On a clear September evening at 5: 14pm in the west end of Toronto, my friend Joey Commanda was struck and killed by a commuter train.... But Joey escaped the police and continued on his journey, alone, with another 200 miles ahead.... Once he reached Canada's largest city, he would have had to abandon the tracks and walk or hitchhike a series of back roads to reach his home, the Golden Lake Reserve....

Open this photo in gallery Justice Minister David Lametti responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa on May 7. Adrian Wyld/ The Canadian PressThe federal government is earmarking funds for projects that aim to build on Ottawa’s commitment to help revitalize Indigenous legal traditions. Justice Minister David Lametti says$ 918, 000 will go to the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians and Lakehead University’s law faculty over three years to support Indigenous law-making resear