Lawsuit between Manitoba and Indigenous agencies over child welfare practice in court
WINNIPEG — Lawyers for Indigenous child welfare agencies in Manitoba are in court today as part of an ongoing lawsuit accusing the provincial government of…
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New Brunswick premier faces growing backlash to land acknowledgment policy
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is facing a growing backlash to his government’s new policy on Indigenous land acknowledgments, and some of the…
Trudeau must renew commitment to reconciliation with new cabinet: Indigenous leaders
OTTAWA — Indigenous leaders and New Democrats say naming a new cabinet is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chance to restore residential school survivors’ confidence in…
Ontario university sports are overwhelmingly white, report finds
University athletics in Ontario are overwhelmingly white, from student athletes to coaches to administrators, according to a new report that found rampant systemic racism in…
Task force and chief coroner investigating unmarked burial site
An unmarked burial of a youth under the age of 14 was found last year near the grounds of the former Mohawk Institute Residential School…
Six Nations former Elected Chief awarded honorary doctorate
Ava Hill, former Elected Chief and Councillor from Six Nations, has been awarded an honorary doctorate of laws by Brock University. Dr. Hill served for…
Positive COVID case closes Six Nations elementary school
SIX NATIONS — A positive COVID case at the school population at one of Six Nations elementary schools has been identified. School senior officials announced…
Positive COVID case closes Six Nations elementary school
SIX NATIONS — A positive COVID case at the school population at one of Six Nations elementary schools has been identified. School senior officials announced…
Supreme Court upholds decision for retrial in Jonathan Styres murder
“It’s not open season on trespassers,” said noted Hamilton criminal defense lawyer Dean Paquette, after the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a decision to order…
Supreme Court orders new trial in shooting death of Indigenous man
OTTAWA — An Ontario homeowner who was acquitted after shooting and killing an Indigenous man in 2016 is headed back to trial, the Supreme Court…
Covid outbreak at McKinnon Park in Caledonia
The Haldimand Norfolk Health Unit has declared a Covid-19 outbreak at McKinnon Park Secondary School in Caledonia, Ont. Two positive cases have been reported in…
First cannabis production license issued on Six Nations
The Six Nations Cannabis Commission (SNCC) has issued its first license to a cannabis production facility on Six Nations. The license comes after almost three…
Labrador group says Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami can’t ‘unilaterally’ decide who is Inuit
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — Labrador’s NunatuKavut Community Council is pushing back against the group representing Inuit in Canada after its president asked Ottawa to…
N.B. chiefs call on commissioner to denounce gag order on land acknowledgments
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s six Wolastoqey chiefs called on the province’s new commissioner on systemic racism on Monday to take a stand against the provincial…
City of Vernon transfers copyright to legendary Ogopogo to B.C. Indigenous nations
VERNON, B.C. — The legal rights to the legendary creature in a British Columbia lake have been transferred to an alliance of Indigenous nations who…