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National Indigenous News April 8 · National Indigenous Newscasts

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  SPEAKER_00: Here's your National Indigenous News on the Windspeaker Radio Network.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Brooklyn Britain.
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  SPEAKER_00: The federal government is spending four hundred and twelve point nine million dollars over five years to renew the Pacific Salmon Strategy in a plan to protect and rebuild wild populations.
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  SPEAKER_00: Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson made the announcement in North Vancouver Tuesday, saying in a statement that the first five years of the initiative have shown what is possible when partners work together to restore habitat, expand hatchery programs, improve management, and find new ways to protect vulnerable stocks.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Federal Department said two dozen wild Pacific salmon populations have been assessed as endangered, ten as threatened, and nine are listed as being of special concern.
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  SPEAKER_00: Misty McDuffie with the Raincoast Conservation Foundation's Wild Salmon Program said Tuesday that she is hoping that the funding can go towards advancing selective fisheries, which would avoid the mixing of wild and hatchery stocks that exposes wild salmon to risks associated with certain types of fishing.
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  SPEAKER_00: The federal government says the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal wrongfully awarded compensation to both compliance and witnesses who claimed discrimination by the RCMP in an investigation of historical sexual abuse allegations against a school teacher in Burns Lake, BC.
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  SPEAKER_00: The tribunal issued a decision last month directing the RCMP to review its policies, practices, and training when dealing with indigenous crime compliance and historical abuse investigations.
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  SPEAKER_00: The decision stems from a 2017 complaint made by members of the Lake Babine First Nation for discriminatory conduct by police during an investigation of alleged abuse by a teacher and coach in the 1960s and 1970s.
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  SPEAKER_00: The teacher's name was ordered to be kept confidential by the tribunal, and three of the four compliants died before the complaint hearing.
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  SPEAKER_00: The tribunal awarded seven thousand five hundred dollars plus interest to the compliance or their estates, and also four witnesses who testified at the hearing.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Moosehide Campaign is a BC born indigenous-led grassroots movement to engage men and boys in ending violence towards women and children.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a national movement of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians from local communities, First Nations, governments, schools, colleges, and universities, police forces, and many other organizations.
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  SPEAKER_00: Millions of Moosehide pins have been distributed free of charge to raise awareness about gender based violence.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Moosehide Campaign was founded by Paul and Raven Lasert.
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  SPEAKER_00: To learn more about the campaign, you can visit their website at moosehidecampaign.ca, that is your national indigenous news.