Easy ways you can help prevent the spread of COVID-19

(NC) By now, most of us know how important it is to do our part to limit the spread of COVID-19. We’re familiar with public…

Tips to keep your family safe and healthy this winter

(NC) After a long, challenging year, experts are predicting a hard-hitting winter. If you’re worried about how to keep your family safe and healthy during a good-old-fashioned Canadian winter – as well as another wave of a pandemic – check out…

Assisted death bill sends wrong message to Indigenous people, advocates say

OTTAWA — Assisted-dying legislation sends the wrong message to Indigenous communities, advocates said Tuesday as voices opposed to the bill continued to ring out on…

Feds need better data on COVID 19 in Indigenous communities: Miller

OTTAWA — A rapid rise in the number of active COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities on reserve _ especially in Alberta and Saskatchewan _…

B.C. Indigenous man files human rights complaints over detainment at Bank of Montreal

VANCOUVER — An Indigenous man from British Columbia has filed complaints with the BC Human Rights Tribunal and the Canadian Human Rights Commission after he…

Indigenous students from Quebec still can’t return to N.B. high school

An intergovernmental dispute has kept more than 100 high school students from a Quebec Indigenous community out of the classroom at their New Brunswick high…

Projects to focus on missing, murdered Indigenous peoples

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma and five other states will participate in pilot projects to better co-ordinate investigative efforts surrounding cases of missing or murdered Indigenous…

Native American votes helped secure Biden’s win in Arizona

FLAGSTAFF, AZ —Voting rights advocates had long argued that if Native Americans and other minority groups were mobilized, they could be decisive in a tight…

Residential school survivors call on Ottawa and provinces for monuments

Ottawa and provincial and territorial governments must build monuments in capital cities across Canada to honour residential-school survivors and their families, says the director of…

‘Stop being so nice’: Alberta councillor apologizes for Indigenous homeless comments

SLAVE LAKE — A northern Alberta councillor says she is deeply sorry for recommending her town stop feeding and “being so nice” to its Indigenous…

Accused guilty in woman’s death even if victim was ill before hitch assault: Crown

A clear link between the injury an Indigenous woman suffered when struck by a trailer hitch and her eventual death months later establishes the guilt…

Plan funds First Nations safety vessels, environment response depot in B.C.

VANCOUVER — Two B.C. First Nations are benefiting from a partnership through the federal Oceans Protection Plan to improve marine safety and protect the coastal…

Eastern Ontario reeve seeks to change road name derogatory to Indigenous women

OTTAWA — The council of Beckwith Township near Ottawa is proposing to change the name of a private road that includes a derogatory term for…

Lawyer for Indigenous man who died in N.L. jail renews calls for public inquiry

JOHN’S — Newfoundland and Labrador’s director of public prosecutions says a decision is expected “fairly soon” on whether anyone will face charges for the death…

Prince George, B.C., school trustees unanimous in call for Indigenous members

PRINCE GEORGE — School trustees in Prince George, B.C., have voted unanimously to support the addition of two Indigenous trustees to the board. District 57…