OTTAWA – A news conference was held at the National Press Gallery last Thursday following the set-up of a teepee on Parliament Hill by a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
VICTORIA — In the English language, a fish is just a fish, but for the Tsartlip First Nation on Vancouver Island, words can vary when…
“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…
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…
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…
By Nahnda Garlow with CP files WASHINGTON — The Keystone XL pipeline is alive — maybe. Trump revived hopes for the dormant project Tuesday. He…
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…
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…