September 11, 2024 Louisbourg, Nova Scotia Parks Canada Mike Kelloway, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and Member of Parliament for Cape Breton—Canso, will commemorate the refurbishment of the Louisbourg Lighthouse at a ribbon cutting ceremony…
Read morePort Hardy, British Columbia — Please be advised that Chief Leslie Walkus and Gwa’sala-Nakwaxda’xw Council members, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, and the Honourable Grace Lore, British Columbia’s Minister of Children and Family Development, will participate in a signing ceremony and celebration of a historic coordination agreement to affirm and restore jurisdiction…
Read moreSeptember 10, 2024 Smoky Lake, Alberta Parks Canada Parks Canada and the government of Alberta will unveil new Canadian Heritage Rivers System plaques to commemorate the official designation of the Alberta section of the North Saskatchewan River as a Canadian Heritage River. Flags of Treaty 6 and the Otipemisiwak Métis Nation in Alberta will…
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Ottawa, Ontario (September 6, 2024) — Today, Ministers Vandal, Anandasangaree, and Hajdu issued the following statement: “We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Cathy Merrick Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC). Grand Chief Merrick was a trailblazing leader, as the first female Chief of the AMC, and a cherished member…
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September 6, 2024 — Sts’ailes, Sts’ailes Xa’xa Temexw, British Columbia — Indigenous Services Canada First Nations children have the inherent right to know who they are, where they come from, and to have a strong connection to their family, lands, cultures, traditions, and languages. With the signing of the coordination agreement, and ongoing implementation of…
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September 6, 2024 — Toronto, Territories of the Mississaugas of New Credit and the ancestral home of the Huron-Wendat. — Indigenous Services Canada Today, the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, The Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth of Canada, and Pam Damoff, Member of Parliament for Oakville North…
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