Indigenous minister gives B.C. First Nations faith in missing women inquiry

VANCOUVER – It wasn’t until Canada’s first aboriginal justice minister took the stage to outline a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women that…

Policing under scrutiny at inquiry into missing, murdered indigenous women

OTTAWA — Police are getting ready for a grilling at the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women, even if they are not explicitly…

Five things about the inquiry set to study missing and murdered indigenous women

  OTTAWA — The federal government is expected to announce Wednesday the terms of an inquiry examining the cases of missing and murdered indigenous women.…

Five commissioners to probe missing, murdered indigenous women in Canada

OTTAWA — The federal government has announced the terms of a long-awaited inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women, unveiling that it will need at…

First Nation leaders worried about Saskatchewan Husky Energy oil pipeline spill

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – First Nation leaders are worried about how the Husky Energy oil pipeline spill will affect their people and wildlife in and…

Clean energy project opposition from the Bay of Fundy to Powell River, B.C.

OTTAWA – It’s not just fossil fuel energy infrastructure that attracts public protests. Clean energy projects also regularly face local opposition. Here are six non-emitting…

MP Tootoo acknowledges ‘personal, private issues’ as he marks return to politics

OTTAWA – Hunter Tootoo has been working through “deeply personal and private issues,” the ex-Liberal said Wednesday as he resumed his MP duties following two…

Inuit need a common understanding of suicide to stop it: study

OTTAWA – Inuit and those who provide mental-health services to them need to reach a common understanding of why suicide is so common in their…

Duncan McCue replaces Rex Murphy as host of CBC Radio’s ‘Cross Country Checkup’

TORONTO – Duncan McCue is stepping behind the microphone as the new host of CBC Radio One’s “Cross Country Checkup.” The CBC News correspondent replaces…

American Indian Chief David Beautiful Bald Eagle Jr. dies

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. _ A longtime representative of South Dakota’s Lakota people, Chief David Beautiful Bald Eagle Jr., has died on the Cheyenne River Indian…

Drinking water measures could be in place for months due to oil spill: official

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Communities affected by an oil spill in the North Saskatchewan River can expect precautionary drinking water measures to be in place…

BC Chief says direct First Nations engagement critical to MMIW inquiry

TK’EMLÚPS TE SECWÉPEMC TERRITORY/KAMLOOPS, BC – (CNW) BC Regional Chief Shane Gottfriedson says the draft Terms of Reference for the National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Women lacks teeth…

Inquiry will have to examine police conduct, child welfare system: Bennett

By Kristy Kirkup THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA – Policing will require close examination during the inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women, Indigenous Affairs Minister…