First Nations coalition rejects recommendation to lift Sen. Beyak’s suspension
OTTAWA — A coalition of First Nations chiefs and residential school survivors are rejecting new recommendations to lift Sen. Lynn Beyak's suspension from the Senate.…
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Provinces pose challenge to Indigenous child welfare reform: Bellegarde
OTTAWA — National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations says provincial governments that want to cling to their authority over child welfare…
White throated sparrows change their tune from a three note to a two note
VANCOUVER — White-throated sparrows are changing their tune — an unprecedented development scientists say has caused them to sit up and take note. Ken Otter,…
Ontario to end streaming in Grade 9, early years suspensions
TORONTO — Ontario will soon join the rest of Canada by doing away with an educational practice that perpetuates racism throughout the system, the provincial…
Ontario reports 112 new cases of COVID 19, two new deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 112 new cases of COVID-19, and two new deaths due to the novel coronavirus. The total number of cases now…
Supreme Court dismisses Indigenous appeal of Trans Mountain pipeline approval
OTTAWA — Several B.C. First Nations vowed Thursday to keep their fight against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion going, despite losing what appears to be…
Trans Mountain timeline: A look at key dates in the project’s history
OTTAWA — The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion cleared another legal hurdle Thursday when the Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to appeal to First Nations…
Supreme Court dismisses Indigenous appeal of Trans Mountain pipeline approval
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a new appeal from British Columbia First Nations over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The…
Legal battle concludes for journalist charged after covering Labrador protest
JOHN'S, N.L. — A criminal mischief charge has been dismissed against a journalist who was covering an Indigenous-led occupation at the Muskrat Falls worksite in…
New Mexico tribe transforms old casino into movie studio
TESUQUE PUEBLO, N.M. — A small northern New Mexico Native American tribe has opened a movie studio in a former casino that it hopes will…
Six Nations to close landfill, open new transfer station
OHSWEKEN — Work is now underway to close the Six Nations Landfill Site for good and transition trash collection at the new Transfer Station. SNGR…
‘No celebrations’: Indigenous communities, leaders share Canada Day frustrations
VANCOUVER — Jess Housty can't remember the last time Canada Day was celebrated in the Heiltsuk Nation. Housty lives in the coastal B.C. town of…
Film stars Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds support Indigenous women’s program
ANTIGONISH, N.S. — Movie stars Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are donating $200,000 to an institute at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia to…
Indigenous Women’s Advisory Council to address violence in communities
TORONTO — The Ontario government announced members of a new Indigenous Women's Advisory Council on June 21. The Council includes First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and…
Atlantic First Nations create water utility, to be up and running by 2022
HALIFAX — Indigenous communities in Atlantic Canada are creating their own utility to take charge of water systems in First Nations around the region. The…