Friendship Centre Movement: In the News
Friendship Centres are working hard to support their communities during COVID-19. Their dedication and compassion is what drives our Movement. Over the past several weeks, here are a few times Friendship Centres have been mentioned in the news.
August
- Border City youth unveil their summer art project[My Lloydminster Now]
- Medicine Hat Recreation Experience offers host of activities[Lethbridge Herald]
- Kermode Friendship Society to host annual FASD awareness day Sept 9[Terrance Standard]
- ‘People called me the Cinnamon Bun Lady’: Friendship Centre fixture retires[The Reminder]
- Tenants find more than a room at Friendship Centre hostel[The Reminder]
- Wachiay planning next steps for housing project in Courtenay[Comox Valley Record]
- Downtown Community Safety Hub gets $1.9M in funding[Prince George Citizen]
- City receives homelessness funding[Alaska Highway News]
- UBUNTU to host International Youth Day event[Red Deer Advocate]
- Building a More Inclusive Canada: The Government of Canada Announces Funding for Anti-Racism Projects Across the Country [Cision]
- GNWT announces recipients of 2021 Healthy Choices funding [Cabin Radio]
- Feds fund ‘new horizons’ for Hay River area seniors[NNSL Media]
- Why Aboriginals Cannot Be Confused With Minorities In Quebec[UDEM News]
- While street drug testing is new to Saskatchewan, in B.C. it's helped prevent overdoses for years[CTV News]
- Men’s healing program expanding in Kivalliq beginning with training in Clyde River[Nunavut News]
- BVCU makes donation in Houston[BC Local News]
July
- En canot pour lutter contre le racisme: «Ils méritent le respect»[Le Nouvelliste]
- Business owner balks at proposed downtown wellness centre[NNSL Media]
- Le court-métrage Atisoko au lac Saint-Louis dès ce jeudi[L'Écho de la Tuque: Accueil]
- Two day spaces created for Kamloops' homeless community[Kamloops This Week]
- It’s all about Friendship with a $62,500 PRPA donation [The Northern View]
- Community healing with soaring spirits[NNSL Media]
- Victoria Native Friendship Centre Elders first to go virtual during pandemic[Saanich News]
- 'We are all Connected' event in Yellowknife brings people of all ages to paddle together[CBC]
- PG Public Library recognizes Native Friendship Centre’s Indigenous Childcare Facility with award [My Prince George Now]
- Feds spend $364K on 18 projects to boost N.W.T. seniors' social inclusion[CBC]
- Design for a proposed Indigenous friendship centre in Fredericton unveiled [CBC]
- Indigenous-owned, Manitoba-based potato chips brand heading to shelves across Canada [Global News]
- Edson's new shelter pods provide a place for homeless people [CBC]
- Lloydminster youth brush the first strokes on 2021’s Graffiti Cleanup [My Lloydminster Now]
- Local museums aim to attract visitors by offering free admission [Halifax Today]
- Indigenous counselling now available in Lloydminster [My Lloydminster Now]
- Community Connection: Winnigpeg Indigenous Friendship Centre [CTV News]
- Two more daycares could be coming to PG [My Prince George Now]
- Government of Canada funds five new projects to encourage COVID-19 vaccination in Canada [ News Wire]
- Victoria retirement community raises over $20,000 to help Indigenous youth [Sooke News Mirror]
- Video launch highlights campaign for youth transition home in Atikokan, Ont. [CBC]
- Deputy Prime Minister Freeland discusses COVID-19’s impact with Edmonton youth [The Gateway Online]
- Our Community: Podcast takes deep dive into the book business [Time Colonist]
- Province invests $3M towards Indigenous and northern organizations [Winnipeg Sun]
- MMIWG monument unveiling completes two yeats of collaboration [Prince Albert Herald]
- Mural downtown Smithers to raise awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls [My Bulkley Lakes Now]
- Dze L’ Kant Friendship Centre assisting Okanagan residents displaced by wildfires [My Bulkley Lakes Now]
- Northwest B.C. activists, non-profits send supplies for women and children affected by wildfires [Yahoo News]
- Temperature soars in Saskatoon as centre of scorching weather system moves into province [CTV News]
- Ottawa announces new funding to improve Indigenous health and address racism in the healthcare system [The Star]
- More orange, less red and white as Atlantic Canadians honour Indigenous people July 1 [Toronto Star]
June
- Friendship Society launches Orange Hearts to honour Indigenous children and families [Vernon Matters]
- Orange Heart Memorial campaign launches in Vernon on National Indigenous Peoples Day [Vernon Morning Star]
- Government of Canada COVID-19 update for Indigenous Peoples and communities, week of June 14 [Cision Newswire]
- Prince George community raises awareness for elder abuse [My Prince George Now]
- Local aboriginal court worker strives to create fairer system [PA Now]
- First harm reduction site opens in Regina [The Canadian Press]
- Winners announced for the Inaugural Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards [Cision NewsWire]
- Saskatoon non-profits anxious for federal housing cash [Saskatoon StarPhoenix]
- ‘You can’t ever go to treatment if you’re dead:’ Regina opens harm reduction site [The Canadian Press]
- La clinique mère-enfant ouvre ses portes au Centre d’amitié autochtone de Val-d’Or [Radio-Canada]
- BC Assembly of First Nations’ Chief upset with City [CKGB Today]
- Honouring Joyce Echaquan's legacy through art, music and a movement for change across Quebec [CBC]
- Un circuit des artisans pour la Journée nationale des peuples autochtones à Val-d’Or [Radio-Canada[
- COVID-19 : vaccination ambulante pour les populations vulnérables de Calgary [Radio-Canada]
- The overdose prevention sites Saskatchewan's government doesn't want [Saskatoon StarPhoenix]
- CRD Director calls for Canada Day celebration that acknowledges the children from the Kamloops residential school [My Cariboo Now]
- 100 Men come up big for kids [Penticton Herald]
- Local resident starts shoe donation campaign for Lloydminster Native Friendship Centre [My Lloydminster Now]
- Student group develops better understanding of Indigenous issues while giving back to the community [Thompson Citizen]
- Quebec invests $14M in adapted and more accessible justice for Indigenous people [CTV News]
- Brayden Bushby sentenced to eight years in jail for fatal attack on Indigenous woman [Globe and Mail]
- ‘Intergenerational trauma continues’: Cold Lake vigil raises awareness on residential schools [Fort MacMurray Today]
- 50 attend smudge at Hay River’s Soaring Eagle for Kamloops residential school children [NNSL Media]
- Regina Police Service, City, work to combat 'huge spike' in overdoses [CTV News]
- Grande Prairie woman walking 215 kilometres in honour of Kamloops residential school kids [Everything GP]
- Our Community: Young leaders join art event to help Our Place [Victoria Times-Colonist]
- Les dons affluent au centre d'amitié autochtone de Kamloops [Radio-Canada]
- Kamloops friendship centre sees big jump in donations over past week [CBC]
- Hundreds gather at Kelowna tribute in honour of Kamloops 215 [Vernon Morning Star]
- Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society eyeing new building, 32 housing units [CFJC Today]
- Grande Prairie woman walking 215 km for residential school awareness [My Grande Prairie Now]
- Outpouring of support at vigil for residential school victims [CHAT News Today]
- New Short Films Explore BC’s Many ‘Façades’ [The Tyee]
- Un mémorial à Saguenay pour les 215 enfants autochtones du pensionnat de Kamloops [Radio-Canada]
- La misère d’autochtones laissés pour compte dans Milton-Parc [La Presse]
- Founder of Orange Shirt Day celebrates new national holiday in Kamloops [CFJC Today]
- «Justice pour Joyce»: 2000 personnes dans les rues de Trois-Rivières [La Droit]
- Le CIUSSS désire mieux accueillir et accompagner la communauté autochtone [le Quotidien]
- Lac-Simon et Val-d’Or manifestent en appui à la famille de Joyce Echaquan [Radio-Canada]
- Une marche et une bannière pour honorer Joyce Échaquan à Val-d'Or [iHeartRADIO]
- Pace set to receive $91,000 for frontline support [Yahoo! News]
- City of Regina to invest $500,000 in local harm reduction efforts [Global News]
- Victims and survivors of residential schools remembered at memorial service [Fort McMurray Today]
- Thursday night vigil will honour residential school victims [Chat News Today]
- The graves were never a secret: Why so many residential school cemeteries remain unmarked [National Post]
- 'Horrible things happening there,' Shubenacadie residential school survivor recalls [CTV News]
- Government of Canada announces $1.72 million investment in 5 women's and equality-seeking organizations in the prairies [Newswire]
May
- Pop-up vaccination clinic launches downtown to support unhoused Calgarians [Calgary Herald]
- Marche de solidarité pour Joyce Echaquan : une centaine de participants à Saguenay [Radio-Canada]
- Une marche pour Joyce Echaquan à Saguenay [Le Quotidien]
- Le Centre d’amitié autochtone reçoit une aide historique de 12 M $ [Le Citoyen]
- Parade for Aboriginal Head Start students planned for Saturday [My Grande Prairie Now]
- Candlelight vigil, wearing orange to school planned to honour victims of residential schools [Everything GP]
- $27M in funding from Quebec – Historic Recognition from the Government of Québec, Following 15 Years of Joint Efforts [NationTalk]
- First overdose prevention site in Regina officially opens [Global News]
- Regina's first safe consumption site is up and running [Regina Leader-Post]
- Regina now has a supervised overdose prevention site operating [620 CKRM]
- Government of Canada works with communities and organizations to support food security for Indigenous Peoples during COVID-19 [Indigenous Services Canada]
- Recent overdoses highlight need for safe consumption site, says Regina’s Newo Yotina Centre [620 CKRM]
- Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards: Celebrating excellence, artistic voice and legacy [Toronto Sun]
- Alberta invests in supports for rural sexual violence survivors [Lethbridge News Now]
- Une entente ratifiée par trois organismes Atikamekw de la Mauricie [L'Echo La Tuque/Haut-St-Maurice]
- Entente entre deux Centre d’amitié de la Mauricie et le Conseil de Wemotaci [APTN]
- Indigenous Manitobans who had first dose of COVID vaccines can book second-dose appointments May 24 [Thompson Citizen]
- Around Kivalliq: First goose of the year [Nunavut News]
- After string of overdose deaths in Regina, advocates, police anxiously await opening of prevention site [CBC]
- Indigenous-led immunization clinic expands reach to youth and vulnerable community members [Calgary Herald]
- UN FRANC SUCCÈS POUR LA COLLATION DES GRADES DE L’INRS [Université du Québec]
- Une entente pour améliorer les services aux Atikamekw en milieu urbain [Le Nouvelliste]
- Qualité des services aux Atikamekw en milieu urbain - Les centres d'amitié autochtone de La Tuque et de Trois-Rivières et le Conseil des Atikamekw de Wemotaci signent une entente mutuelle afin d'augmenter l'accessibilité à des services culturellement pertinents et sécurisants aux membres [Newswire]
- Calgary Indigenous clinic offering COVID-19 vaccines to youth, homeless, newcomers [Global News]
- Intervenante honorée [La Presse]
- Yukon groups get more than $68K for programs supporting marginalized youth [CBC]
- Nova Scotia reaches 400,000 dose milestone in COVID-19 vaccine plan [Halifax Today]
- Le Centre d'amitié autochtone du Lac-Saint-Jean ouvre une boutique à Roberval [Radio-Canada]
- Adapter le message pour que tous aient accès aux informations sur la vaccination [Radio-Canada]
- Trois-Rivières: manque de logements abordables et discrimination [Le Nouvelliste]
- Mort de Joyce Echaquan: l'enquête publique s'amorce jeudi [Le Journal de Montréal]
- City of Regina offering $500K in grant funding for harm reduction [Regina Leader-Post]
- Édith Cloutier, l’amitié autochtone à cœur [Radio-Canada]
- Doig River receives $98,000 to support early childhood, youth programming [Alaska Highway News]
- Urban vaccine clinics providing much needed services for Indigenous Peoples in Winnipeg [APTN]
- N.L. Folk Festival forges on with scaled down performances and fall digital series [CBC]
- 'I told her often I loved her,' Joyce Echaquan's husband tells inquest into her death at Quebec hospital [CBC]
- Province announces money for shelter beds, housing initiative [CBC]
- Canada’s Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival Announces 2021 Nominees and TD Bank Group as New Top Sponsor of The SSIMAs [Nation Talk]
- COVID vaccine appointments still available at the Brandon Friendship Centre [94.7 Star FM]
- Native Friendship Centre of Montreal: New relationships and opportunities for collaboration in urban communities [Red Cross Canada]
- Rallye photo pour la semaine des familles [L'echo Le Tuque/Haut-St-Maurice]
- Enquête publique sur le décès de Joyce Echaquan: «c’est comme si c’était arrivé hier» [Le Nouvelliste]
- Area projects receive federal and provincial funding [Prince Albert Herald]
- Mental health and social service funding provided to Smithers organizations [My Bulkley Lakes Now]
- Young Manitobans eager for COVID-19 vaccines line up in droves, book appointments [CBC]
- Regina safe consumption site rushing to open as overdose deaths rise[Regina Leader Post]
- P.A. Indian and Metis Friendship Centre among recipients of $50 million investment [PA Now]
- ‘A game-changer’: Proponents hope recovery house will gain support of Penticton city council [Global News]
- Mamas for Mamas launches [Castanet]
- Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre steps up to serve elders during pandemic [APTN]
- RED DRESS DAY: A history of the Highway of Tears [Merritt Herald]
- Saskatoon friendship centre's new mental health program aims to heal intergenerational trauma [CBC]
- Mobile vaccination clinic reaches hundreds of Indigenous Montrealers [CTV News]
April
- Housing advocacy to get an Indigenous makeover in Calgary [Community Housing Transformation Centre]
- Regina's 3rd community fridge opens in Heritage neighbourhood [CTV News]
- #TakeCareInCOVID wins two IABC OVATION awards [Cision]
- First Nations ambassador Edith Cloutier to be honoured by INRS [INRS], [Radio-Canada]
- 'All I want is some help': Advocates say more solutions are needed as drug overdoses in Regina continue to soar [CTV]
- Editorial: Northern vaccine eligibility expands as pandemic’s third wave gains momentum [Thomson Citizen]
- Community centres jump into action to help families transition to at-home learning [CBC]
- BC Housing conducting review after the deaths of six Indigenous men in Smithers [My Bulkley Lakes Now]
- N.W.T. divided on regulating vape flavours, public consultation shows [CBC]
- Death of Ellie Herman a reminder MMIWG2S an issue 'people can't ignore' [Fort McMurray Today]
- Itinérance: retour des campements à Montréal [Métro]
- Montreal organizations offer COVID-19 vaccine to urban Indigenous population [CBC]
- Caméras d'intervention : la Vallée-de-l’Or fera partie du projet pilote de la SQ [Radio-Canada]
- Quebec provincial police will test out body cameras in 4 regions [CBC]
- Quebec provincial police begin deploying body cameras nearly four years after purchasing them [Global News]
- Plus de 65 000 $ pour le Centre d’amitié autochtone de La Tuque [Le Nouvelliste]
- Urban Indigenous population vaccinations [CityNews Montreal]
- Indigenous-led COVID-19 vaccine clinics [Global News]
- Smithers Supportive Housing Faces Probe after Multiple Deaths [The Tyee]
- First Nations leaders urge B.C. Housing to investigate Indigenous deaths at supportive housing [CBC]
- Indigenous leaders calling for inquiry into recent deaths of Indigenous residents in BC Housing facility [BCAAFC]
- ‘Fry Bread Is a Must’: East Van Embraces New Takeout Option [The Tyee]
- La vaccination s'ouvre aux Autochtones vivant en milieu urbain [La Presse]
- Ceremonial cleansing creates culturally safe space for immunization [Daily Herald Tribune]
- COVID-19 vaccine clinic looks to connect Indigenous patients with their culture [CBC]
- Once an inmate and now an elder, Mi'kmaw sweat lodge keeper brings healing to prisoners [CBC]
- Stemete7uw’i Friendship Centre President hosting Secwepemc Language Workshop [My Cariboo Now]
- Focus shifts to northern shelter as daytime supports reopen in La Ronge[Prince Albert Daily Herald]
- Smudging ceremony held before vaccine clinic opening at Montrose Cultural Centre [Everything GP]
- Ma-Mow-We-Tak Friendship Centre to help immunize Indigenous people against COVID-19 [Thompson Citizen]
- Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre provides safe space for rapid COVID-19 testing [Winnipeg Free Press]
- Violence conjugale : l'histoire de la tasse à café de Maniwaki [Radio-Canada]
- The light and the dark: Work at the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre [The Nova Scotia Advocate]
- Friendship centre and food bank see increased demand [Lakeland TODAY]
- Funding awarded for land-based programming across NWT [NNSL Media]
- Indigenous-focused, large-scale COVID-19 immunization clinic opens in Calgary [Calgary Herald]
- Transitional housing, reclaiming youth protection key to breaking Val-d’Or’s cycle of homelessness [Ricochet Media]
- Downtown Community Safety Hub now operational [Prince George Citizen]
- MLA receives racist emails after B.C. prioritizes Indigenous people for COVID-19 vaccine [Williams Lake Tribune]
- Cuthand: Harm reduction sites needed in Saskatchewan [Saskatoon StarPhoenix]
- La génération Z autochtone à travers une garderie de Val-d'Or [Radio-Canada]
- Adding cell service in an effort to improve safety along the ‘Highway of Tears’ [Global News]
- La Ronge homeless service back after funding lapse [Saskatoon Star Phoenix]
- Improved cell service coming to B.C.'s Highway of Tears [CBC]
- Several local programs to benefit from Back to Work Community Partnership [Halifax Today]
- New provincial program aims to connect more people with in-demand job markets [CBC]
- Indigenous friendship centres stuck in financial rut as pandemic continues [CBC]
- Charities and non-profits in trouble seek federal support [CBC]
- 'Shock to the system': La Ronge scrambles to support the homeless as services forced to close down [Prince Albert Daily Herald]
- La Ronge homeless program in limbo over provincial funding [Saskatoon Star Phoenix]
- Charitable Choices: The Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary [Calgary Guardian]
- 'Harm is happening right now' as overdoses increase in Regina, says Regina police chief [CBC]
March
- Government of Canada Invests Over $1 Million to Advance Gender Equality for Indigenous Women and Girls [Newswire]
- ‘We are still here’: Kikinahk staff play pivotal role during COVID-19 pandemic response [Laronge Now]
- Le projet de logements de transition du Centre d’amitié de Val-d’Or devra attendre [Radio-Canada]
- Métis-Cree dancer keeps community connected with virtual powwows [Fort McMurray Today]
- Jigging for the heart, from the heart [The Voice of Denendeh]
- Government of Canada Invests Over $1 Million to Advance Gender Equality for Indigenous Women and Girls (Women and Gender Equality Canada)
- Indigenous patients using new online tool to anonymously report health-care racism (CTV News)
- Pipe ceremony, feast marks end of Indigenous culture, language program (CBC Manitoba)
- A new tool to report racism within B.C.’s healthcare system (Global News BC)
- Pour de meilleures relations (L'Étoile du Lac)
- Construction begins for MHC expansion (CHAT News Today)
- Province creates five new youth hub sites to expand co-ordinated access to mental health, addiction services to protect young Manitobans [Province of Manitoba]
- Seven groups get grants totalling $710,000 for mental health, addictions programs [Fort McMurray Today]
- Edmonton to see new affordable housing project with funding from province, federal government [Edmonton Journal]
- L’oeuvre Otehina, pour le rapprochement des peuples [L'Écho de la Tuque]
- Penticton’s Ooknakane hosts first of its kind Friendship Centre vaccination clinic [Keremeos Review]
- Indigenous patients using new online tool to anonymously report health-care racism [CTV News]
- New online tool allows Indigenous patients to anonymously report racism in health-care system [CBC]
- La solidarité à l’honneur pour la Journée internationale de l’élimination de la discrimination raciale [Le Nouvelliste]
- In nurses' firing, union calls for due process, while First Nations leaders hope broader concerns aren't lost [CBC News]
- Nawican Bergeron Youth Centre open for play [The Mirror]
- Napi gets financial boost for community health [Yahoo! News]
- Overdose Death Awareness Front And Centre With Black Balloon Initiative [Portage Online]
- Regina Friendship Centre receives preliminary approval to open overdose prevention site [Global News]
- La population invitée à marcher par petits groupes contre la discrimination raciale [Radio-Canada]
- Le Défi 100 tours sans discrimination revient autour du lac St-Louis [L'Écho de la Tuque]
- Atikamekw maltraitée à Joliette : « Zéro tolérance pour ce genre de comportement » [Radio-Canada]
- Should the NWT do more to support NGOs? [Cabin Radio]
- COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Indigenous people in urban Calgary area opening Monday [Global News]
- Indigenous-led housing project to open in Vancouver [The Runner]
- New community program launches in Halifax's north end to help cross-cultural learning [The Chronicle Herald]
- CNA students in Stephenville partner with local Indigenous friendship centre on podcast project [The Telegram]
February
- Friendship Centre and DOCFS Hand Out Breakfast Kits [Portage Online]
- Des appels de l’amitié, pour briser la solitude [L'Écho de la Tuque]
- Jeanne Clarke Award winners announced Sunday [Prince George Citizen]
- PG Public Library recognizes Native Friendship Centre’s Indigenous Childcare Facility with award [My PG Now]
- New youth shelter helping Saskatoon’s homeless [Global News]
- Prince George Native Friendship Centre wins award for its Indigenous childcare centre [Prince George Matters]
- Inauguration d’une murale pour les finissants autochtones [Le Nouvelliste]
- Vancouver council approves Indigenous-led housing project with 160 new homes and more [Vancouver is Awesome]
- Bonnyville Friendship Centre, Blue Quills University receive provincial funding [Lakeland TODAY]
- Alberta Blue Cross continues to support community organizations through COVID grant program [today ville]
- Jannah Kohlman: organization and opportunities [The Mirror]
- Cal Albright, Kermode Friendship Centre executive director departs to Surrey [Terrace Standard]
- Favoriser la persévérance et la réussite éducative des autochtones au postsecondaire [Le Rire]
- Proposed COVID outreach collaboration includes 12 Edmonton agencies [CBC]
- Portage Friendship Centre Offers Drive-By Bannock Tacos For Riel Day [Portage Online]
- Friendship centres key to reaching urban Indigenous peoples when vaccines roll out, says executive director[The Star]
- Mobilisation en faveur de la vaccination des Autochtones québécois en ville [Radio-Canada]
- Une aide fédérale de 10 000$ au Centre d’amitié autochtone de Maniwaki [L'info de la Vallée]
- Halifax council approves Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre’s affordable housing plan [Halifax Examiner]
- Calls to ban birth alerts grow louder as other provinces end controversial practice [CBC]
- Maniwaki community cooks together online to fight pandemic isolation[CBC]
- Canada’s largest charities ask Ottawa for $500 to $700 million Covid-19 Relief Fund [Future of Good]
January
- Saskatoon Indian and Métis Friendship Centre provides safe place for homeless youth [CBC]
- PG Native Friendship Centre says more needs to be done to assist homeless population [My PG Now]
- Monument honouring residential school survivors to be built in Regina [paNOW]
- Saskatoon Indian and Metis Friendship Centre opens drop-in day youth shelter [The Star Phoenix]
- Systemic racism in Canada’s health care and how it affects vaccine rollout [Global News]
- Pandemic response: Friendship centres prepare for ‘the long haul’ [Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper]
- Pilot project puts cancer screening into the hands of northwest B.C. women [Prince George Citizen]
- Friendship Centre opens up as cold weather shelter as minus-30 weekend nears [The Reminder]
- Northern Manitoba community imposing curfew to curb spread of COVID-19 [CTV News]
- Youth Outreach Programs Expanding [Nova Scotia]
- Wachiay opens store-front arts shop in downtown Courtenay [Comox Valley Record]
- Winners selected in art contest in Hay River[Hay River Hub]
- Record de décès par surdose en Saskatchewan en 2020 [Radio-Canada]
- Le Centre d’amitié autochtone ajuste son offre de services [Le Citoyen]
- Halifax emergency shelter project one step closer to approval [The Signal]
- Kikinahk receives $30,000 donation from LLRIB Internal Council [La Ronge Now]
- Halifax council approves next steps for Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre’s rapid affordable housing project [Halifax Examiner]
- Thompson low-income seniors given a boost through hamper program [Winnipeg Sun]
- 21 Québécois qui feront 2021 [Le Devoir]
- Indigenous-led non-profits say they are better equipped to deliver cultural services than Siloam Mission[CBC]
- Family Wellness and Healing Project launching in Meadow Lake [Meadowlake NOW]
- Shelter in La Ronge faces shutdown over COVID-19 concerns [Saskatoon Star Phoenix]
- Joyce Echaquan et la redécouverte de la difficile réalité autochtone [L'Action]
- Saskatchewan quietly approved overdose prevention sites [Saskatoon Star Phoenix]
2020
- Moose Hide campaign expands [CKPG Today]
- Ozone disinfection devices arrive at La Ronge’s Kikinahk Friendship Centre [paNOW]
- Rapport du Groupe d'action contre le racisme : Édith Cloutier réagit [Radio-Canada]
- Province Adds Beds for Homeless in Halifax [Nova Scotia Government]
- Friendship Centre launching mental health support program [My Grand Prairie Now]
- Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre executive director talks affordable housing [Global News]
- Prince George Friendship Centre to benefit from government support [MY PG NOW]
- Prince Albert Indian and Métis Friendship Centre looking to open men’s affordable housing [CTV News]
- Des panneaux pour valoriser la présence autochtone à Saguenay [le Quotidien]
- Des résidences étudiantes autochtones à Chibougamau? [La Sentinelle]
- Province provides more support for friendship centres as urban Indigenous peoples struggle during pandemic [Energetic City]
- Mobilisation et soutien pour la famille de Kristen [L'Écho de la Tuque]
- ‘Breastfeeding is a traditional food that should be protected’ [The Discourse]
- 18 millions $ pour l'hébergement des étudiants: une bonne nouvelle pour les Centres d'amitié autochtones de la région [le Nouvelliste]
- Comment «rouvrir des plaies» autour de l’affaire Joyce Echaquan [Le Devoir]
- Anwatan-Miguam : Projet de logements de transitions pour les Autochtones [Radio-Canada]
- Out in the cold: COVID-19 leaves Labrador homeless wandering[CBC]
- Sabrina Muise works with youth to preserve Mi'kmaq culture [The Chronicle Herald]
- Government Announces Membership of the National Housing Council [Canada Mortage and Housing Corporation]
- COVID-19 statistics don’t reflect the reality for Indigenous people living in Canadian cities [The Star]
- How Quebec's Minowé clinic is improving Indigenous access to health care [CBC]
- Lanaudière Native Friendship Centre slated to relocate and expand [Global News]
- Un nouveau centre d'amitié autochtone dans Lanaudière [Radio-Canada]
- Un programme de formation d'éducatrices autochtones lancé au Lac-Saint-Jean [le Quotidien]
- Northern Lights recipient – Is kitsii gome, 7 Brothers Circle [Government of Alberta]
- Connaître l’horreur, éveiller les consciences [L'Écho de la Tuque]
- Indigenous-led clinic to help Quebec community still shaken by Joyce Echaquan’s death [Canadian Press]
- Mort de Joyce Echaquan: le Centre d’amitié autochtone de Trois-Rivières interpelle les médias sur l'échec du système public [L'Écho de Trois-Rivières]
- MMIWG monument planned for Prince Albert [CTV News]
- Traditional Salmon Dinner served to K'jipuktuk community on Treaty Day [Global News]
- Margaret Jerome acclaimed as president of Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre [Hay River Hub]
- Friendship Centre launches canoe to mark Orange Shirt Day [The Interior News]
- Plans modified for this year's Orange Shirt Day [Timmins Daily Press]
- Men's homeless shelter opens in Bonnyville [Lakeland Today]
- L’exposition Réconcili’Art inaugurée [Le Nouvelliste]
- The Pulaarvik Kablu Friendship Centre to deliver 28-day addictions program in Rankin Inlet [Kivalliq News]
- Aboriginal friendship centre to raise totem pole for missing and murdered indigenous women [Nanaimo News]
- Atikokan Native Friendship Centre hopes new transition home for youth will change futures [CBC]
- Victoria Foundation announces recepients of $280k in grants [CTV News]
- New workshop focuses on inspiring Indigenous musicians during pandemic [CBC]
- Local organizations receive support for community projects developed amid COVID-19 [LaRonge Now]
- Friendship Centre Offering COVID-19 Supports [895 The Lake]
- Friendship Centres Association helps separate the science from the myths of COVID [Windspeaker]
- Online campaign hopes a little laughter dispels myths about COVID-19 [APTN]
- Urban Indigenous organizations need more COVID-19 funding says NAFC [Future of Good]
- 'Disrespectful': Urban Indigenous population feels short-changed by federal COVID-19 response [CBC]
- Grassroots organizations in Calgary come together to help most vulnerable [APTN]
- Indigenous friendship centres hit hard by skyrocketing requests for help, advocate says [CBC]
- Urban Indigenous left behind by Ottawa's COVID-19 response: friendship centres [Canadian Press]
- Editorial: a friend in need (Friendship Centres) [NNSL]
- Indigenous leaders say coronavirus crisis help is coming up short [Radio Canada International]
- Friendship Centre funding during the pandemic [NNSL]
- Volunteers aiming to make 30,000 cloth masks for Labrador [Chronicle Herald]
- Question in House of Commons regarding increasing funding to Friendship Centres [YouTube]
- Mark Miller responds: "they do amazing work with limited funds, critical for the most vulnerable, Indigenous communities, in urban settings. These supports are incredibly needed right now. We have received a submission from the NAFC, we know they do so much with so little, and we know that needs to be supported on a constant basis."
- NWT friendship centres soldier through crisis with lost funding [NNSL]
- Sunday Scrum: Convening Parliament during the COVID-19 pandemic [CBC]
- Tanya Talaga mentions work of Friendship Centres during Sunday Scrum
- Victoria Native Friendship Centre working flat out to support the community [CBC Radio]
- Friendship Centres struggling during pandemic [Brandon Sun]
- Offering essential services during COVID-19 keeps Cariboo Friendship Society busy [Williams Lake Tribune]
- Friendship centre finds new ways of supporting community despite lack of money from feds [APTN]
- Supporting Mental Health Ooknakane Friendship Centre Offering Youth Programming [Castanet]
- [Urban breakdown] Indigenous Winnipeggers deserve more funding Chiefs say [Winnipeg Free Press]
- The helpers: Saskatoon unites to feed urban Indigenous families [Saskatoon Star Phoenix]
- Impact of COVID-19 on urban FNs [AFN Podcast]
- [Start of funding with Urban] First Nations communities see increase in COVID-19 cases, minister says [Global News]
- Funding food hamper efforts [Brandon Sun]
- COVID-19 outbreaks in 23 First Nations prompting concerns [Canadian Press]
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Last updated: August 30, 2021