Healing

• Indigenous-led healing program tackling ‘epidemic’ of violence, abuse

  "Packing that hurt and pain around for so long instead of being able to, 'I love you.  I'm scared.  I'm afraid.'  It cames out as anger.  That's what I lived."

  Canada

  Sep 30
  
• Saskatoon spa helps heal self-harm scars

  A Saskatoon spa is offering physical and emotional support for people who have dealt with self-harm challenges and hope to diminish the visual reminders.

  Canada

  Aug 17
  
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• Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation hosts campers going to see the Pope at Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage

  With the Pope's visit to Lac Ste. Anne barring pilgrims to camp at that site, the nearby Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation has opened its grounds to visitors.

  Canada

  Jul 24
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• Indigenous family and youth centre bringing home and hope to southern Alberta

  The Noh Koh Waa Family & Youth Centre from the Shinah House Foundation is a place to call home for those who may be falling through the cracks.

  Features

  Jun 28
• Advocates for victims of crime in Alberta say more financial support needed

  Advocates are speaking out after a new provincial program to help victims of serious crimes that had been scheduled to start in 2021 hasn’t started yet.

  Politics

  Jan 7
• Hundreds participate in Kelowna-area National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events

  Dozens of people turned out for various activities in the Kelowna area during the first-ever national Truth and Reconciliation Day.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2021
• Indigenous educators say children must learn truth before reconciliation

  Indigenous educators say the focus must first be on truth before moving toward reconciliation.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2021
• Indigenous teenagers perform healing dances to help loved ones, others recover from COVID-19

  Two Indigenous teenagers have been performing a healing Jingle Dress Dances on the lawn outside of the Regina general hospital everyday for the past week

  Health

  Sep 28, 2021
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• ‘Listen to our voices’: N.S. Indigenous organization seeks funding for new centre

  'The centre will look at cultural issues, it will look at healing, and it will have our elders there and traditional practices for healing.'

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2021
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• ‘There’s many of us that did suffer’: Residential school survivor walks from Prince Albert to Ottawa

  Patricia Ballantyne is walking thousands of kilometres from Prince Albert to Ottawa to raise awareness of what life at a residential school was like.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2021