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Hot Docs film festival to spotlight Inuit rights, Lac Mégantic, Canucks riot

Hot Docs film festival to spotlight Inuit rights, Lac Mégantic, Canucks riot

TORONTO — This year’s Hot Docs festival will open with an intimate look at Inukactivist and lawyer Aaju Peter and her work to defend the human rights of Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic.
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National Inuit organization seeking $1.6 billion for school food program

National Inuit organization seeking $1.6 billion for school food program

OTTAWA — A national Inuit organization is calling for about $1.6 billion in federal funding over 15 years to set up a co-ordinatedschool food program in the North.
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Queer photographer Evergon, witchy artists Fastwurms among Governor General winners

Queer photographer Evergon, witchy artists Fastwurms among Governor General winners

A photographer whose work documents and celebrates the homoerotic is among the winners of this year's Governor General Awards in Visual and Media Arts.
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Ski Report

LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — Latest skiing conditions, as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports. Conditions are subject to change due to weather, skier/rider traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions. For more information go to www.
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Indigenous groups hope for infrastructure dollars and economic development in budget

Indigenous groups hope for infrastructure dollars and economic development in budget

OTTAWA — Prominent Indigenous organizations are making major requests of the federal government in its upcoming budget, seeking billions in investments for infrastructure and economic development.
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Ottawa's slow rollout of internet to First Nations creating economic rift: audit

Ottawa's slow rollout of internet to First Nations creating economic rift: audit

OTTAWA — The federal government's slow rollout of high-speed internet to rural areas is putting First Nations at an economic disadvantage while billions of dollars earmarked to fix the issue remains untouched, says Canada's auditor general.
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Ottawa appoints new official in charge of Indigenous corrections

Ottawa appoints new official in charge of Indigenous corrections

OTTAWA — The federal government has appointed a deputy commissioner for Indigenous corrections in a move towards tackling the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Canada's criminal justice system.
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N.S. RCMP cancel alert for armed woman, now seek her as a person of interest

N.S. RCMP cancel alert for armed woman, now seek her as a person of interest

INDIAN BROOK, N.S. — Mounties in Sipekne’katik First Nation in central Nova Scotia are seeking a woman who is a person of interest in a firearms complaint, and who they had earlier warned may be "on foot" with a handgun in the community.
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For one tech company, Indigenous values are central to hiring, projects and strategy

For one tech company, Indigenous values are central to hiring, projects and strategy

TORONTO — One word you don't expect to hear at the boardroom table is "love." But at Indigenous-owned tech company Animikii, you can find it everywhere — including in company decisions about hiring, remote work and flexibility.
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Ski Report

LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — Latest skiing conditions, as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports. Conditions are subject to change due to weather, skier/rider traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions. For more information go to www.
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