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Brett Forester

@BrettForester

Reporter with CBC Indigenous in Ottawa. Former host of Nation to Nation on APTN. Member of the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation. DM for Signal/ProtonMail.

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New: First Nations leaders are panning this year's federal budget and demanding a renewed commitment from the Liberal government, after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland failed to mention reconciliation in Tuesday's budget speech. cbc.ca/news/indigenou…

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As ⁦Brett Forester⁩ points out, the words “Indigenous” and “reconciliation” weren’t mentioned once in the finance minister’s federal budget speech in the House of Commons or press conference. cbc.ca/news/indigenou…

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“It is a tragedy that Rivoire was able to live out his days without facing justice for his sexual abuse of Inuit children … Inuit have done everything in our power to help bring justice to Rivoire’s victims and their families, but it was not enough,” says ITK.

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In an email viewed by CBC News, NWAC president Carol McBride informed staff that Lynne Groulx is no longer employed as the organization's CEO
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Canada broke its treaty obligations to the Blood Tribe in Alberta but the band is barred from suing by a statute of limitations, the Supreme Court of Canada says, in a case that may impact First Nations' ability to sue the Crown for historic breaches. cbc.ca/news/indigenou…

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The cost of closing the on-reserve infrastructure gap will top half a trillion dollars by 2040 unless the federal government acts, the AFN says.

Canada must invest $349 billion now to meet its target of 2030, says a joint AFN-ISC report released Tuesday. cbc.ca/news/indigenou…

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Dogged by complaints, lawsuits and an ongoing federal probe, the RCMP's Community-Industry Response Group officially has a new name.

The controversial outfit is now the Critical Response Unit, and its mandate, originally focused on pipelines, is expanding.cbc.ca/news/indigenou…

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The Native Women’s Association of Canada is undergoing a federal financial audit where preliminary evidence of 'ineligible expenses' was found, while facing union-busting allegations following a mass round of layoffs. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

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A defence lawyer says internal Saskatoon police records show officers are using the city's bicycle bylaw 'as a ruse' to stop and search Indigenous men downtown.

Police then went to court in an attempt to have those records suppressed.
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Former MP Peter Penashue arrested, alleges drug dealing involved in dispute over son's home cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

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'Now we have another group the government wants to recognize, but I feel like the government wants to kill the Innu off,” said Elder Elizabeth Penashue in Innu-aimun, outside a Federal Court hearing.

“And this is why we're here. We're going to fight.” cbc.ca/news/indigenou…

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