Compromised parties Whittle down International Human Rights Standards for Canadian law application

Canada and Justice Minister David Lametti are waxing poetic about taking international law and reducing it under domestic Canadian law application. Implementing the United Nations…

‘This was not a snowball’: Man who threw metal hitch at woman guilty of manslaughter

A man who threw a trailer hitch at an Indigenous woman in Thunder Bay, Ont., has been found guilty of manslaughter in her death, with…

Reconciliation delayed and anti Indigenous racism rising: TRC commissioners

OTTAWA — Five years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued its final report, commissioners Murray Sinclair, Wilton Littlechild and Marie Wilson are coming together…

COVID 19, system barriers challenging Indigenous women who own businesses: study

TORONTO — Canadian businesses owned by Indigenous women have been steadily growing, but that progress is being threatened by COVID-19 and other systemic barriers, say…

Quebec tables bill to give families of missing Indigenous children access to records

QUEBEC — The Quebec government introduced legislation on Wednesday that would allow relatives of Indigenous children who disappeared or died after being admitted to health-care…

N.S. RCMP arrest four men after alleged shots fired at Indigenous fisher

PICTOU LANDING, NS — The RCMP say they have arrested four men in connection with shots allegedly fired Sunday on the waters off the Pictou…

Yukon first jurisdiction to release strategy on missing and murdered Indigenous women

Yukon says it’s the first jurisdiction in Canada to release a strategy in response to the federal government’s report on missing and murdered Indigenous women…

Cleveland Indians will be abandoning their traditional team name

The Cleveland Indians will soon be altering Major League Baseball history. This proud franchise who since 1915, have gone by the team name Indians have…

Indigenous activist pleased to hear Cleveland’s baseball team planning name change

Indigenous activist Douglas Cardinal applauded the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday for planning to change their team name and predicted it could have a “ripple effect”…

Brantford failed to uphold GRNA, says lawyer in Arrowdale dispute

A lawyer representing a citizens’ interest group opposed to the sale of the Arrowdale Golf Course in Brantford said the city failed to uphold the…

RCMP commits to changes in how it collects, uses information about protesters

OTTAWA — The RCMP has agreed to revamp its policies on the collection and use of information about protesters after a watchdog expressed fresh concerns,…

Grassy Narrows First Nations chief hails more funding for mercury treatment centre

OTTAWA — New money for a treatment centre for those living with the effects of chronic mercury poisoning comes as a ray of hope for…

Pandemic highlights need for internet equality, First Nations chief says

TORONTO — A First Nations chief from British Columbia’s Interior region says the COVID-19 pandemic has made it easier to explain how important high-speed communications…

Saga over senator who posted anti Indigenous letters continues in Senate

OTTAWA — Lynn Beyak, the senator who posted derogatory letters about Indigenous people on her website, once again faces the prospect of expulsion from the…

Six Nations to host sessions targeting anti-Indigenous racism in lacrosse

There is a long history of anti-Indigenous racism in the world of lacrosse. NLL rookie Marshall Powless touched upon how through the years he unfortunately…