Michele Audette

Old-growth logging in the boreal forest, which stretches across the country to every ocean, is quickly turning Canada’s forests into a carbon source, rather than a carbon sink.

Few senators are climate experts, but if armed with the right knowledge, they can use their collective power to ensure climate change is top of mind in the legislative process.

It's no coincidence that a wave of Indigenous women have won leadership roles previously held only by men, say leaders and advocates.

Michèle Audette, one of the commissioners for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, is among the five newest members of the Senate.

First Nations leaders and Quebec history teachers say the timing is right to reset the way Indigenous history is taught in primary and secondary schools across the province.

With a growing sentiment that Julie Payette's abrupt departure from Rideau Hall provides an opportunity for Canada to have its first Indigenous governor general, Perry Bellegarde laughs when asked if he's been taking French lessons.

Michele Audette feels disappointed when she looks online and sees a barrage of violent threats towards Indigenous women.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood quietly with his head down Wednesday as families expressed extreme anger toward him about the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

"I never knew her, but to me, in my eyes, she gave me life," Vicki Hill told the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women on Tuesday, "Now I have to live without her."

First Nations leaders are divided on what to do about the troubled inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, says the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.