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Budget 2022 promises $4.3 billion to improve Indigenous housing in CanadaOttawa says it will spend $4.3 billion over seven years to help improve Indigenous housing during Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s second budget of the pandemic era.CanadaApr 7
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‘A road to healing’: Pope’s apology lauded by Manitoba Indigenous leaders'We think this is a wonderful start to this process of engagement with the Catholic Church,' said Phil Fontaine of the Pope's apology to Indigenous Peoples Friday in Vatican City.CanadaApr 1
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Ottawa to review Indigenous Services department to identify discriminationThe work will happen as part of a $40-billion agreement-in-principle between the federal Liberal government and groups including the Assembly of First Nations.CanadaMar 31
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Pope Francis could visit Canada within a year, Indigenous delegates in Rome sayThe Indigenous delegation was at the Vatican for a meeting with the Pope, where they urged him to travel to Canada to apologize for the church’s role in residential schools.CanadaMar 31
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First Nations delegates meet with Pope Francis with ‘high expectations’ for apologyPhil Fontaine, former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, said delegates made a document to leave behind to help guide the church and the Pope on reconciliation.CanadaMar 31
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Something is different about this trip to the Vatican. Phil Fontaine says it’s ‘hope’“Significant changes will emerge as part of this, and those changes will include this story, but it won’t be the only story. It can’t be the only story.”CanadaMar 30
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Manitoba delegation in Rome wants apology from Pope in CanadaAn estimated 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend residential schools, more than 60 per cent of which were run by the Catholic Church.CanadaMar 29
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‘Let’s think big’: Historic Indigenous delegation arrives in Rome to meet Pope FrancisThe world will be watching as 32 First Nations, Inuit and Métis representatives touch down in Rome for a week of private meetings with Pope Francis.CanadaMar 27
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Retired Saskatchewan Chief heads to the Vatican to meet Pope FrancisSaskatchewan retired chief leaves for the Vatican to meet with the Pope to talk about an apology to residential school survivors and the need to acknowledge the unmarked graves.CanadaMar 25
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Indigenous delegation to take Vatican trip at the end of MarchThe meeting between the Indigenous delegation and the pope was originally scheduled for December 2021, but was delayed due to Omicron.CanadaFeb 1
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