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'The Buffalo Hunt' seeks to show tribe in a new light
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - "The Buffalo Hunt," a new documentary on the homeland of the Oglala Lakota, attempts to shun clichs around the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota involving poverty and a...
Jun 07, 2019
Meet the taxidermist who's building a bigger rack for Mac the Moose
MOOSE JAW, Canada - Moose Jaw's Mac the Moose isn't looking quite like himself. His antlers were removed Wednesday in order for bigger ones to be built so that he can reclaim the title of wo...
Jun 07, 2019
NDP MP Christine Moore decides not to seek re-election this fall
OTTAWA - NDP MP Christine Moore says she will not run for re-election in the fall. In a release Friday, the representative for Abitibi-Tmiscamingue said she will continue to advocate for progress...
Jun 07, 2019
Tory senators deny stalling private members' bills on Indigenous rights
OTTAWA - Conservative senators are being blamed for running out the parliamentary clock on a number of bills, including several aimed at advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples. But the C...
Jun 07, 2019
Boil water advisory for Logan Lake will likely be in place for another week
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - A boil water advisory for the community of Logan Lake will continue, after originally being issued last Saturday (June 1).In a news release, the District of Logan Lake says it is un...
Jun 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Safety concerns for Indigenous women in resource development: MMIW inquiry
OTTAWA - Amnesty International Canada is supporting the call from the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women on the "urgent need" to consider the safety of Indigenous wo...
Jun 07, 2019
Former SD73 Superintendent honoured by university that provided him with opportunity
KAMLOOPS - Karl de Bruijn has been an influential educator during his career in the Kamloops-Thompson School District, spanning four decades. He was first a teacher in the district, then a principal, ...
Jun 07, 2019 Long-time educator in Kamloops Karl de Bruijn was awarded with an honourary degree by TRU on Thursday (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Veteran public servant, CFL boss, ex-B.C. attorney general named to RCMP board
OTTAWA - A former top public servant in the federal, Alberta and Ontario governments will head up the RCMP's fledgling board of civilian advisers assigned to help the police force modernize. Besi...
Jun 07, 2019
DNA analysis suggests Dene descended from first North Americans
The Indigenous people of Canada's Western Arctic are descendants of some of the first humans to live in North America, new genetic research suggests. A paper published Wednesday in the scientific...
Jun 07, 2019
Savona-area fire 'being held' as cooler weather helps firefighters
SAVONA, B.C. - B.C. Wildfire Service crews have made strong progress on the Sabiston Creek wildfire west of Savona."It is being held at this time, and after some more accurate mapping, it is now sized...
Jun 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Jill Sperling
