New Indigenous Just Transition Guide charts a fairer future
From Mi’gmaq communities in the Gaspé Peninsula harnessing the power of wind to a health centre powered by solar in Lubicon Lake First Nation in…
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‘Boil Alert’ doc examines most ‘egregious’ examples of water crisis in North America
TORONTO — When documentarian James Burns and Apache guitarist Stevie Salas set out to create a film that examined the ongoing impacts of the water…
‘Chronic underfunding’: 22 Quebec Indigenous police forces file rights complaint
MONTREAL — Quebec’s 22 Indigenous police forces have filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission, accusing the federal government of chronic underfunding that…
Doubts raised over Sainte Marie’s past roil First Nations, raise questions on harms
Indigenous people are grappling with doubts over singer Buffy Sainte-Marie’s First Nations bona fides after a CBC story Friday raised questions about her Indigenous ancestry…
Manitoba premier apologizes, meets with families about searching landfill for remains
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew apologized Thursday to the families of two slain First Nations women whose remains are believed to be in a…
Sheila North announces candidacy for national chief of Assembly of First Nations
OTTAWA — Sheila North, a former grand chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, announced Thursday she is joining the contest to become the next national chief…
AFN chief warns lawyers may ‘take advantage’ of child welfare settlement recipients
OTTAWA — The interim national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is urging those eligible to receive compensation from a landmark class-action settlement to…
N.L. government to offer apology for residential schools to Nunatsiavut Inuit
JOHN’S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government will offer an apology to residential school survivors and their families in Nunatsiavut and Happy Valley-Goose Bay…
OPP make arrest in 1973 Attawapiskat killing after MMIW inquiry renews investigation
ATTAWAPISKAT — Ontario Provincial Police say they have charged a man in the 1973 killing of a woman in a remote northern First Nation. Police…
Ex MP Romeo Saganash referred to restorative justice program in sexual assault case
OTTAWA — The Manitoba government says former NDP member of Parliament Romeo Saganash, who was charged with sexual assault earlier this year, has been referred…
‘I know who I am:’ Buffy Sainte Marie calls Indigenous identity questions hurtful
Buffy Sainte-Marie, a musician known for decades of Indigenous activism, says she’s always been honest that she doesn’t know the identity of her birth parents,…
Report raises questions about Buffy Sainte Marie’s Indigenous claim
CBC says legendary musician and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie’s birth certificate, other documents and details from family members contradict her claim that she is Indigenous. Sainte-Marie,…
Third First Nation wants use of Jasper National Park, saying they were evicted
A third First Nation wants Parks Canada to give its members increased access, including limited hunting rights, to Jasper National Park, saying they were evicted…
Former Ontario inmates saw higher risk of overdose death as COVID 19 emerged: study
Former Ontario inmates saw their risk of dying from a toxic-drug overdose jump as much as 50 per cent at the start of the pandemic…
Manitoba Premier to meet with women’s families to talk about landfill search
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s recently elected premier is set to meet with the families of two slain First Nations women whose remains are believed to be…