How Indigenous groups have been working to get the vote out ahead of the federal election | Unpublished
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Author: Willow Fiddler
Publication Date: April 27, 2025 - 15:58

How Indigenous groups have been working to get the vote out ahead of the federal election

April 27, 2025
Kent McDonald hopes he will be able to vote on Monday after experiencing significant barriers in the 2021 federal election that led him to not cast a ballot. The math and science teacher living on Little Red River Cree Nation, a semiremote Northern Alberta reserve about 800 kilometres north of Edmonton comprised of three communities, said he had planned to vote during his break at school where a polling station was supposed to be set up.


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The 30-year-old suspect charged in the SUV-ramming attack at a Filipino festival in Vancouver that left at least 11 people dead has a “significant history of interactions with police and health care professionals related to mental health,” Vancouver Police Department Interim Chief Steve Rai said on Sunday.That’s police-speak for what can be more plainly stated thus: “The man who allegedly went on a deadly rampage suffers from untreated mental illness, likely schizophrenia, and he’s been picked up numerous times in a psychotic state.”
April 27, 2025 - 21:38 | André Picard | The Globe and Mail
Vancouver’s acting police chief said that Saturday was the city’s darkest day. It was also the darkest for Canada’s dynamic and growing Filipino community.The vehicle attack that killed 11 people at a street festival Saturday night left its roughly one million members reeling.
April 27, 2025 - 21:20 | Marcus Gee, Brent Jang, Temur Durrani | The Globe and Mail