Gary Vidal
Five years after call to add Indigenous rights to citizenship guide, nothing
More than five years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called on the federal government to revise the Canadian citizenship oath and exam guide, newcomers still study a book that contains a single paragraph on residential schools and they take an oath that doesn't refer to treaties with Indigenous Peoples.
Boil-water advisories in First Nations communities to continue past March 2021: feds
The federal government says it will not meet a marquee pledge by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to lift all boil-water advisories in First Nations communities by March 2021.
Worries over COVID-19 outbreaks in 23 First Nations
Federal officials say the next two weeks will be crucial in trying to determine the scope and severity of the spread of COVID-19 in First Nations communities.
Urban Indigenous left behind by Ottawa's COVID-19 response
Canada's urban Indigenous population is being left behind by the federal response to the COVID-19 crisis, according to the The National Association of Friendship Centres.