Sounding the alarm: The rising tide of Arctic Ocean noise
Canada’s draft Ocean Noise Strategy lacks the urgency, clarity and specificity needed to protect the Arctic’s soundscape.
Indigenous communities
Law suit alleges abuse, cultural devastation at Indigenous group homes
A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous people removed from their communities and placed in group homes beginning in the 1950s suffered physical, sexual and psychological abuse that "was commonplace, condoned and, arguably, encouraged."
As climate change worsens, reservation dogs are feeling the heat
A lack of infrastructure, complications from the pandemic and extreme weather events are conspiring to put unhoused pets on U.S. Indigenous reserves in increasing danger.
Trudeau to appoint commissioner to oversee treaties with Indigenous Peoples
The federal government is planning to create a new agent of Parliament to oversee modern treaty implementation, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says will ensure Ottawa is held to account no matter who is in power.
First Nations hope TMX opening will bring prosperity
Located smack-dab in the middle of the Athabasca oilsands, Fort McKay is the bull's-eye on the dart board of the world's third-largest crude oil reserve.
Freeland says $5 billion just a beginning for Indigenous loan guarantee program
The program is designed to help Indigenous communities buy equity in natural resource and energy projects by securing them more favourable interest rates.
For a just transition, Indigenous Peoples need more than money
That’s according to Kimberly Yazzie, a Diné researcher in ecology at Stanford University, who has seen how Indigenous communities have been harmed in the race to establish wind, solar, and mining projects.
As salmon disappear, the battle over Alaska fishing rights heats up
A legal fight is ramping up over who should manage Alaska's dwindling salmon populations — and who gets access to them.
Feds promise Indigenous loan guarantee program, but no details provided
The "next steps" for a long-awaited Indigenous loan guarantee program will be announced in next year's federal budget, the Liberal government promised in its fall economic statement on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023.
The Arctic Ocean is getting louder. Inuit expertise can help quell the racket
The United Nations' maritime agency says shipping companies ought to work with Indigenous communities to reduce noise pollution.
First Nation questions Liberals' commitment to reconciliation with pipeline route change
Trans Mountain Corp. insists it is committed to "meaningful engagement" with Indigenous communities after it was given the green light to move its pipeline route despite the objection of a First Nation.
Indigenous communities need better emergency preparedness. NDP calls on feds to do more
The NDP is calling on the federal government to invest in emergency preparedness for Indigenous communities in the midst of a devastating wildfire season.
Canadian wildfires threaten Indigenous communities' land and culture
Carrol Johnston counted her blessings as she stood on the barren site where her home was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire that forced her to flee her northern Alberta community two months ago.
Feds pitch in $5.9M for Indigenous clean energy projects in B.C.
The minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada has announced the government is giving nearly $6 million for Indigenous communities in British Columbia to develop clean energy projects.
Indigenous communities lead Canada's clean energy boom
On a wintry day last November, Daphne Kay looked up at an expanse of gleaming solar panels located on Cowessess First Nation reserve land just east of Regina and cried.