VANCOUVER — The elected leadership of several First Nations split over a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia are calling for the immediate resignation…
By Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press OTTAWA — With reports of a sharp rise in violence against Indigenous women as COVID-19 restrictions keep families stuck…
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announced new gun restrictions was hailed or hated, depending on who you talk to. Tuesday, the Liberal Bill C-71…
TORONTO — The number of people in Canada killed by COVID-19 passed the 4,000 mark on Tuesday, as provinces eased anti-pandemic restrictions and the government…
Ontario’s fire marshal says there’s been an increase in fire deaths this year as COVID-19 measures force many people to stay home and do more…
REGINA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says an outbreak of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan’s far north is alarming. Perry Bellegarde notes…
By Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press OTTAWA — A few months before the novel coronavirus arrived in Canada, the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation at Loon…
BEAUVAL — An Indigenous group in Saskatchewan is criticizing the province’s management of checkpoints that are meant to protect northern communities experiencing outbreaks of COVID-19.…
OKANAGAN VALLEY — A new digital platform for local news serving First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities in BC was launched on Tuesday. IndigiNews is…
IQALUIT — Canada’s High Arctic may still be free of the novel coronavirus. A case of COVID-19 supposedly confirmed in the remote Nunavut community of…
SMITHERS, BC – Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs, B.C. Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Scott Fraser and Federal Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett issued the following…
OTTAWA — On April 28, it was announced that Tungasuvvingat Inuit (TI) in Ontario is fighting back against the COVID-19 pandemic while supporting Urban Inuit…
ANCHORAGE, AK — An Alaska Native cultural organization is suing luxury retailer Neiman Marcus, saying the Dallas-based company violated copyright and American Indian arts protection…
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Canada’s urban Indigenous population is being left behind by the federal response to the COVID-19 crisis, according…
By Nahnda Garlow with CP files OHSWEKEN — Six Nations says it will not be releasing any data about coronavirus cases in the community. TRT…