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October 3, 2024
First Nation elders risk being removed from community as Ottawa stays silent on funding for new residence
The long-term care facility in Wiikwemkoong on Manitoulin Island is one of more than two dozen nursing homes across Ontario set to see their licences expire next June. Toronto Star: David Wassegijig worries that the cultural fabric of his northern Ontario First Nation is at risk of being torn apart. The 64-year-old retired construction worker is one of...
September 29, 2024
Ottawa, Ontario spar over funding for First Nations elders home
Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory asks Ottawa for $20M — but feds say long-term care is Ontario’s responsibility CBC Indigenous: A jurisdictional battle between Ottawa and Ontario over funding for a new elders home in a northern First Nation could leave dozens of residential school survivors separated from their families and community a second time, says the...
February 14, 2024
Recovering from years of federal intervention, Kehewin First Nation rebuilds
The Accounting for Colonialism journalism consortium found that First Nations under imposed financial intervention were more likely to experience problems with crowded housing as compared to those Nations where no financial interventions were made. Photo: Brett McKay/MacEwan University APTN News: Development is moving fast in Kehewin Cree Nation. With project after project, the First Nation...
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