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National Indigenous News April 17 · National Indigenous Newscasts

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  SPEAKER_02: This is a look at your National Indigenous News.
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  SPEAKER_02: I'm Daryl Stranger.
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  SPEAKER_02: Chief Julius School in Fort McPherson Northwest Territories is the latest in the territory to be found to have dangerously elevated levels of lead in its drinking water.
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  SPEAKER_02: In a press release, the Department of Infrastructure confirmed the results of testing at the school showed levels of lead in some classrooms more than 37 times Health Canada's maximum acceptable concentration.
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  SPEAKER_02: Water from half of the school's fixtures has been deemed unfit for consumption.
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  SPEAKER_02: One fixture also tested above acceptable limits for copper contamination.
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  SPEAKER_02: By order of the territory's chief public health officer, affected fixtures will be out of service and an alternative drinking water source will be provided where it is not already in place.
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  SPEAKER_02: In the same release, the department confirmed testing at Nadillo's new community learning center showed all fixtures were safe testing well below Health Canada limits.
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  SPEAKER_02: The center is not currently in use, but has been approved for K-12 classes by NDO's district education authority.
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  SPEAKER_02: The testing is the result of a new initiative launched in October to test drinking water at all of the territory's schools.
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  SPEAKER_02: So far, more than half a dozen schools with high lead concentrations in some water fixtures have been identified.
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  SPEAKER_02: The press release says the government remains committed to ensuring safe drinking water in all schools and will fund corrective measures to bring the water back within standards.
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  SPEAKER_02: Metis storytelling is at the forefront of a new children's book.
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  SPEAKER_02: Daniel Barker Tromblay has more.
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  SPEAKER_00: A new children's book celebrating Metis culture, music, and family, is set to release this spring.
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  SPEAKER_00: The best gift ever, written by Wilfred Burton and illustrated by Natalie Lorne, tells a heartfelt bilingual story in English and Machif about a young girl's bond with her family and the traditions that connect them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wilfred Burton, author of The Best Gift Ever, shares the inspiration behind the children's book, highlighting a bushams and granddaughter's bond through the power of the fiddle.
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  SPEAKER_01: This very old gentleman, his name was Hambone.
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  SPEAKER_01: He could hear somebody tuning a fiddle.
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  SPEAKER_01: And because he was a fiddle player, he really tuned into this.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it turned out that it was his granddaughter, Rishanda, that had learned to play the fiddle that he had gifted her many years before.
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  SPEAKER_01: And she had never learned to play prior to that.
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  SPEAKER_01: And he it was such an emotional moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like he stood and he cried and like it was just such a huge emotional moment that my teacher brain went, Oh, that would make a really good children's story.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Edmonton, I'm Daniel Barker Tromblay.
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  SPEAKER_02: The Ontario government is investing a historic$57 million in Indigenous institutes across the province, the largest single investment in Indigenous higher education in the province's history.
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  SPEAKER_02: The new investment will nearly double operating funding for the nine Indigenous institutes in Ontario, bringing the total to more than$50 million per year by 2028, and includes$33 million to expand up to$780 seats for in-demand programs.
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  SPEAKER_02: A call for proposals is now open to allocate those seats with a specific focus on healthcare, education, trades, transportation, STEM, and indigenous languages.
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  SPEAKER_02: The seats will be open to students as early as January of 2027, with a second call for proposals in the fall of this year for additional seats to come online in the 2027 28 academic year.
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  SPEAKER_02: The funding will increase operating funding and support 70,000 new seats across the province to build long term sustainability in the sector and better meet the needs of small, rural, northern, French language, and indigenous institutes.
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  SPEAKER_02: That's a look at your national Indigenous News.