by General Authority | Nov 5, 2024 | Blog
From CTV News–The Christmas Cheer Board of Winnipeg is getting ready for the holiday season, as the organization will start taking phone calls on Tuesday for hampers. Shawna Bell, the executive director of the cheer board, said demand for hampers has jumped 20...
by General Authority | Nov 4, 2024 | Blog
From CBC.ca–Murray Sinclair, the Anishinaabe senator and renowned Manitoba lawyer who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has died at age 73. Sinclair died at a Winnipeg hospital early Monday morning “peacefully and surrounded by love,” his...
by General Authority | Nov 1, 2024 | Blog
From Global News–Advocates say a new bill before the Manitoba legislature could have a big impact on the relationship survivors of domestic violence have with the court system. The bill, which may not pass before the Nov. 7 end of the legislature session, would...
by General Authority | Oct 21, 2024 | Blog
From the Winnipeg Free Press– First Nations chiefs have voted to reject a landmark $47.8-billion child welfare reform deal, reached in July with the Canadian government. At a special chiefs assembly in Calgary hosted by the Assembly of First Nations, 267 out of...
by General Authority | Oct 18, 2024 | Blog
Government of Manitoba Press Release–Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, alongside Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds and Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal, announced...
by General Authority | Oct 11, 2024 | Blog
Manitoba Government News Release–Amendments to the Child and Family Services Act (CFS) that allow new agreement-based supports to keep more children in their homes and out of the child welfare system are now in effect, Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine...
