Judge grants another permanent injunction for Caledonia housing development site

CALEDONIA — More than two years after a group of demonstrators started occupying a proposed development site in Caledonia, a provincial court has again granted…

Progress on TRC calls to action moving at ‘glacial pace’: Indigenous think tank

TORONTO — An Indigenous-led think tank says progress is moving at a “glacial pace” seven years after the final report from the Truth and Reconciliation…

First Nations leaders reject Trudeau’s proposed gun law, citing risk to treaty rights

OTTAWA — Chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations voted Thursday to publicly oppose the Liberal government’s proposed gun-control legislation and stand against sovereignty bills…

Efforts to protect nature at COP15 will fail without Indigenous people, leaders say

MONTREAL — The world won’t succeed in halting biodiversity loss without Indigenous participation and leadership, according to leaders attending a major United Nations conference in…

First Nations groups determining next steps in landfill search, consulting experts

WINNIPEG — Indigenous groups are considering their own study into a potential search of a landfill outside Winnipeg for the remains of two women believed…

‘Gaslighting’ is Merriam Webster’s word of the year for 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — “Gaslighting” _ behavior that’s mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Lookups for the word…

Indigenous women call on federal government to act in light of Winnipeg killings (MMIWG)

OTTAWA — The daughters of an Indigenous woman police believe to have been the victim of a serial killer urged the federal government on Tuesday…

Indigenous Services Canada failing First Nations in response to wildfires, floods: AG

OTTAWA — The federal government still hasn’t provided First Nations with the support they need to respond to emergencies such as wildfires and floods despite…

Organization continues search to identify Indigenous veterans in unmarked graves

The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte have a long history of military service ranging from the First and Second World War to Afghanistan, but…

Court finds conditional sentence curbs are constitutional in Indigenous case

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the constitutionality of provisions that prevent an offender from avoiding jail by serving their sentence in…

‘Eliminate the fraudsters’: Report delves into Indigenous identity at universities

SASKATOON — A report commissioned after controversy circled a health professor’s claims of being Metis says the University of Saskatchewan was unprepared for Indigenous identity…

New Inuit Research Network aims to support self determination in research

OTTAWA — The federal government and an organization representing Inuit in Canada have announced $6.4 million in funding to establish an Inuit Research Network. Inuit…

Reconciliation a ‘call to action to all of us,’ Jody Wilson Raybould says in new book

OTTAWA — Jody Wilson-Raybould says when governments make promises around reconciliation they must be willing to do the “real work” to see them achieved. That…

‘Race discrimination’: Indigenous Quebec man who lived on reserve denied insurance

MONTREAL — An Indigenous Quebec man who was denied car insurance because he lived on a reserve was the victim of race discrimination, the province’s…

Massachusetts museum returns sacred items to Sioux tribes

BARRE, Mass. (AP) — About 150 artifacts considered sacred by the Lakota Sioux peoples are being returned to them after being stored at a small…