11 active cases of COVID 19 reported in eastern Quebec first nation

MONTREAL _ The government of the Listuguj First Nation, in eastern Quebec, says there are now 11 active cases of COVID-19 in the community. The…

Former residential school in Lower Post slated for demolition: premier

LOWER POST, BC — A building where locals pick up their mail, look for work and seek government help is a place of pain and…

Atlantic First Nations building geothermal greenhouses to address food insecurity

PETER’S, NS — The Potlotek First Nation in Cape Breton is one of several Indigenous communities in Atlantic Canada that is launching a project to…

Tribes try to shield elders and their knowledge from virus

By Christine Fernando As Monica Harvey watched, crowds flocked to a Sam’s Club in northern Arizona where she works, picking shelves clean of toilet paper…

A look at the Indigenous names for Edmonton’s 12 wards

EDMONTON — The City of Edmonton approved a bylaw earlier this month to change the names of its 12 wards to Indigenous ones. Here are…

10 correctional officers charged following death of Indigenous man in N.L. jail

ST. JOHN’S — Ten correctional officers have been charged with crimes ranging from manslaughter to criminal negligence causing death in connection with the 2019 death…

Former N.L. prisoner wants guards held accountable in death of Indigenous inmate

JOHN’S — A former inmate of a Newfoundland and Labrador jail says it’s outrageous that 10 guards accused in the death of an Indigenous man…

‘Grave risk:’ Advocates say inmates should get speedy access to COVID 19 vaccine

Advocates say inmates should have speedy access to the COVID-19 vaccine, given how susceptible prisons and jails have been to outbreaks and how prevalent chronic…

Feds should detail vaccination plan for Indigenous communities: NDP

OTTAWA —The federal government should come up with a plan to roll COVID-19 vaccines out in Indigenous communities immediately, NDP health critic Don Davies says.…

‘This was not a snowball’: Man who threw metal hitch at woman guilty of manslaughter

A man who threw a trailer hitch at an Indigenous woman in Thunder Bay, Ont., has been found guilty of manslaughter in her death, with…

Reconciliation delayed and anti Indigenous racism rising: TRC commissioners

OTTAWA — Five years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued its final report, commissioners Murray Sinclair, Wilton Littlechild and Marie Wilson are coming together…

COVID 19, system barriers challenging Indigenous women who own businesses: study

TORONTO — Canadian businesses owned by Indigenous women have been steadily growing, but that progress is being threatened by COVID-19 and other systemic barriers, say…

Quebec tables bill to give families of missing Indigenous children access to records

QUEBEC — The Quebec government introduced legislation on Wednesday that would allow relatives of Indigenous children who disappeared or died after being admitted to health-care…

N.S. RCMP arrest four men after alleged shots fired at Indigenous fisher

PICTOU LANDING, NS — The RCMP say they have arrested four men in connection with shots allegedly fired Sunday on the waters off the Pictou…

Yukon first jurisdiction to release strategy on missing and murdered Indigenous women

Yukon says it’s the first jurisdiction in Canada to release a strategy in response to the federal government’s report on missing and murdered Indigenous women…