Living lab will see First Nations and farmers collaborate
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau announced the creation of nine new living labs across Canada on July 14, including the first Indigenous-led…
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After Pope called residential schools ‘genocide,’ House of Commons should too: NDP MP
OTTAWA — A New Democrat member of Parliament said Tuesday she hopes all of her colleagues will recognize the residential schools system as genocide, now…
Pope travels to Canada to apologize for Roman Catholic involvement in Indian Residential School System
MASKWACIS — Tears streamed down the faces of Indigenous elders and survivors of residential schools as Pope Francis stood before them and begged forgiveness for…
First Nations in northern Ontario facing COVID surge amid health care worker shortage
A public health official says First Nations in northern Ontario are in a “very dire situation'' as they deal with a surge in COVID-19 cases…
Nova Scotia proclaims Mi’kmaq as the province’s first language
Legislation to recognize Mi'kmaq as Nova Scotia's first language has been proclaimed by the province and affirmed by Mi'kmaw chiefs. Mi'kmaq was officially enshrined as…
Canada lacks clear funding, overall plan to commemorate treaties: document
OTTAWA — Many First Nations are preparing to mark significant anniversaries of their treaty relationships with the Crown in coming years, but a government briefing…
Ottawa says it will support First Nations fight against Quebec’s new language law
MONTREAL — The federal minister of Indigenous services said Thursday she supports the will of Indigenous communities to be exempt from Quebec's new language law,…
Pat John, Indigenous actor on long running TV show ‘The Beachcombers,’ dies at 69
Pat John, an actor on the long-running Canadian television show “The Beachcombers,'' has died at the age of 69. John, a member of the sishalt…
Federal government to provide more than $35 million for supports during papal visit
OTTAWA — The federal government says it will provide more than $35 million during the papal visit to Canada to support Indigenous communities, organizations and…
‘Heartbeat of Mother Earth’: Calgary Stampede hosts first powwow at Saddledome
CALGARY — Men sit around large drums along the edges of the arena. Each group takes a turn drumming and singing. The drum, described as…
Five year old boy missing in Saskatchewan since April found dead in river
RED EARTH CREE NATION — A five-year-old boy missing from a First Nation in northern Saskatchewan since April has been found dead in a river…
Scan of residential school grounds begins near Port Alberni, B.C.
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — A Vancouver Island First Nation says the first phase of scanning for unmarked graves has begun on the grounds of a…
Edmonton Catholic church with Indigenous traditions prepares for Pope’s visit
EDMONTON — Cultures collide each Sunday morning at Edmonton's Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples, with sage burning alongside candles and both hymns and…
Haaland tour casts light on Native boarding school abuses
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland will visit Oklahoma on Saturday for the first stop on a yearlong nationwide tour…
Senate report says government must implement rights based Indigenous fisheries
OTTAWA — A new report from the Senate is calling on the federal government to implement Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqiyik and Peskotomuhkati rights-based fisheries on Canada's East…