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2016 Taylor Award Regional Nominees
Pacific Region nominee – Susan Underwood Susan is being nominated for the Taylor Award for her long-time voluntary work with Mission Institution minimum-security unit and the Fraser Valley community. Susan’s work for approximately 20 years has been to connect and bridge different groups in the community toward mutual learning and healing. She works as a […]
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N.S. review of ‘conquered people’ brief complete, but minister won’t comment – Advocate Daily
HALIFAX – A review of a controversial Crown brief that implied the Mi’kmaq are a conquered people is now complete, but Nova Scotia’s justice minister refused Wednesday to divulge its contents. “I’ve seen the report and I’m not able to give any information about it,” Diana Whalen said after a cabinet meeting. “It’s got a […]
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Atlantic Update – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Apr 19, 2017 ATTENTION STATIONS: This is the Atlantic Update that should have moved this morning at 3:30 a.m. AT. — (Dalhousie-Homicide) Jury selection is expected to continue today in Halifax for the high-profile murder trial of a Dalhousie University medical student. William Sandeson has been charged with first-degree murder […]
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Statement about regional advisory meetings postponed – MMIWG
April 13, 2017 The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is postponing upcoming regional advisory meetings. Regional Advisories are an important time for us to hear about things that the National Inquiry should address and to help prepare for the process of truth finding gatherings (hearings) that will come next. The […]
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New Brunswick First Nations set to banish drug dealers following overdose death – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Apr 18, 2017 15:12 By Kevin Bissett THE CANADIAN PRESS FREDERICTON _ There is a growing movement on New Brunswick’s First Nations to banish drug dealers, as mourners said farewell this week to a woman who died of a drug overdose. Leo Bartibogue, an addictions counsellor, says there are 30 to 40 drug dealers […]
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Minister Wilson-Raybould Issues Statement on 35th Anniversary of Charter of Rights and Freedoms
April 17, 2017 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of Justice The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today issued the following statement: Today, I join Canadians in celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. April 17, 1982 marked a defining moment in our country’s history, […]
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Missing children in Canada – MSN
Although May 25 is significant day in the campaign to highlight cases of missing children around the world, every day they are missing is critical. May 25, National Missing Children’s day began in the U.S. on that day as it coincided with the day in 1979 that six-year-old Etan Patz disappeared on his way to […]
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MMIWG: Legal Notices and Documents
For family members and survivors of violence: If you want to share your experiences with, or testify before, the National Inquiry, you do NOT require standing. You will be a “witness”. Therefore you do not need to fill out the Application for Standing which follows. Furthermore, you will not be required to apply for funding […]
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Minister of Justice announces Judicial Advisory Committee appointments
From Department of Justice Canada April 13, 2017 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of Justice Canada The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, remains committed to appointing judges of the highest calibre who are representative of the diversity of our great country. That commitment is demonstrated by the Minister’s new […]
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Loretta Saunders’ family cheers after court rejects killer’s bid for new trial – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Apr 13, 2017 By Kieran Leavitt THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX _ The family of a murdered Innu student cheered Thursday after Nova Scotia’s highest court quickly threw out her killer’s appeal. “This now can make me heal and start trying to do things with the murdered and missing,” said Miriam Saunders of Labrador, […]
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