TORONTO _ Ontario conservation authorities say the provincial government has cut their funding for flood management programs in half. Conservation Ontario, which represents the province’s…
TORONTO _ Ontario intends to allow municipalities and developers to pay a fee in lieu of taking certain actions to protect species at risk. The…
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OTTAWA _ The chief of a First Nation in northwestern Ontario long-plagued by the debilitating impacts of mercury contamination says he is worried about the…
GREENSTONE, Ont. _ Provincial police say a 21-year-old has been charged in the death of a man who was shot on the powwow grounds of…
HONOLULU _ Last year, much of Hawaii was shocked to learn a Chicago restaurant chain owner had trademarked the name “Aloha Poke” and wrote to…
South Dakota’s governor and attorney general are asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit challenging a new law that aims to prevent disruptive…
OTTAWA _ Many Indigenous communities lack policing services that meet their safety and security needs despite long-standing efforts to remedy the shortcomings, a federally commissioned…
REGINA _ An Indigenous leader in Saskatchewan is accusing the provincial government of keeping the status quo when it comes to child welfare because of…
AKWESASNE — Lewis Mitchell, a former police chief on the Mohawk territory of Akwesasne, chuckled when asked if he thought he would have trouble finding…
IQALUIT, Nunavut — An Inuit family whose son was shot by RCMP is suing the force over its alleged failure to staff Arctic detachments with…
EDMONTON — United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney says an Alberta government led by him would set up a Crown corporation to help Indigenous communities invest…
WATERLOO — A global think tank is calling for tougher intellectual property laws that would protect Indigenous arts and traditions from cultural appropriation in the…
EDMONTON — Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley says she expects Ottawa to approve the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to the west coast by the end…
ST. JOHN’S — Newfoundland and Labrador’s top court has defended the importance of press freedom in a landmark decision in the high-profile case of a…