Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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The Blood Tribe says it reached a $150-million settlement with Ottawa over a historic claim that federal officials devastated the band's cattle industry in the early 20th century. Members of the southern Alberta First Nation are expected to vote on the settlement in March, setting the stage for a possible resolution to grievances dating as far back as 1918. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/blood-tribe-settlement-1.4983140...
The partial federal government shutdown is in its 30th day as I type this. It is going on longer than most people (including me) thought. No resolution seems to be in sight. The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) is one of the federal entities largely closed until the administration and Congress solve the current funding impasse. So, what happens to our housing discrimination cases pending with HUD during the shutdown? The short answer is your case is on hold. I got emails from a handful of investigators when the shutdown...
(CBS) - The government shutdown -- the longest in U.S. history -- is estimated in 31 days to have cost the American economy almost as much as the $5.7 billion President Trump has demanded for his proposed southern border wall. Average weekly direct and indirect costs of the partial shutdown, which began Dec. 22, currently add up to $1.2 billion, according to Beth Ann Bovino, S&P Global's U.S. chief economist. Monday marked the start of the shutdown's fifth week, and the closure will have caused roughly $6 billion in damage to the economy if...
A Thunder Bay, Ont., man will stand trial for second degree murder in the death of an Indigenous woman who was hit by a trailer hitch in January 2017. Brayden Bushby was initially charged with aggravated assault, accused of throwing a metal trailer hitch from a moving vehicle which struck 34-year-old Barbara Kentner. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/bushby-trial-charges-decision-1.4986393...
A federal inmate who says he was shackled in a cramped transport van for almost eight hours — despite a heart condition and other ailments — is suing the government for compensation. Edwin Nott, a 65-year-old inmate who identifies as Métis and uses a walker, is serving a six-year sentence at the medium-security Bath Institution in eastern Ontario. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/prison-transport-van-lawsuit-kingston-1.4985126...