ALS Saskatchewan disappointed in province's decision to deny recent funding request
WATCH: ALS Saskatchewan is disappointed in the province's decision to deny a recent funding request. Jacob Carr has the details.
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Pukatagawan residents arrive in Winnipeg as evacuation continues
Dozens of Pukatawagan residents who took a nearly 16-hour train ride to Winnipeg were among the latest to escape the community days after a wildfire forced the evacuation of the northern Manitoba First Nation. A Via Rail train carrying about 120 wildfire evacuees — most of them from Pukatawagan — arrived in Winnipeg from The Pas around 7:30 p.m. CT Saturday. Pukatawagan is about 700 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, as the crow flies. The fire near the community was about 9,800 hectares in size as of the province's latest fire bulletin Saturday. River Caribou said the journey on the train was the end of a chaotic exit from the community, which has been under an evacuation order since Wednesday, when the Manitoba government declared a provincewide state of emergency. "Everybody was in an alarm," Caribou said. "We were put into The Pas and they accommodated us into an arena.… We were there for about maybe 12 hours and then we boarded the train to Winnipeg." Coun. Kelly Linklater said about 1,300 people had been moved out of the community as of Sunday morning, but there's still more than 1,000 who still need to be evacuated. "As of this morning, there are three Chinooks that are going up there," Linklater said during an interview on Rosemary Barton Live. "Fortunately, the winds have changed and moved. Two days ago, they were moving into the community." The Canadian Armed Forces began flying out Pukatawagan residents on Chinook helicopters on Saturday. Pukatawagan's only airstrip — which shut down on Thursday because of heavy smoke — reopened Saturday morning, but the First Nation's chief Gordie Bear the runway is too small to accommodate large aircraft. Cornelia Colomb said she got on a helicopter Saturday afternoon. "There's times that you look out the living room window, you could see the flames," she said. "Keeping the family together was our [first] priority and keeping calm was our second." Chinook flights continue Linklater said the First Nation's leadership expected evacuation efforts to wrap up Sunday. Evacuees have also been transported to Portage La Prairie, Brandon and The Pas. Opaskwayak Cree Nation near The Pas opened up its hall and arena to accommodate some evacuees. "We're in a position where we, of course, we're going to help," OCN Chief Maureen Brown said Saturday. "We've actually had to build the makeshift emergency hospital room at our local hall. I'd like to give a shout out to our teams that assemble so efficiently." OCN begins voluntary evacuation due to smoke But on Sunday, that First Nation announced it was starting voluntary self-evacuation due to poor air quality in the region. A wildfire about five kilometres west of the community and neighbouring The Pas — first reported almost a month ago — was more than 40,000 hectares in size as of Saturday, according to the province's FireView map. The fire was declared to be under control on May 23. OCN said in a news release the voluntary self-evacuation is specifically for elderly residents and people with pre-existing medical conditions. It said the community is not in any danger due to wildfires, but that air quality is expected to fluctuate in the coming days. Tracy Dumas has been volunteering to help out people as they arrived in Winnipeg, making sure they have food and a place to stay. "People were limited to stuff so they need clothes," she said. "They need hygiene stuff. They need underwear, socks."
CBC
an hour ago
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Kativik Regional Government requests audit of Nunavik police
The Kativik Regional Government (KRG) has passed a resolution requesting an audit of the Nunavik Police Service. The resolution, passed Thursday, calls for a review of police operations and ways to make policing better reflect Inuit culture. The audit request follows two fatal police shootings in seven months — in Salluit in November, and Kangiqsualujjuaq earlier this month — the latter being the 16th police-related death in Nunavik since 2017. Police chief Jean-Pierre Larose said he is in full support of a review. "We are transparent and maybe [we need] somebody who thinks outside the box … to help us find solutions and improvements," he said. KRG is asking the Makivvik Corporation to help it find an auditor, who would report back to the council by fall 2025. Mylène Jaccoud, a professor of criminology at Université de Montréal, was in charge of Indigenous policing issues in the Viens Commission inquiry. That was launched in 2016 by the former provincial Liberal government after allegations of police misconduct against Indigenous women. She said the audit is a good step, though it should look at structural transformation of the policing model in Nunavik, rather than just the operations. She said the problems with the Nunavik Police Service are well-known and don't need further study. "We know that there is a problem of underfunding. We know that we are still waiting for the recognition of [Indigenous] police as an essential service," she said. "If we want to address this problem of the absence of Inuit police officers, it's absolutely necessary to change the policing model … a police [model] which is not oriented toward repression, but seen as a police who is very close to the communities that they share." The police chief however, doesn't believe the police model needs reform, and reiterated his pledge to implement every recommendation from investigations into the shooting in Salluit, once those final reports are presented. "Certainly we can improve it or adjust it, but right now we have positive results," Larose said. Community policing model Jaccoud said she doesn't believe the Nunavik Police Service is a truly autonomous Inuit police service — rather, that it's a southern-style team that happens to have oversight from KRG, the regional authority in Nunavik. "The majority of police officers are police officers from down south and I think that the change of governance should go to work on a real autonomous Inuit police service," she said. During the Viens Commission inquiry, she pitched — unsuccessfully — for a specific police school or training program for Indigenous police officers. Larose said the Nunavik Police Service is restarting a cadet program in a bid to recruit more Inuit, though he recognizes the challenges of Inuit policing Inuit communities. "They know everybody. They have relatives, cousins, parents and it's hard for them … and I understand they're kind of isolated from their community being a police officer. So we have to work on that," he said. In terms of solutions to how policing works in Nunavik, Jaccoud looks to other provinces for inspiration. Ontario has an inspector general of policing, who's tasked with ensuring policing regulations are followed, as well as a complaints agency. In several western provinces, there's the Hub model, which was pioneered in Prince Albert, Sask., in 2011. It's a multi-agency intervention that mobilizes social services for those in need before harm is done. "They just share information, they work together, they meet weekly, they plan together, action plans and appropriate intervention. That kind of model of policing is more oriented toward prevention than repression," she said. More funding in tripartite agreement Last month, the Nunavik Police Service received a five-fold increase in funding through a tripartite agreement between the KRG, Quebec and federal governments. The renewal of the agreement, from 2024 to 2029, is worth $562 million. Larose has previously spoken out about the lack of resources for the Nunavik Police Service. He said this new funding can help them bring on more officers and investigators, offer higher salaries to address staff retention, and provide more cultural awareness training. "I would like my police officers to get involved in the community, and families, at least two days per year to work with them, to go on the land, to do some activities with them, to better understand their lifestyle and their culture," he said. Another priority for him, he said, is expanding the mobile intervention model, currently in place in Puvirnituq, Que., which pairs police officers with social workers.
CTV News
an hour ago
- CTV News
NDP says government needs to be more transparent in trade talks with the U.S.
New Democratic Party interim Leader Don Davies speaks with media in the Foyer of the House of Commons, Monday, May 26, 2025 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld OTTAWA — The NDP's interim NDP leader is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to honour the government's commitment to table information about any U.S. trade talks in the House of Commons. The request from Don Davies comes ahead of this month's meeting of G7 leaders, where Carney will once again meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and the two will continue to work out a new new economic and security relationship between the two countries. A letter from Davies to Carney, dated May 29, says the NDP is concerned the government has entered 'preliminary' discussions with the Trump administration about renegotiating the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, which is up for review next year. Davies writes that in Feb. 2020, then deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland committed to tabling notice of intent for trade talks in the House at least 90 days before they begin, sharing talk objectives at least 30 days before negotiations start, and providing an economic impact assessment alongside implementation legislation. Davies says there's no indication these steps are currently being followed. In a May 27 interview with CBC's 'Power & Politics,' Carney said there needs to be more progress on the U.S. tariff issue before trade talks can begin. David Baxter, The Canadian Press
