Indigenous support workers are now on Saskatoon streets as part of a pilot project aimed at helping vulnerable people access services and support. The City of Saskatoon says four workers will operate in teams of two, spending the summer in the downtown and Riversdale areas as part of the Indigenous Peacekeeper Pilot Project. While they […]

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami today launched the Inuit Nunangat Poverty Reduction Strategy, an Inuit-led roadmap to reduce poverty, strengthen self-determination, and close longstanding socioeconomic gaps between Inuit and non-Indigenous Canadians. The Strategy was informed by years of engagement with Inuit communities, and led by Inuit across Inuit Nunangat. It comes at a time when affordability has

When Janelle Pedersen looks at Buffalo Narrows’s first housing development in more than 20 years, she sees a future gated community where elders sit on front porches, children play, and neighbours help each other stay healthy and sober. Just 13 months ago, the site was undeveloped land. Now, people are moving in and beginning to

The Ontario government is investing $1.9 million in Indigenous-led healthcare services throughout southwestern Ontario as part of its ongoing plan to connect more people with primary care providers. The province announced Tuesday morning that the funds will go to the Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre (SOAHAC), which offers “culturally grounded, holistic healthcare” to Indigenous

Around 20 residents joined the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority (LRCA) on Friday morning to plant about 1,000 plants for the opening ceremony of an Indigenous Community Medicine Garden along the Neebing-McIntyre Floodway. Located next to the Hope & Memory Garden, which honours those who have passed away or are currently battling cancer, the medicine garden

The City of Edmonton will look at creating a sustainable option to offer daytime shelter space for vulnerable Edmontonians, like those experiencing homelessness. Mayor Andrew Knack put forward a motion on Monday during a community and public services committee meeting to have the city look at two options to address the issue ahead of council’s

The first new build through Calgary’s Maa’too’maa’taapii Aoko’iyii’piaya, its Indigenous housing program, will be a 60-unit project in Erin Woods. The southeast housing project will provide non-market housing for Siksika Nation members to live off-reserve. “We want to be able to give our people a place where they can raise their children in a safe

Some Newfoundland and Labrador municipalities have recognized National Indigenous Peoples Day as an official holiday but one St. John’s-based Indigenous group is calling for additional action to advance truth and reconciliation. For Chad Bedard, First Light’s manager of knowledge mobilization, tackling truth and reconciliation should involve collaboration. “It means that you start working with Indigenous

Deshanna Tsakoza says spending time at the Klua Lake (Lhuuge Męge) fish camp in northeastern B.C. feels like coming home. Prophet River First Nation held its second annual spring cultural camp last week at Klua Lakes, to reconnect members with the nation’s historical village site, culture and land-based learning. “I’m just at peace here,” said

The sole emergency homeless shelter in the northern Alberta hamlet of Lac La Biche closed its doors this week after an unsuccessful five-month search for a new home. On Tuesday, the shelter run by the Lakeland Out of the Elements Shelter Society ceased operations, at least in its current home: a Lac La Biche County-owned