National Gallery of Canada offers free admission to Indigenous Peoples
OTTAWA — The National Gallery of Canada announced Monday that admission will be free for Indigenous Peoples when it reopens this week for the first…
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Telling the story of New York’s Indigenous ironworkers through animated film
By: Sara Laux Allan Downey is an associate professor in the Department of History and the Indigenous Studies program. A citizen of the Dakelh Nation (Nak’azdli…
Carey Price’s wife, Angela, helps to raise over $50,000 for First Nation Education Council
In light of the horrific revelations regarding Indigenous children, many decided to spend Canada Day differently this year. Given that it should be a period…
New Brunswick government and First Nations chiefs to negotiate new tax agreements
FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government and six Mi'kmaq First Nations have agreed to attempt to settle out of court issues related to terminated tax…
UBC faculty of medicine apologizes for harms to Indigenous Peoples
VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia's faculty of medicine formally apologized Friday for its role in past and present harms to Indigenous Peoples and…
Two more Catholic churches burn in B.C.’s southern Interior, chief says
CAWSTON, BC — Mounties are investigating after they say two more Catholic churches in British Columbia's southern Interior were destroyed in early-morning fires. RCMP say…
B.C. provides $12 million to First Nations investigating former residential schools
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it's providing $12 million to support First Nations with investigative work at former residential school sites. It says…
Lawyer for trucker guilty in woman’s hotel death in Edmonton wants shorter sentence
EDMONTON — The lawyer for an Ontario truck driver who killed a woman in his Edmonton hotel room a decade ago is asking that his…
Ishk’de Records partners with Universal Music Canada to ‘amplify Indigenous voices’
TORONTO — A new record label owned and operated by two prominent Indigenous women is striving to “foster and amplify Indigenous voices'' under a partnership…
Singh blasts Liberal ‘hypocrisy’ on National Indigenous Peoples Day
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he believes the Liberal government is “hypocritical'' for saying it wants to make reparations for past sins against…
Nova Scotia town to change street name, citing slaughter of Indigenous people
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. — The town of Bridgewater in southwestern Nova Scotia has joined the growing list of communities that have dropped the name Cornwallis from…
Ottawa to send more help to Kashechewan as First Nation fights COVID 19 outbreak
More help is on the way for a First Nation gripped by an outbreak of COVID-19 in northern Ontario, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged Friday.…
Quebec premier rejects suggestion for statutory holiday to honour Indigenous Peoples
MONTREAL — Quebec isn't interested in adding a statutory holiday in the province to recognize Indigenous Peoples. Premier Francois Legault told reporters today the province…
Federal government gives money for residential school site research in Saskatchewan
The federal government is providing nearly $5 million for research into residential schools, unmarked graves and undocumented deaths in Saskatchewan. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett…
Advisory body was ‘very keen’ to have Indigenous Supreme Court candidate: Campbell
OTTAWA — The head of an independent advisory board on Supreme Court appointments says the body was “very keen'' to find an Indigenous candidate to…