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THUNDER BAY – Currently, there is a gap in services for people living on-reserve in instances of marriage breakdown. Provincial laws governing the fair division of assets when a marriage fails does not apply on First Nations reserves. The federal Indian Act, which governs most aspects of reserve life, does not address the subject. Outside [...]
THUNDER BAY - Bill S-2, Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act, passed the third reading in the House of Commons yesterday (Tuesday, June 11, 2013) despite concerns from opposing First Nations. ONWA believes that while the Bill proposes to address issues relating to family real property on reserves, ‘granting’ First Nations rights to create [...]
THUNDER BAY – “I live here”. That simple statement was made by a man who lives in Thunder Bay. Sitting in the newly ‘Flower Bombed’ Bank in East Victoria Ave, the man sitting with friends commented how “College kids came and planted trees, flowers, and cleaned up”. We all live here. We all face the [...]
THUNDER BAY – A Sacred Journey for Future Generations is a walk from Stanley Mission Saskatchewan headed to Ottawa Ontario to arrive at Parliament Hill on June 21st. “Our Trek is 3426 kilometres,” shared Bruce Mckenzie, the main organizer for the walk. Today, live from Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay the message [...]
THUNDER BAY – Editorial - I am awake, I am alive and today I give back. Today I am delivering a business workshop for new entrepreneurs at the same agency that helped me get my start. It is always exciting to go back there, to remember the days not so long ago, to give back and with that [...]
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