Indigenous Panamanians compete in ancestral games

PIRIATI, Panama _ Some brought bows and arrows to show off shooting skills. Others came to demonstrate their strength, endurance or ability to pull heavy…

Call for withdrawal of ‘fundamentally flawed’ Quebec high school history texts (Que-History-Course-Flawe)

MONTREAL _ Quebec high school history textbooks are “fundamentally flawed” and should be removed from all schools across Quebec, an expert committee formed by the…

Inquest into fatal RCMP shooting hears that man pretended to reach for weapon (Sask-Whitstone-Inquest)

BATTLEFORD, Sask. _ A coroner’s inquest into a fatal shooting of a driver by RCMP in Saskatchewan has heard that a passenger in the vehicle…

Sudbury Skoden artist turns himself in

SUDBURY — Greater Sudbury police say that they have made an arrest in connection to the vandalism of the Sudbury water tower four months ago.…

March puts spotlight on death of Indigenous woman with infant twins

PORT HASTINGS, N.S. _ Hundreds of marchers waving flags and placards blocked a causeway connecting Cape Breton Island to mainland Nova Scotia Wednesday, part of…

Ottawa launches new indigenous sports initiative

OTTAWA — Indigenous Sport & Wellness Ontario and the City of Ottawa, along with Ottawa Tourism, have reached an exclusive multi-year agreement prioritizing Indigenous wellness…

Activists laud Native American women’s election to US House (US-Election-2018-Congres)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. _ As a girl, Debra Haaland remembers joining her grandmother as she chopped wood and fetched water for her home in tiny Mesita,…

‘Huge milestone:’ Ceremony marks land deal for Lubicon Lake First Nation

LITTLE BUFFALO, Alta. _ Their story of poverty and neglect went from northern Alberta to the world and on Tuesday decades of determination paid off…

Amnesty calls for accountability on coerced sterilization of Indigenous women

OTTAWA _ The federal government needs to appoint a special representative to hear from Indigenous women coerced into being sterilized to learn what justice would…

Lawyer: Trump exceeded power by reversing Obama drilling ban (US-Trump-Offshore-Drilli)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska _ President Donald Trump exceeded his power when he signed an executive order reversing a ban on offshore drilling in vast parts of…

Port of Hamilton receives $17.7 million federal government investment to modernize port infrastructure

HAMILTON – Transport Minister Marc Garneau visited Hamilton to announce an investment of $17.7 million in the Port of Hamilton from the National Trade Corridors…

Legal deer cull continues despite protests

On November 3 the annual traditional Haudensaunee white-tailed deer harvest at the Short Hills Provincial Park, bordering St Catharines, has begun. The harvest is exclusively…

Postal workers strike continues

OTTAWA — Vancouver and Niagara Falls, Ont., were added to the list of cities hit by postal disruptions this week as more Canadian Union of…

Indigenous rights leader reported slain in northern Mexico

MEXICO CITY — An indigenous rights activist has been slain in the Sierra Madre mountains of northern Mexico just weeks after community members complained about…

Ferry named for a Mi’kmaq poet laureate who longed for revival of her culture

HALIFAX — Mi’kmaq poet Rita Joe once wrote that the “beauty of my people” had been forgotten. But that is hardly the case in the…