No public hearing into arrest of Indigenous man, granddaughter at Vancouver bank

VICTORIA — A review by British Columbia’s police complaint commissioner has determined a public hearing is not required into the arrest and handcuffing of an…

Prison service must do more to remove barriers for Indigenous, Black offenders: AG

OTTAWA — The federal auditor general says Canada’s prison service has not given offenders timely access to programs to help ease them back into society,…

Justin Trudeau offers prayer for reconciliation at National Prayer Breakfast

OTTAWA _ Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered a prayer of peace and spoke of moving together on the difficult path of reconciliation at Tuesday’s National…

Indigenous filmmaker says he was refused entry on Cannes red carpet for his moccasins

TORONTO — A Dene filmmaker says he was “disappointed” and “close to tears” when security at the Cannes Film Festival blocked him from walking the…

Canada’s big banks treat Indigenous, visible minority customers unequally: watchdog

Pressure sales tactics. Ill-fitted suggestions. Misleading information. Visible minority and Indigenous customers at Canada’s big banks more often received inappropriate treatment from sales staff, part…

Apples weren’t always big, juicy and sweet _ ancient ones were small and bitter

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‘They have a right to be angry’: Trudeau says residential school legacy ongoing

VANCOUVER — It’s been a difficult year for many since the discovery of unmarked graves at residential schools and those expressing anger are justified in…

‘They have a right to be angry’: Trudeau says residential school legacy ongoing

VANCOUVER — It’s been a difficult year for many since the discovery of unmarked graves at residential schools and those expressing anger are justified in…

Defence says man had no choice but to shoot hunters in Alberta roadside confrontation

EDMONTON — A lawyer representing an Alberta man accused of killing two Metis hunters says his client had no choice but to shoot the men…

‘Horrifically, grisly scene’: Remains of woman found near Winnipeg apartment block

WINNIPEG — The name Rebecca Contois reverberated down a back lane Thursday night, days after her partial remains were found there. Dozens of people raised…

Native American student told to remove feather at graduation

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — A Native American student was forced to remove an eagle feather prior to her high school graduation ceremony in northeastern…

After N.B. police killing of Indigenous woman, chiefs demand systemic racism inquiry

FREDERICTON — The results of the recent coroner’s inquest into the police killing of an Indigenous woman in New Brunswick demonstrate the urgent need for…

Indigenous owned resort in B.C.’s Shuswap region damaged in fire but band to rebuild

CHASE, B.C. — Fire has destroyed part of an Indigenous owned and operated lodge in the southern Interior but the Little Shuswap Lake Band says…

Unmarked graves discovery transformed Kamloops B.C., First Nation: Governor General

KAMLOOPS— The atrocities, the death, the loss and the silence of residential schools that Indigenous Peoples knew about for so long is finally known by…

Inquest to begin in N.B. police shooting of Indigenous woman during wellness check

FREDERICTON _ The lawyer for the family of an Indigenous woman fatally shot by police in Edmundston, N.B., during a wellness check two years ago…