in Winnipeg – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Mar 30, 2017 WINNIPEG _ The families of missing and murdered indigenous women have met face-to-face with members of the national inquiry team in Winnipeg. On Thursday, a group of about 25 people, made up of families who have lost loved ones, as well as members of support organizations, were able to ask […]
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Ottawa gives Manitoba chiefs money to study reforming child-welfare system – National Observer
March 28th 2017 Canada’s indigenous affairs minister says Manitoba child welfare should move away from rewarding the apprehension of children to focus more on keeping families together. “If agencies get more money because they’ve apprehended more children, and the money is going to lawyers to apprehend more children, that isn’t where we want the money […]
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Canada supports engagement with Manitoba First Nations on child and family services
March 27, 2017 Winnipeg, MB – Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada The wellbeing of Indigenous children and families is a priority for the Government of Canada. We are taking action and working with partners to help ensure that children receive the health and social services they need, when they need it. Today the Minister of […]
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Ottawa gives Manitoba chiefs money to study reforming child welfare system – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Mar 27, 2017 11:30 WINNIPEG _ Canada’s indigenous affairs minister says child welfare needs to be reformed to better serve First Nations. Carolyn Bennett is in Winnipeg to announce funding for the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs to study how Child and Family Services can be overhauled. Bennett says the $550,000 will help First Nations […]
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Car crashes, drowning, abuse and neglect: How 53 vulnerable N.B. children died – CBC
Anne Bertrand says government is using privacy law to maintain ‘secrecy’ around child deaths Mar 24, 2017 New Brunswick’s access to information and privacy commissioner is calling on the government to release more public information about child deaths. Anne Bertrand says the government is incorrectly using privacy law to maintain a level of “secrecy” around […]
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