‘Boil Alert’ doc examines most ‘egregious’ examples of water crisis in North America

TORONTO — When documentarian James Burns and Apache guitarist Stevie Salas set out to create a film that examined the ongoing impacts of the water…

‘Chronic underfunding’: 22 Quebec Indigenous police forces file rights complaint

MONTREAL — Quebec’s 22 Indigenous police forces have filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission, accusing the federal government of chronic underfunding that…

Doubts raised over Sainte Marie’s past roil First Nations, raise questions on harms

Indigenous people are grappling with doubts over singer Buffy Sainte-Marie’s First Nations bona fides after a CBC story Friday raised questions about her Indigenous ancestry…

Sheila North announces candidacy for national chief of Assembly of First Nations

OTTAWA — Sheila North, a former grand chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, announced Thursday she is joining the contest to become the next national chief…

AFN chief warns lawyers may ‘take advantage’ of child welfare settlement recipients

OTTAWA — The interim national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is urging those eligible to receive compensation from a landmark class-action settlement to…

OPP make arrest in 1973 Attawapiskat killing after MMIW inquiry renews investigation

ATTAWAPISKAT — Ontario Provincial Police say they have charged a man in the 1973 killing of a woman in a remote northern First Nation. Police…

Ex MP Romeo Saganash referred to restorative justice program in sexual assault case

OTTAWA — The Manitoba government says former NDP member of Parliament Romeo Saganash, who was charged with sexual assault earlier this year, has been referred…

Former Ontario inmates saw higher risk of overdose death as COVID 19 emerged: study

Former Ontario inmates saw their risk of dying from a toxic-drug overdose jump as much as 50 per cent at the start of the pandemic…

Federal Court approves $23B First Nations child welfare settlement

OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has verbally approved a landmark $23-billion settlement that will see Ottawa compensate more than 300,000 First Nations children and…

Canada using ‘dormant’ treaty to sidestep Indigenous rights in U.S.: court documents

WASHINGTON — The federal government and Enbridge Inc. are trying to exploit a “dormant” and outdated treaty with the United States to forestall the shutdown…

Food insecurity among Indigenous kids is a ‘public health crisis,’ doctors say

Family physician Dr. Rebekah Eatmon sees parents in tears, frustrated that they can’t provide enough healthy food for their children. “I’ve never met an Indigenous…

New Toronto exhibit presents decades of filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin’s work

Acclaimed Indigenous filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin and her work will be the focus of a new exhibition at The Art Museum at the University of Toronto.…

Native American leaders visit site of archeological dig to find remains of boarding school students

By Trisha Ahmed And Charlie Neibergall GENOA, Neb. — Archeologists resumed digging Tuesday at the remote site of a former Native American boarding school in…

Embattled former national chief lashes out at chiefs who want to find a replacement

HALIFAX — The embattled former leader of the largest First Nations advocacy organization in Canada delivered a searing rebuke of its leadership, as chiefs rejected…

RoseAnne Archibald voted out as Assembly of First Nations national chief

OTTAWA — The Assembly of First Nations moved to oust RoseAnne Archibald as its national chief on Wednesday, after more than a year of turmoil…