Trudeau walks back pledge to end boil water advisories on First Nations by 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked back a promise to lift all on-reserve boil-water advisories by 2021 on Friday, as the First Nation with Canada's longest-standing…
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Trudeau walks back pledge to end boil water advisories on First Nations by 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked back a promise to lift all on-reserve boil-water advisories by 2021 on Friday, as the First Nation with Canada's longest-standing…
Mi’kmaq fisherman intends to fight federal charges alleging illegal lobster catch
HALIFAX — A fisherman from a Mi'kmaq community in Cape Breton says he intends to plead not guilty to charges of illegal fishing after his…
Remaining residents in First Nation evacuated over water crisis watch over community
Residents left behind in a remote First Nation in northwestern Ontario that has been largely evacuated over a water crisis battled the cold and separation…
Bellegarde wants Brenda Lucki out as head of RCMP
OTTAWA _ The Assembly of First Nations has “lost confidence'' in RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki after months of unrest, National Chief Perry Bellegarde said Friday…
Voting by mail isn’t so easy on Native American reservations
MISSION, SD — The small, brick post office in Mission, South Dakota, sees steady business most days as people wait outside to allow one family…
Five things to know about the dispute over Nova Scotia’s Indigenous lobster fishery
HALIFAX — Tensions remain high in the dispute over the Indigenous lobster fishery in Nova Scotia. Here are five things to know about the situation.…
Nova Scotia restaurants boycott lobster in response to violence against the Mi’kmaq
HALIFAX — Kourosh Rad, owner of Garden Food Bar and Lounge in Halifax, says he removed his popular lobster-based menu items in support of the…
Minister: Cops failing Indigenous in Canada lobster dispute
HALIFAX — Canada's Indigenous services minister said Monday that police in Nova Scotia have failed to properly protect Indigenous people embroiled in an ugly dispute…
N.S. First Nations chief calls for military support after lobster pound fire
A federal promise of more police resources to contain escalating violence in southwestern Nova Scotia fishing communities met with scant approval Saturday, with one First…
A timeline of Nova Scotia’s lobster conflict between Mi’kmaq and commercial fishers
HALIFAX — A timeline of major events in the conflict between Mi'kmaq and non-Indigenous commercial fishers in southwest Nova Scotia. Sept. 17: Sipekne'katik First Nation…
Ancient stone patterns add new wrinkle to pipeline debate
MACKINAW CITY — Images from an underwater vehicle seem to reveal stone patterns on the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac in northern Michigan, possible…
Provinces need to address racism in the health care system: Trudeau
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed confidence that provinces will join efforts to fight racism in the health-care system, adding he does not want…
Feds can use spending power to fight anti Indigenous racism in health care: Miller
OTTAWA — The federal government is ready to use its financial leverage over the health system to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care, Indigenous Services…
First Nations elder alleges she was questioned about alcohol use in Winnipeg hospital
WINNIPEG — A First Nations elder says her symptoms were initially ignored and she was questioned about alcohol use during a stay at a Winnipeg…