OTTAWA – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) will review the Native Broadcasting Policy (CRTC 1990-89) next year, according to its Three-Year Plan 2017 to 2020. The gatherings entitled
OTTAWA – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) will review the Native Broadcasting Policy (CRTC 1990-89) next year, according to its Three-Year Plan 2017 to 2020. The gatherings entitled
VANCOUVER – To launch National Aboriginal Hepatitis C Month in May, the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) is proud to release, Promising Practices in Timiskaming First Nation, the second film in a
OTTAWA — Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak says her party’s decision to sanction her for comments about Canada’s residential school history amounts to a threat to freedom of speech. In a
TORONTO — A class-action lawsuit involving allegations of physical, emotional and sexual abuse at an Ontario boarding school for the blind has been settled out of court. Lawyers representing the
ORILLIA – It was a busy March Break for the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) as officers laid more than 2,400 distraction-related charges during their annual Distracted Driving Campaign. Collisions investigated by
KENORA – An April 17 vigil has been announced for Azraya Ackabee-Kokopenace, a 12-year old-girl from Grassy Narrows First Nation who disappeared from police custody at a Kenora hospital last year and
DAPL Protestors March in Washington, D.C. By Chezney Martin WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two weeks have passed since federal law enforcement removed DAPL protesters from the Oceti Sakowin campsite in Cannon
VICTORIA — In the English language, a fish is just a fish, but for the Tsartlip First Nation on Vancouver Island, words can vary when referring to catching, preserving or
“Reconciliation is not an aboriginal problem, it is a Canadian problem. It involves all of us,” said Justice Murray Sinclair. The Hamilton Community Legal Clinic (HCLC) is releasing a report
VANCOUVER — Garfield Mahood has spent 30 years fighting for the Canadian government to require plain packaging for cigarettes. So, the long-time non-smokers’ rights activist says he doesn’t have much
OTTAWA – AFOA Canada (formerly the Aboriginal Financial Officer Association of Canada) is pleased to announce the 2017 recipients of the MNP-AFOA Canada Excellence in Aboriginal Leadership Award who will be recognized
By Nahnda Garlow with CP files WASHINGTON — The Keystone XL pipeline is alive — maybe. Trump revived hopes for the dormant project Tuesday. He signed an executive order that
A recent CBC ‘listicle’ calling out the top indigenous news stories in Canada for 2016. While the compilation definitely included the top subject matter about indigenous communities, our indigenous editorial
Canadian Press ONEIDA – Wednesday’s deadly house fire here was a “perfect example” of the fallout of a housing crisis and lack of federal housing support in area First Nations communities,
Canadian Press TORONTO – The federal government had no legal obligation to prevent on-reserve children from losing their aboriginal identities after placement in non-indigenous homes during the so-called ’60s Scoop, an