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This is what economic reconciliation looks like
Chief Sharleen Gale, chair of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition & chief of Fort Nelson First Nation in Stanley Park, September 2023.
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Australian PM to plan new path toward Indigenous reconciliation
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (C) speaks in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra on October 16, 2023. Australians on October 14 roundly rejected greater rights for Indigenous citizens, scuppering plans to amend the country's 122-year-old constitution after a divisive and racially tinged referendum campaign. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP) (Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)
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PEI village votes to investigate councillor who displayed anti-Indigenous sign
Prince Edward Island's provincial flag flies in Ottawa on Monday, July 6, 2020. A village in southeastern Prince Edward Island has voted to order an investigation into a councillor who displayed a sign on his property denying the existence of residential school graves. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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PEI councillor tells mayor he won’t resign over anti-Indigenous sign
Despite growing calls for his resignation, a village councillor on Prince Edward Island has told the community’s mayor he has no intention of stepping down. Prince Edward Island's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Ont., Friday July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Fasken Martineau DuMoulin opens first corporate office on First Nations land
Submitted pictures of the Fasken Tsuut'ina Office opening, Oct 2023.
canada
Indigenous police officer hopes to inspire with trilingual ‘O Canada’ at Jays game
Sgt. Chantal Larocque sings "O Canada'" in English, French and Algonquin at Rogers Centre before American League MLB baseball action against Tampa Bay Rays in Toronto, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. Larocque, who is an officer with the Anishinabek Police Service, sang the national anthem on Saturday as part of the Major League Baseball team's ceremony for National Truth and Reconciliation Day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Canada marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with events across country
Communities are gathering across Canada today to recognize the third annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Students carry a ceremonial cloth with the names of children who died in residential schools and were identified in the National Student Memorial Register, during Gidinawendimin – We Are All Related, an event for youth featuring Residential School Survivors, Knowledge Keepers, and Indigenous music and culture, part of Truth and Reconciliation Week, in Ottawa, on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
opinion
Reconciliation begins with a commitment to truth-telling
Stephanie Scott
canada
TMX route change leads to question about Liberals’ commitment to reconciliation
Workers lay pipe during construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on farmland, in Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Federal minister criticizes Manitoba Tory ad that cites rejection of landfill search
Manitoba provincial party leaders, from left, Heather Stefanson (PC), opposition leader Wab Kinew (NDP) and Dougald Lamont (Liberal) speak at the Party Leaders Forum – Growing the Economy in Winnipeg Tuesday, September 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
opinion
Reconciliation, and the search for two victims in Manitoba
The Editorial Board
opinion
Slow walking on the path to reconciliation
The Editorial Board
opinion
Instead of seeking reconciliation, politicians manufacture crises for partisan gain
John Ibbitson
canada
Trudeau says it’s up to provinces to make Orange Shirt Day a holiday
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a town hall meeting in Dieppe, N.B., on Friday, March 31, 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting Manitoba today to promote his government's new budget.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ron Ward
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Reconciliation through economic empowerment
Thomas Benjoe, president and CEO of FHQ Developments, believes Indigenous voices have to be part of economic development decisions.
opinion
A curious photo from 1885 captures what Indigenous reconciliation could have been
Bill Waiser
canada
Manitoba signs agreement to open access to death certificates of children at residential schools
Grand Chief Cathy Merrick of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs at a news conference in Winnipeg on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The Manitoba government has signed an agreement to open access to death certificates of Indigenous children who died at residential schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Saskatchewan chief to lead advisory committee on residential school documents
Chief Cadmus Delorme speaks during a Reconciliation Day event in Cowessess First Nation, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. The chief who became well-known after his First Nation found what are believed to be 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school will lead a new advisory committee for sharing documents connected to the institutions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
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B.C. introduces legislation to make national reconciliation day a September statutory holiday
The grand entry takes place during the South Island powwow on National Truth and Reconciliation Day at Royal Athletic Park hosted by the Songhees Nation in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, September 30, 2022. The British Columbia government has introduced legislation to make Sept. 30 a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Day a paid statutory holiday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Search uncovers 171 ‘plausible burials’ near Ontario residential school
Oct, 2009 - Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation which is getting $1 million for an arena is also called Rat Portage First Nation. Its located 10 minutes outside of Kenora. Our photog Tom Thomson says within the past 20 years, an arena was built on the reserve. It is the large building with the flat roof near centre of photo. Within two years it had been converted to a casino / bingo hall. Tom Thomson for the Globe and Mail