Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Addiction issues dominate AFN gathering

Fort William First Nation Chief Peter Collins is back from the Assembly of First Nations Conference hopeful there's a start to address native drug abuse. Collins says that seemed to be a prevailing topic at the conference. As evidence Collins pointed to the killing of a 5 year old boy on a reserve in Alberta, a death he says was related to drugs and drug addiction. The conference is being held in Moncton, New Brunswick