Judge blocks conspiracy evidence in Standing Rock case
MANDAN, ND – A North Dakota judge on Wednesday limited the amount of information the governor's office can be asked to give attorneys for an…
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Mystery ‘flu-like illness’ hits Alberta family, infant dies
MORLEY, AB – RCMP and paramedics were called to a rural home west of Calgary on Wednesday where an infant was pronounced dead and 14…
Composer hopes ‘Cuphead’ Juno nod will change perceptions about video game music
TORONTO – When orchestral percussionist Kristofer Maddigan began his years-long journey composing the soundtrack for a video game his friends were creating, he mostly kept…
‘No justice’ after Crown won’t appeal acquittal in farm shooting: father
REGINA — The father of a young Indigenous man who was killed on a Saskatchewan farm says he is heartbroken the Crown will not appeal…
Trudeau tells Regina event more must be done to help Indigenous Canadians
REGINA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told Liberal party supporters in Saskatchewan that more needs to be done to help Indigenous people. Trudeau spoke…
Indigenous filmmaking set to rise in Canada in 2018 and beyond
TORONTO – Indigenous filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin never thought she would see this in her lifetime. Fifty years after starting her distinguished career amid major funding…
Indigenous tourism helping keep stories alive as international interest grows
SIKSIKA, AB — Dion Red Gun has met and overcome a daunting series of obstacles in his efforts to preserve and share his culture. The…
Indigenous elder says he was humiliated at Saskatchewan Canadian Tire store
NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK — A First Nations elder says he was humiliated when an employee searched him at a Canadian Tire store in Saskatchewan earlier…
Park closed ‘until further notice’ due to land claim demonstration
A southwestern Ontario provincial park has been closed to the public after demonstrators blocked the front gate in support of a land claim. A trailer…
‘Go back to the rez’ – car smashed in racism at South Dakota highschool
STURGIS, S.D. _ A South Dakota high school has forfeited its homecoming football game against a school from a nearby American Indian reservation and has…
Ontario breast milk bank calling for donations as supply for preemies low
TORONTO — Ontario’s Human Milk Bank is calling for donations of breast milk from lactating women to help save sick and pre-term babies' lives. The…
Canada at 150: Many indigenous people see little reason to celebrate
THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON – After surviving 11 years in a residential school with art as his only escape, 19-year-old Alex Janvier was ready for…
Tanya Tagaq pushes Eskimeaux to change name
TORONTO — Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq has convinced Brooklyn indie band Eskimeaux to swap out its name for one deemed more culturally sensitive. The…
Sen. Lynn Beyak says ‘silent majority’ supports her on residential schools
OTTAWA — Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak says her party's decision to sanction her for comments about Canada's residential school history amounts to a threat to…
Settlement reached in class action over alleged abuse at school for the blind
TORONTO — A class-action lawsuit involving allegations of physical, emotional and sexual abuse at an Ontario boarding school for the blind has been settled out…