1. Report on the state of child welfare services in New Brunswick’s aboriginal communities. Last fall, New Brunswick’s Child and Youth Advocate Bernard Richard visited ten First Nation communities in the province to discuss and examine the current state of child welfare services. The review was ordered following the 2008 suicide of a 13-year-old...
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The chief of the Wagmatcook First Nation says it’s taking too long for the RCMP to release its report into the shooting death of band member John Simon in December 2008. “It’s pretty hard for the family and the community,” Chief Lester Peck said at a news conference held in Halifax on Tuesday. “It’s...
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Aboriginal rights advocate Viola Robinson recalled the hardship and struggles Mi’kmaq people endured over the years as she listened to her biography being read during the 2009 Order of Nova Scotia ceremony on Wednesday. “Back then, it was really tough for the Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia,” Robinson told RadioGoogoo.ca following the ceremony. “It was...
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Simon Marshall says he just wants Atlantic aboriginal leaders to honour a promise they made to his brother, the late Donald Marshall, Jr., to compensate him for his fishing rights court battle. “He spent seven years in court and they offered a settlement to him,” Marshall, 42, said while holding a protest sign outside...
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