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April 15, 2016

Activists Occupy Canadian Gov't Offices to Demand Action on First Nations Suicides
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In other news from Canada, activists have occupied government offices to
demand Prime Minister Trudeau visit a First Nations community rocked by
a spate of suicide attempts. The Attawapiskat First Nation in Ontario
saw 28 suicide attempts last month within a population of 2,000 people,
and 11 attempts on Saturday alone. Activists with the Black Lives Matter
and Idle No More movements occupied the Toronto offices of a government
indigenous affairs agency Wednesday, while another group of activists
staged a sit-in in the agency's Winnipeg office Thursday evening.
Topics:Canada Indigenous

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