Ontario schools will offer online learning option for entire 2021 2022 school year

TORONTO — Students in Ontario can opt to take all their classes online when the new school year begins in September, but the province’s education…

Ontario schools will offer online learning option for entire 2021 2022 school year

TORONTO — Students in Ontario can opt to take all their classes online when the new school year begins in September, but the province’s education…

First Nations STEM mentorship program opens to high school students

The head of an agency that gives technical advice to First Nations throughout Ontario hopes a new mentorship program will open young Indigenous people’s eyes…

First Nations, coal companies asking Alberta for better consultation on mines

EDMONTON — Five First Nations and three coal companies have written the Alberta government to ask for better Indigenous consultation on proposed mines in the…

N.B. First Nation locates wreckage of crab fishing boat that capsized off Cape Breton

HALIFAX — A team from a New Brunswick First Nation will continue to look for a missing fisherman after his boat sank off the cost…

$18B Indigenous spending in Budget 2021 meant for short term gaps: Miller

OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the 2021 federal budget marks a historic level of investment in Indigenous communities, but he acknowledges much…

Supreme Court affirms American Indigenous man’s right to hunt in Canada

OTTAWA — An American Indigenous man has a constitutionally protected right to hunt in British Columbia given his people’s historic ties to the region, the…

Powwows across US adapt to pandemic for a second year

The coronavirus pandemic brought powwow season largely to a screeching halt last year. Some powwows cancelled their annual events; others went online only. Some held…

Federal Budget 2021: Liberals pledge $18 billion for Indigenous communities

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government plans to spend more than $18 billion over the next five years to try to narrow the socio-economic gap…

Indigenous woman Joyce Echaquan posthumously awarded Rosa Parks prize in Quebec

An Indigenous woman who died in a Quebec hospital last September shortly after she livestreamed degrading comments from hospital workers has been awarded a prize…

Mi’kmaq fisher argues feds becoming more aggressive in seizures of Indigenous gear

HALIFAX — A Mi’kmaq man who has been battling for Indigenous fishing rights says the recent seizure of his crab traps suggests Ottawa is becoming…

‘Shocked and horrified:’ Video shows security in altercation with Indigenous woman

SASKATOON — The owner of a grocery store in Saskatchewan says he was “beyond shocked and horrified’ by a video circulating online showing a security…

Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, Lake Babine Nation get funding from B.C. government

VICTORIA — The B.C. government has reached an agreement to give Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs $7.2 million in funding to support the implementation of their rights…

Mounties enforced racist policies, RCMP commissioner says

OTTAWA — RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki says the Mounties have enforced racist and discriminatory legislation and policies, and they should do better in the future.…

No link between colonialism and vaccine hesitancy among Indigenous people: expert

OTTAWA — There is no evidence that Canada’s history of colonialism has made Indigenous people any more hesitant to get vaccinated against COVID-19 than the…