A New Brunswick family wants answers about a loved one's drowning following an encounter with RCMP.
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A New Brunswick family wants answers about a loved one's drowning following an encounter with RCMP.
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Reporting from Nuuk, Greenland. Photos by Angel Moore @aptnnews.bsky.social
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Battiste says heβs been talking with chiefs about Bill C-5 to hear their opinions | @karynpugliese.bsky.social
In the ongoing fight over Bill C-5, Kahnawake Grand Chief Cody Diabo went to Ottawa to protest the legislation.
It would allow the feds to identify infrastructure projects of national interest, accelerating the approval process through a single permit.
The debate over fast-tracking legislation for so-called national interest projects is heating up.
One First Nations leader is promising a long, hot summer if the federal government passes Bill C-5.
Thatβs on this weekβs Truth and Politics panel.
This week, we've been heard the insights of artists who have faced pretendian accusations and call out culture head on.
Seasoned Indigenous music professionals Desiree Dorion and Leonard Sumner provide advice rooted in cultural and community care.
I will be part of this symposium on local journalism in the Maritimes. Check out the website for more information and to register bringbacklocalnews.ca
Indigenous leaders meet at United Nations, discuss water, challenges in implementing UNDRIP
As the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues continues this week, discussions focused on financing Indigenous Peoples' work.
But delegates say before that can happen, states must hold up to their commitments to implement UNDRIP.
LIVE: The TsΜilhqot'in National Government is calling for action on the toxic drug crisis in Canada, one year after their nation declared a state of emergency.
Chief Roger William with the Tsilhqot'in National Government says they're asking for help to address the crisis in their own way.
Pam Palmater says there not much new when it comes to the Conservative platform.
Hill Times columnist Rose LeMay releases book on reconciliation.
Resource extraction is a hot topic at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Thatβs on Nation to Nation.
Both the Liberal and Conservative parties have pledged during the federal election campaign to fast-track approvals for resource projects like mining and pipelines - but at what cost to Indigenous rights? | @karynpugliese.bsky.social
The first week of the 24th UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has wrapped up.
The theme this year is implementing UNDRIP and the challenges to hold the member states who signed onto it accountable.
A man from the Sipekne'katik First Nation has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a federal fisheries officer near Smith Settlement in Nova Scotia.
Chiefs in Alberta are speaking out against Premier Danielle Smith, who will be tabling legislation supporting a referendum on the issue of separatism.
Here is what AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak had to say.
May 5th is the National Day of Recognition for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People β also known as Red Dress Day.
Over the weekend in Winnipeg, the family of Rebecca Contois held a celebration of life for MMIWG2S+.
A look at some of the MMIWG events across the country for Monday's National Red Dress Day, when communities gathered to honour and remember the lives of missing or murdered Indigenous women and girls.
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The Toronto Police Service has agreed to reinvestigate the 2015 drowning deaths of two fishermen in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, assigning the case to its homicide unit following a request from the Ontario Provincial Police last month.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation made one Miβkmaw youth's dreams come true.
Two years after he received a kidney transplant, he's going on the trip of a lifetime.
βYou hear βland backβ, and it means a lot of different things to different people,β he said. βItβs been interesting trying to reframe some of these conversations about stewardship and land rights and treaties.β apnews.com/article/azil...
For the fourth year running, @gristnews.bsky.social is organizing pooled coverage of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the largest global gathering of Indigenous leaders and advocates. π§΅πβ¬οΈ
βThe dam removal that took place last fall is one of the biggest victories for Indigenous environmental justice in North American history,β @ahofschneider.bsky.social said. βIt was brought about because of the persistence of tribes and their allies.β www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...
The Eastern Shoshone this month voted to classify buffalo as wildlife instead of livestock. The vote indicates a growing interest to both restore buffalo on the landscape and challenge the relationship between animal and product. The latest from @siisiiko.bsky.social. grist.org/indigenous/w...
An under-15 female hockey team from Nain, Labrador, recently traveled to Montreal to meet their hockey heroes and watch a Professional Womenβs Hockey League playoff game between the Montreal Victoire and the Ottawa Charge.
The federal election campaign is well underway, and so are efforts to get out the Indigenous vote.
But Indigenous issues have been absent from the political discourse. Will that keep voters from heading to the polls?
Our Truth & Politics panel weighs in.
At the Federal Leadersβ Debate, Liberal Leader Mark Carney was asked how his party plans to fast-track pipelines and mining projects, while also following the Supreme Court decision requiring consent of Indigenous communities.
Here is what he had to say.
