04 Mar Stimulus funds found for aboriginal communities: $170-million to address suicide and infant mortality rates that are disproportionately high in remote communities (The Globe and Mail)
The violence, poverty and social issues that plague Canada’s aboriginal population will be targeted with millions of dollars in new funding announced in Thursday’s budget. A small but symbolic amount of $5-million has been set aside in each of the next two years to look into the “disturbingly high” number of aboriginal women who have gone missing or been murdered… go to article