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AFN Presents First Nations Health Transformation Agenda During Health Ministers’ Meeting on Health Accord
AFN Presents First Nations Health Transformation Agenda During Health Ministers’ Meeting on Health Accord OTTAWA, Oct. 20, 2016 – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day, responsible for AFN’s national health portfolio, participated yesterday in the Health Ministers’ meeting in a session on Indigenous health. Regional Chief Day was joined by Chief Tony […]
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Read MoreConstruction must begin on road after isolated reserve’s ferry breaks down: chief – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 20, 2016 SHOAL LAKE, Man. _ The chief of an isolated reserve under one of Canada’s longest boil-water advisories says construction on a road linking his community to the outside world must begin now. Shoal Lake 40 First Nation land straddles the Ontario-Manitoba boundary and was cut off from the mainland a […]
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Read MoreWinnipeg Police Board issues call for nominations to its Indigenous Council on Policing and Crime Prevention
October 19, 2016 Winnipeg, MB – The council was established in September 2015. It has a mandate to provide the Board with information, advice and recommendations on how the Board can better engage with Indigenous people and address Indigenous people’s safety concerns in the priorities, objectives and policies the Board sets for the Winnipeg Police […]
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Read MoreBudget 2017 Community Consultation Meetings Underway
October 17, 2016 Finance Minister Hosting In-person Consultations for Input, Ideas The first of several in-person consultations to allow Manitobans to offer their ideas and input for Budget 2017 takes place tonight and these consultations will continue in communities across the province, Finance Minister Cameron Friesen announced today. “Our government continues to make every effort […]
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Read MoreFisheries Envoy to Help Establish Flexible Marketing Environment: Cox
October 17, 2016 The Manitoba government has hired Signature Mediation to serve in the role of fisheries envoy, which will help develop the new process that will allow Manitoba fishers to withdraw from the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation (FFMC) and independently market their own harvest, Sustainable Development Minister Cathy Cox announced today. “We made a […]
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Read MoreManitoba Metis Federation Calls for Metis Perspective in Provincial Pre-Budget Consultations
October 14, 2016 Winnipeg, MB – In response to the call for Manitoba residents’ input on provincial pre-budget consultations, the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) is urging Métis Citizens across the province to engage with the Government of Manitoba and provide a Métis perspective on where our hardworking taxpayers’ money should be invested. Among the many […]
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Read MoreManitoba government offers pension deferral to prospective pulp mill buyer – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 14, 2016 15:51 WINNIPEG _ The Manitoba government has approved a deferral of pension payments to help the sale of the troubled Tolko Industries pulp and paper mill in The Pas. The province is allowing the mill’s prospective buyers to defer, for three years, pension contributions that would normally be required to keep […]
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Read MoreManitobans Asked for Input on Provincial Housing Strategy
October 14, 2016 The Manitoba government has launched an online survey to help guide the development of a new provincewide housing strategy, recognizing that access to stable and affordable housing has many far-reaching benefits connected to community, economic and social development, Families Minister Scott Fielding announced today. “Reviewing Manitoba’s housing strategy will help ensure we […]
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Read MoreSeven stories in the news today, Oct. 14 – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 14, 2016 Seven stories in the news for Friday, Oct. 14 ___ PM TRUDEAU STUMPS IN ALBERTA BYELECTION Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was greeted by a couple of thousand enthusiastic supporters last evening at a byelection campaign event in Medicine Hat, Alta., which is known for its staunch support of the Conservative […]
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Read MoreMP says talks continue on what to do with old military base in Winnipeg – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 13, 2016 WINNIPEG _ A Winnipeg member of Parliament says the federal government remains committed to figuring out what to with Kapyong Barracks. Jim Carr says the Liberals want to come up with a resolution within their first mandate. Carr says talks are ongoing between the Department of National Defence and indigenous […]
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