Maan Alhmidi
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Reporter with The Canadian Press
NDP pushes feds to outline vaccination plan for Indigenous communities
The federal government should come up with a plan to roll COVID-19 vaccines out in Indigenous communities immediately, NDP health critic Don Davies says.
Reconciliation delayed and anti-Indigenous racism increasing: TRC commissioners
Five years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued its final report, commissioners Murray Sinclair, Wilton Littlechild and Marie Wilson are coming together to voice their concerns about the slow pace of reconciliation in Canada.
Pandemic awakens memories of war for these Syrian refugees
Five years after the first of them arrived in Canada, tens of thousands of Syrian refugees have had to adapt to COVID-19 lockdowns that brought back the memories of war horrors and upset the lives they had begun to rebuild.
Canada must close the gap for Indigenous people after COVID-19, Bellegarde says
Canada must invest in closing the gap for Indigenous people as it emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the outgoing head of the Assembly of First Nations said Tuesday.
AFN to discuss disproportionate impact of COVID-19 and UNDRIP legislation
The Assembly of First Nations is planning to urge the federal Liberal government to do more to deal with the disproportionate impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on their communities in a virtual version of its annual general assembly today, December 8, 2020.
National Chief Perry Bellegarde won't seek re-election as leader of Assembly of First Nations
National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations said he won’t seek re-election as the head of the organization next summer.
Grassy Narrows First Nations chief applauds funding for mercury treatment centre
New money for a treatment centre for those living with the effects of chronic mercury poisoning comes as a ray of hope for a northern Ontario First Nation that has spent the past six decades in the shadow of a decades-old water contamination scandal.
Liberals table UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples bill
The Liberal government introduced long-awaited legislation on Thursday, December 3, 2020, to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which Justice Minister David Lametti described as a significant step forward on the path to reconciliation.
Canadians not worried other nations will get COVID-19 vaccine first: poll
A new poll suggests most Canadians aren't currently worried that people in other countries might get a COVID-19 vaccine first.
Black Canadians inspired by Harris to run for office, MPs say
The election of Kamala Harris as vice-president of the United States will inspire more young Black women in Canada to engage in politics and run for office, says Velma Morgan, a Black Canadian activist based in Toronto.