First Nations

Public pressure on the Quebec government was so strong it had little choice but to table a strict bill on marijuana legalization that will give the province full control over the industry, say stakeholders and business officials.

Premier Brad Wall says the organization representing Saskatchewan First Nations has requested financial compensation be tied to an apology to victims of the '60s Scoop.

First Nations protesters at a salmon farm off the northern coast of Vancouver Island are vowing to stay, despite court action aimed at forcing them out.

The fate of the largest public project in British Columbia's history, the Site C hydroelectric dam, will be the focus of intense scrutiny this week as provincial cabinet ministers travel north for last-minute consultations.

Indigenous drug users in British Columbia are 13 times more likely to die compared with other Canadians of the same age, says a decade-long study calling for cultural connections as a path to healing deep-rooted pain.

Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott is calling for an emergency meeting early next year on Aboriginal child welfare, likening the current state of affairs to Canada's residential school legacy that forcibly removed young people from their culture and families.

The family of an Indigenous man who was shot to death on a Saskatchewan farm says it's "extremely upset and disgusted" that Mounties have cleared their own officers of misconduct.

The British Columbia government will decide the future of the Site C hydroelectric dam by the end of the year after an independent review concluded the $8.3 billion megaproject is over budget and behind schedule.

When a massive ice breaker arrives in Victoria's harbour this week, it will mark the end of a 150-day-long journey exploring Canada's coastline, communities and future.

A drydocked boat owned by a non-Aboriginal fisherman was torched, followed a few days later by a boat owned by a Mi'kmaq man.

Three wild salmon advocates have been summoned to a B.C. court for their peaceful occupation of fish farms in Broughton Archipelago.

"The process of decolonizing my spirit and finding my way back to my sacred responsibilities had begun," writes National Observer reporter Emilee Gilpin in Vancouver, B.C.

The Siwash Rock in Vancouver's Stanley Park could be renamed if First Nations agree its name is disrespectful to Aboriginal Peoples.

The troubled inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has named a new executive director.

Confidential details of the agreement include a payout of between $25,000 and $50,000 for each claimant, to a maximum of $750 million, sources said.