Canada Gov’t: Worried About Aboriginal Communities In Wake Of Shooting

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A family in La Loche, Saskatchewan, pay their respects on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, to the victims of a Friday school shooting. A family in La Loche, Saskatchewan, pay their respects on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, to the victims of a Friday school shooting.

Reuters | Jan 24, 2016

In the wake of a school shooting in a remote aboriginal town, the federal government admits that improving conditions in impoverished First Nations communities is “a huge challenge.”

OTTAWA — Canada’s government, grappling with a fatal attack in a remote aboriginal town, is very concerned about the “tragic and alarming” conditions in other indigenous communities, a top official said on Sunday.

A 17-year-old boy was due to appear in court on Monday, charged with four counts of murder after Friday’s deadly incident in La Loche, an impoverished town in the western province of Saskatchewan.

Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took power last year promising to tackle high levels of poverty, crime, bad housing and poor health among aboriginals, who make up 4 percent…

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Oregon Militia Spokesman Killed In Shootout With Feds 

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Arizona rancher LaVoy Finicum, left, and Ammon Bundy, Militia Leader in Oregon. Arizona rancher LaVoy Finicum, left, and Ammon Bundy, Militia Leader in Oregon.

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Leaders of armed occupation at the Oregon wildlife refuge arrested

One person is dead and 8 people arrested — including militia leaders Ammon and Ryan Bundy — after the FBI and the Oregon State Police moved in on the group along a highway.

The militiamen were driving to a community meeting in John Day – 70 miles from Burns – when they were stopped by police, about 4:25 p.m.

Video: Bundy brothers arrested in traffic stop by FBI, OSP

Within minutes, shots were fired, wounding Ryan Bundy and killing militia spokesman LaVoy Finicum.

It is not clear who opened fire first.

Bundy Ranch, on its Facebook page, said in a post Tuesday evening that Arizona resident Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, author of the novel Only by Blood and Suffering, was shot and killed during…

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