Indigenous people

A group that advises activist shareholders hopes a new report will do for Indigenous issues what has already been done for environmental causes — put them on the boardroom table.

The portrayal of Canada's diversity on television has improved over the last decade, but there's still a lack of programming representing people with disabilities and the Indigenous population.

The plate had been held within a licence frame that also bore the quotes: "We are the Borg,’’ and "Resistance is Futile.’’

Tensions over how Halifax honours its contentious founder are growing as a plan to topple the statue of Edward Cornwallis from a downtown park circulates on social media.

As the Calgary Stampede kicked off with a parade under a bright blue sky Friday, Mayor Naheed Nenshi said the mood is brightening in a city beleaguered by a prolonged downturn in oil prices.

Gen. Jonathan Vance, chief of the defence staff, called the incident "deplorable" and said the men will be removed from training and duties while the incident is investigated.

A spokesperson for the military has confirmed that two members of the Navy were involved in a confrontation at an Indigenous ceremony in Halifax on Canada Day.

While thousands of Montrealers braved the rain to attend street parties and parades in honour of Canada's 150th birthday on July 1, 2017, not everyone in the province saw a reason to celebrate.

Police had blocked the group just inside the gates to Parliament Hill on Wednesday evening as demonstrators carried wooden poles on their shoulders to erect a teepee.

A Thunder Bay MP says she's not surprised by "appalling" new numbers that suggest the Ontario city has the highest rate of metropolitan hate crime in Canada.

A coalition of interest groups is calling on Canada's six biggest banks and others to back away from providing funding for Kinder Morgan Canada's controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Have we already forgotten the lessons of the last century and the basic needs, interests and aspirations of the universal human spirit?

The National Energy Board's public consultation process on the Energy East pipeline hearings will have a special focus on feedback from Indigenous people.

A Manitoba indigenous leader plans to walk 120 kilometres next month in a decidedly different commemoration of Canada's 150th birthday.

A 17-metre totem pole installed at the University of British Columbia is a permanent reminder of the strength and resilience of the countless children victimized by the residential school system.