‘In our bloodline:’ Land based learning links curriculum with Indigenous culture

REGINA — A school day for six-year-old Hunter Sasakamoose can start with lighting a fire for breakfast and end with doing math by candlelight. In…

Inuit walk away from talks on reforming federal northern food subsidy program

Talks to reform subsidies intended to eliminate the $10 carton of milk face by northern families remain stalled over concerns from Inuit that they don’t…

Ottawa ready to help as Inuit health officials grapple with spate of suicides

MONTREAL — The federal government says it will respond to pleas for help from northern Quebec, where a spate of suicides in Inuit communities this…

Ontario’s basic income pilot to end March 2019

TORONTO — Thousands of people participating in Ontario’s basic income pilot will receive their last payment on March 31, 2019, the province says, but an…

Trans Mountain pipeline ruling shakes central pillar of Trudeau agenda

OTTAWA _ On Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau painstakingly explained to students in Kapuskasing, Ont., how the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is a central…

How schools are working to Indigenize programs, campus life

This summer, as students prepared to go back to school, some post-secondary institutions did preparing of their own to make changes that they say address…

How post secondary schools are working to indigenize programs, campus life

This summer, as students prepared to go back to school, some post-secondary institutions did preparing of their own to make changes that they say address…

Judge rules Dakota Access developer can’t sue Earth First

By Blake Nicholson | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BISMARCK, N.D. _ A federal judge has dismissed a second defendant from a $1 billion racketeering lawsuit that the…

Ottawa, Inuit agree on compensation for forced relocation in 1950s

ARVIAT, Nunavut —  Inuit who were forcibly removed from their traditional lands in the 1950s and starved as a result have reached a compensation deal…

Range of reactions to possible holiday to mark legacy of residential schools

The federal government’s intention to enact a statutory holiday aimed at remembering the legacy of Canada’s residential school system has drawn mixed reactions from Indigenous…

Natan Obed re elected head of Canada’s national Inuit group

INUVIK, N.W.T. — The newly re-elected leader of Canada’s 60,000 Inuit says he plans to make housing a priority during his second term as president.…

Indigenous patients still waiting for equity in health care system: CMA health summit

WINNIPEG — First Nations doctors shared personal stories at a national health summit to demonstrate how Indigenous patients still face racism and unequal access to…

‘Four of a dozen kids will not make it:’ Tina Fontaine’s family healing together

WINNIPEG — Melissa Stevenson was just starting her career 18 years ago when a summer position at the Indigenous Family Centre in Winnipeg connected her…

Toronto Zoo welcomes newest addition: a baby pygmy hippopotamus

TORONTO — The Toronto Zoo is celebrating the birth of a rare and endangered pygmy hippopotamus. Kindia, a 12-year-old female, gave birth to a female…

New federal holiday for residential school survivors expected

OTTAWA – Ottawa has announced plans to create a new statutory holiday in recognition of residential school survivors. Indigenous groups are working with the federal…