Canada mishandling nuclear waste plans warn First Nations, environmental groups

 OTTAWA — First Nations leaders say they have not been properly consulted about the prospect of a nuclear waste disposal site being established northwest of…

Tribes’ request for more say in Dakota Access study denied

BISMARCK, ND — A judge has rejected the request by two American Indian tribes to be more involved in a court-ordered environmental review of the…

Judge asked to reject pipeline protester’s evidence request (US-Oil-Pipeline)

By Blake Nicholson, AP BISMARCK, ND — The government is asking a federal judge to reject a request for evidence to be returned to a…

‘It’s just like we’re forgotten people’: Indigenous evacuees waiting to go home

KAPUSKASING — Paul Edwards sits alone at a bare table and washes down scrambled eggs with coffee in the large auditorium of the civic centre…

Reviewing treatment of Inuit children in Newfoundland child welfare

ST. JOHN’S, NL — An independent review into the treatment of Inuit children and youth in Newfoundland and Labrador’s child welfare system will be led…

Saskatchewan farmer acquitted in death of Indigenous man guilty of gun charge

NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK — A Saskatchewan farmer acquitted in the fatal shooting of a young Indigenous man is giving up his guns and has been…

Too many black, Indigenous kids in Ontario child welfare system, report finds

TORONTO — Black and Indigenous children appear to be put into care in relatively far greater numbers than other racial groups in Ontario, according to…

B.C. threatens to sue Alberta as all sides in Trans Mountain dispute dig in

VICTORIA — All sides in the escalating dispute over the Trans Mountain expansion project appear to be digging in with the Alberta and British Columbia…

Mental health services for Ontario First Nations being expanded

OTTAWA — The federal and Ontario governments are putting up $5 million each to establish 19 new mental wellness teams for First Nations communities. The…

Tour of ancient Indigenous village offers unique B.C. vacation opportunity

BAMFIELD, BC — Surrounded by old-growth rainforest against the rocky shoreline on the southwest edge of Vancouver Island lies a centuries-old Indigenous village where traditional…

Saskatchewan farmer acquitted in death of Indigenous man guilty of gun charge

NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK — A Saskatchewan farmer acquitted in the fatal shooting of a young Indigenous man is giving up his guns and has been…

Too many black, Indigenous kids in Ontario child welfare system, report finds

TORONTO — Black and Indigenous children appear to be put into care in relatively far greater numbers than other racial groups in Ontario, according to…

Publisher pulls MMIW poetry book following criticism from victim’s family

A publisher has pulled a book of poems about missing and murdered Indigenous women from its collection following criticism that the author did not request…

Tsilhqot’in Nation to be recognized as full partner in wildfire response

VANCOUVER – The Tsilhqot’in Nation has signed a first-of-its-kind agreement with the federal and British Columbia governments that recognizes the First Nation as a full…

Trudeau pledges money, new law to make Trans Mountain happen

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is putting taxpayer money where his federal government’s mouth is, promising to deploy both financial and legislative tools to…