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Canada Post unveils stamp honoring jazz legend Eleanor Collins

January 22, 2022January 22, 2022 - by cmedia

Image: Eleanor Collins. Image credit: Twitter handle of Canada Post #CanadaPost; #NewStamp; #EleanorCollins; #JazzLegend; #Indigenous; #Performer Toronto/CMEDIA: A new stamp was unveiled on Jan 21 at a virtual ceremony by …

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National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation agrees to hand over residential school documents

January 22, 2022January 22, 2022 - by cmedia

#Manitoba; #Canada; #NCTR; #ResidentialSchools Ottawa/CMEDIA: The federal government has signed a memorandum of agreement with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) to hand over more than 875,000 documents …

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Indigenous-led Transitional Committee formed to establish a National Council for Reconciliation

January 18, 2022January 20, 2022 - by cmedia

#Indigenous; #NationalCouncilforReconciliation; #TruthandReconciliationCommission; Ottawa,/CMEDIA: The creation of a National Council for Reconciliation (NCR) as a national Indigenous-led oversight body is a vital milestone to implementing the Calls to Action from …

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Canada funds Caring Hearts Counselling to help missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls’ families

January 13, 2022January 20, 2022 - by cmedia

Image: MMIWG. Image credit: Twitter handle of AmericanIndian8 #Regina; #Saskatchewan; #Indigenous; #MMIWG; #2SLGBTQQIA; #JusticeCanada; #CaringHeartsCounselling Ottawa/cmedia: Canada’s ongoing national tragedy that needs to end violence against Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, …

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Bearskin Lake First Nation COVID-19 outbreak, await military help

January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 - by cmedia

Image: Patty Hajdu. Image credit: Twitter handle Military assistance is being sought by a First Nation in northern Ontario for a week after it declared an emergency over a COVID-19 …