Commons to provide translation for MPs speaking Indigenous languages
OTTAWA _ When Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette gave a speech last year entirely in Cree, hardly any of his fellow parliamentarians in the House of…
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First Nations voters flipped 22 ridings in 2015 and ready to do it again: chief
OTTAWA _ Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde has a pointed message for federal politicians: Listen to First Nations priorities, or else. Bellegarde…
Indigenous protected areas are the next generation of conservation
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Indigenous Panamanians compete in ancestral games
PIRIATI, Panama _ Some brought bows and arrows to show off shooting skills. Others came to demonstrate their strength, endurance or ability to pull heavy…
Call for withdrawal of ‘fundamentally flawed’ Quebec high school history texts (Que-History-Course-Flawe)
MONTREAL _ Quebec high school history textbooks are “fundamentally flawed'' and should be removed from all schools across Quebec, an expert committee formed by the…
Professor of cannabis science is launched at the University of B.C.
VANCOUVER _ The University of British Columbia is creating a new professorship to study the potential role of marijuana to treat opioid addiction, a move…
Alberta First Nation issues alert following dozens of drug overdoses
STAND OFF, Alta. _ An Indigenous community in southeastern Alberta has issued a community alert following dozens of suspected opioid overdoses, including one death. The…
How the opioid crisis is disrupting hospital care (TheConversation-Opioid-H)
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TRC heard concerns about coerced sterilization of Indigenous women: Sinclair
OTTAWA _ The Truth and Reconciliation Commission heard concerns about coerced sterilization of Indigenous women during its years-long examination of Canada's residential school legacy, Sen.…
March puts spotlight on death of Indigenous woman with infant twins
PORT HASTINGS, N.S. _ Hundreds of marchers waving flags and placards blocked a causeway connecting Cape Breton Island to mainland Nova Scotia Wednesday, part of…
Children with arthritis lack vitamin D
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‘We have to build some trust here’: legalizing cannabis sales on Mohawk territory
MONTREAL _ For the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake, cannabis legalization is an opportunity to correct the mistakes of the past regarding tobacco. Smoke shacks selling…
Activists laud Native American women’s election to US House (US-Election-2018-Congres)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. _ As a girl, Debra Haaland remembers joining her grandmother as she chopped wood and fetched water for her home in tiny Mesita,…
‘Huge milestone:’ Ceremony marks land deal for Lubicon Lake First Nation
LITTLE BUFFALO, Alta. _ Their story of poverty and neglect went from northern Alberta to the world and on Tuesday decades of determination paid off…
Amnesty calls for accountability on coerced sterilization of Indigenous women
OTTAWA _ The federal government needs to appoint a special representative to hear from Indigenous women coerced into being sterilized to learn what justice would…