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MLA wants GN to assist in replacing Igloolik arena destroyed by fire – Nunatsiaq News
Feb 21, 2025 Fire marshal, RCMP investigating Feb. 12 blaze; Aggu MLA Joanna Quassa presses minister on government help A week after a fire destroyed the Kipsigak Arena in Igloolik, Aggu MLA Joanna Quassa is calling on the Government of Nunavut to contribute to building a new facility. “The arena is absolutely not worth trying […]
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Former factory to become Indigenous food hub – Winnipeg Free Press
Feb. 21, 2025 Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre says a former factory on Notre Dame Avenue will be used to deliver food-related programs when a $14-million construction project is done. Read More: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/02/21/former-factory-to-become-indigenous-food-hub
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Lily Gladstone’s Oscar gowns to be displayed at the National Museum of the American Indian – Windspeaker.com
February 21, 2025 The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. will open a special installation titled “Making a Statement” Feb. 28. The installation will display two gowns worn by Oscar-nominated actor Lily Gladstone (Siksikaitsitapi [Blackfeet]/Nimiipuu [Nez Perce]). It will close in March 2026. Both gowns were a custom collaboration, designed by […]
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Anishinabek Nation Lands and Resources Forum 2025 Everything is Connected – Anishinabek News
February 21, 2025 NORTH BAY—The Anishinabek Nation hosted the 9th Annual Lands and Resources Forum in North Bay February 11-13. The theme, Kina-Gego-Naabadosin, translates to everything is connected, and is a platform for community leaders, experts, partners, and government representatives to dialogue on the stewardship of First Nation’s community lands within the Anishinabek Nation. Opening […]
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CIFAL Victoria, First Nations co-create emergency planning – UVic News
February 20, 2025 CIFAL Victoria is part of a global network but it’s through a local network—of First Nations, academics and emergency preparedness experts—that’s it’s aiming its latest efforts at producing impactful solutions that transcend boundaries. One of just two United Nations-accredited training and research centres in Canada, CIFAL Victoria is working with the other, […]
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Indigenous girls golf camp tells girls they belong in the sport – CBC
Feb 21, 2025 ‘They can be their rezzie selves,’ says organizer Lannie Houle A free winter golf camp for Indigenous girls in Edmonton turned out to be such a hit that organizers hope to see it spread across the country. The First Nations Health Consortium (FNHC), which supports Indigenous people in Alberta with applications for […]
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Breaking New Ground: Dr. Lucy Delgado Secures Historic CIHR Grant for Métis and 2S/IQ Well-Being Research
February 21, 2025 The University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Education has made history with a landmark CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research) Project Grant awarded to Assistant Professor Dr. Lucy Delgado. The $1,017,452 grant marks the largest grant the faculty has ever received and will fund Delgado’s study on the health and well-being outcomes of […]
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Westbank First Nation purchases full interest of Okanagan Lake Shopping Centre – Castanet
Feb 20, 2025 Westbank First Nation has bought out its partners and now owns all of Okanagan Lake Shopping Centre. The complex, which is located on the south side of Highway 97 not far from Okanagan Lake, has been open since 2012 and features more than 127,000 square feet of leased retail space, including Landmark […]
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Doctor to open clinic in western Manitoba First Nation, finish his training via provincial program – CBC
Feb 21, 2025 Brazilian doctor Igor Schinakarew partners with Gambler First Nation to open on-reserve clinic A southwestern Manitoba First Nation is welcoming a foreign-trained doctor to its new clinic, who brings with him much-needed health-care access to the community of 89 people, the chief says. Gambler First Nation chief David LeDoux says they’ve been on the hunt […]
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Anthropologist Bernard Saladin d’Anglure dies at 88 – Nunatsiaq News
Feb 20, 2025 ‘He had an incredible memory, he would remember every story that Inuit told him,’ remembers Lisa Koperqualuk French anthropologist and ethnolinguist Bernard Saladin d’Anglure, known for his extensive work studying Inuit culture and spirituality in Nunavik and Nunavut, died Feb. 12 in Toulouse, France. He was 88. D’Anglure came to Canada for […]
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