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Episode 6 - How to become Sherlock Homes While Sherlock Holmes is a fictional private detective, First Nations communities have Building officers act like building detectives to make sure new homes ar...

Episode 5 - Disabilities in our Communities Recently, the Canadian government introduced "An Act to Ensure a Barrier-free Canada (Accessible Canada Act) to fulfill its mandate to introduce federal acc...

The Government of Canada has announced additional funding to help First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities during the pandemic. Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services has highlighted $1.2 bill...

Episode 4 - Construction Matters: No more Disposable Homes Over the years, several reports and studies focused on problems with deteriorating and inadequate housing in First Nations communities. Much ...

Welcome to another season of Home on the Rez! Home on the Rez is a series of podcast episodes about housing in First Nations communities. Home on the Rez explores how some First Nations communities ar...

Steve Little shares his harrowing tale of having contracted COVID-19, and then his hospital stay for over 20 days.

A coalition of First Nations are calling on the Premier to mandate Health Minister Adrian Dix and newly appointed Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Murray Rankin to collaborate in c...

"Covid-willing, we'll be starting a movie this fall. We'll be bringing on between 10 and 20 trainees who are Black, Indigenous, people of color or people from marginalized and excluded communities. Of...

On Sept. 16, First Nations in B.C. and the provincial government completed and signed a 23-year agreement that will see the Province share approximately $3 billion in gaming revenue. The agreement wil...

The Government of Canada has announced steps in creating a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Bill C-5 was introduced as a step to implementing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call t...