Five things to know about the LNG pipeline protest in northern B.C.

OTTAWA — Here are five things to know about the anti-LNG demonstrations in northern British Columbia: The pipeline A pipeline by TransCanada subsidiary Coastal GasLink…

Manitoba First Nations denied injunction to stop split of junior hockey leagues

WINNIPEG — A judge has denied an injunction against the split of two Manitoba junior hockey leagues that some allege deliberately excluded Indigenous teams. Justice…

Human rights body probing reports Inuit kids punished for speaking Inuktitut

MONTREAL — Quebec’s human rights commission has launched an investigation into the treatment of Inuit children in the youth protection system, citing reports that Indigenous…

Environmental and economic development choices split Canada’s First Nations

CALGARY — A Vancouver-area First Nation’s decision to support the Woodfibre LNG project may have come as a surprise to some, considering the nation’s role…

Metis, non status Indians launch ’60s Scoop lawsuit over identity loss

TORONTO — Metis and non-status Indians across Canada are seeking damages for the alleged harms inflicted on them by the Canadian government during the ’60s…

‘Both are true:’ Science, Indigenous wisdom seek common ground

The berries tasted different. The blueberries and cranberries didn’t look the same either. When elders from Fort McKay near Alberta’s oilsands went to their traditional…

Man charged in murder of missing teen

THUNDER BAY — Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., say a 22-year-old man charged in the death of an Indigenous teen whose body was found in…

Final stages of Cannabis Law for Kahnawake

KAHNAWA:KE — Officials with the Kahnbawa:ke Legislative Coordinating Commission say they are in the final stages of enacting the community’s custom Cannabis Law. The new…

Abusive off duty Thunder Bay cop caught on iPhone

Thunder Bay — At 7:25 pm, eastern time, Saturday Dec. 1st, Thunder Bay OPP received a call to a disturbance involving a 17-year-old intoxicated female…

Atlantic First Nations urged to ‘work together’ to achieve self determination

HALIFAX _ Indigenous communities in Atlantic Canada need to work together to achieve self-determination, a former grand chief of the Council of Yukon First Nations…

Feds to introduce co developed legislation on Indigenous child services in 2019

OTTAWA _ Indigenous leaders expressed optimism Friday that the federal government is finally trying to fix a child-welfare system that has become Canada’s modern version…

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…

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 knowledge is the solution to Canada’s health inequities

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