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Australia adds $300 million in funding for Indigenous pledge

Australia adds $300 million in funding for Indigenous pledge

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Fifteen years after the Australian Parliament’s historic apology to its Indigenous people for past wrongs, the government on Monday announced 424 million Australian dollars ($293 million) in new funding to improve the lives
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Cree dancer from Canada part of group of Indigenous dancers performing at Super Bowl

Cree dancer from Canada part of group of Indigenous dancers performing at Super Bowl

PHOENIX — Patrick Mitsuing is used to performing in front of large crowds.
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Judge who released man later charged in cop's death weighed Indigenous background

Judge who released man later charged in cop's death weighed Indigenous background

A judge who granted bail to a man later accused of killing an Ontario Provincial Police officer noted his Indigenous background and the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the correctional system before he decided to release the man from custo
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Ski Report

LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — Latest skiing conditions, as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports. Conditions are subject to change due to weather, skier/rider traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions. For more information go to www.
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'Largest battery storage project in Canada' to open in two years in Six Nations

'Largest battery storage project in Canada' to open in two years in Six Nations

An electricity battery storage facility said to be the largest in Canada is set to open in two years on Indigenous land in southwestern Ontario, with Six Nations of the Grand River and Ottawa as investors.
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Ottawa spending $2M on new unmarked graves report lacks 'transparency': official

Ottawa spending $2M on new unmarked graves report lacks 'transparency': official

Ottawa's decision to contract work around the search for unmarked graves to an non-Indigenous organization based in the Netherlands risks causing harm and lacks transparency, says a government-appointed adviser dedicated to the issue.
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Indigenous leaders, family discuss effort to search landfill for women's remains

Indigenous leaders, family discuss effort to search landfill for women's remains

WINNIPEG — A search for the remains of two Indigenous women at a landfill north of Winnipeg could begin as early as April, pending the outcome of a feasibility study.
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B.C. First Nation declares emergency over drug and alcohol crisis

B.C. First Nation declares emergency over drug and alcohol crisis

ZEBALLOS, B.C. — A First Nation on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island has declared a state of emergency over what its leadership describes as the "unrelating impact of drugs and alcohol" on its members, particularly children and youth.
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Gap in services for Indigenous people in B.C. correctional centres: audit

Gap in services for Indigenous people in B.C. correctional centres: audit

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Provincial Health Services Authority must "do better," the auditor general said, after his office found it was not consistently providing services to Indigenous inmates with mental health and addictions diagnoses.
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Ski Report

LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — Latest skiing conditions, as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports. Conditions are subject to change due to weather, skier/rider traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions. For more information go to www.
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