HALIFAX _ First Nations leaders from across Canada are gathering in Halifax today for a regional summit on self-governance, with a focus on finding a…
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OTTAWA _ The United Nations says Canada’s health care system is “commendable” overall but vulnerable groups still face barriers to quality care. That’s the conclusion…
MONTREAL _ For the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake, cannabis legalization is an opportunity to correct the mistakes of the past regarding tobacco. Smoke shacks selling…
OTTAWA — The federal government and the provinces must examine “monstrous” allegations of modern-day forced sterilizations of Indigenous women, NDP reconciliation critic Romeo Saganash said…
REGINA _ Saskatchewan’s justice minister is to meet next week with the chief of a First Nation that has opened an unlicensed cannabis store. Don…
REGINA _ Saskatchewan’s justice minister is to meet next week with the chief of a First Nation that has opened an unlicensed cannabis store. Don…
SIDNEY, B.C. _ A federal government initiative to support Indigenous conservation efforts will help strengthen reconciliation across Canada, chiefs, leaders and elders said Tuesday. The…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Numerous police departments nationwide are not adequately identifying or reporting cases of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls as concerns mount…
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. _ The leader of Canada’s first Indigenous group to win title to its territory says an updated agreement it’s negotiating with the…
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s government is moving to increase the participation of Indigenous people in the environmental assessment of projects with new legislation tabled Monday.…
REGINA — A Saskatchewan grandmother who was confronted by a farmer with a gun says changing trespassing laws probably won’t stop crime but could increase…
Tsilhqot’in Territory BC — October 26, 2018 marked the 154th anniversary of British Columbia’s martyrdom of the “Chilcotin Chiefs.” Riding a black horse into the…
TORONTO — The family of an Ontario First Nation chief who was a vocal advocate for a community plagued by a mercury-contaminated river called Friday…
SIOUX LOOKOUT — Concerns raised by the family of an Indigenous teen who died in northern Ontario more than four decades ago have prompted the…