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Justice is not colour blind

A number of developing stories this past month demonstrate quite clearly that there are two distinct standards of law in North America when it comes to First Nations people on this continent. Consider the case of Adam Capay. Capay is […]

Suspended sentence: Cree Justice partners with YMCA and others to help troubled youth

Suspended sentence: Cree Justice partners with YMCA and others to help troubled youth

The public conversation around the appalling over-representation of Aboriginals in Canada’s prisons invariably starts at the end result. How, despite comprising less than 4% of the population, Aboriginals now account for more than 23% of Canada’s inmates – 3,500 at […]