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First nations leader tells Liberals to 'maintain momentum' on Indigenous issues
The leader of the Assembly of First Nations says the minority government elected on Monday, October 21, 2019, presents an opportunity to keep moving the needle on issues affecting Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
NDP highlights clean drinking water issues, Greens vow to scrap Indian Act
With the front-runners catching their breath, the battle for third place seized the campaign spotlight on Saturday, October 5, 2019, as the NDP and the Green party each promised a new deal of sorts for Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
Beyak thumbs nose at Senate orders on racist letters about Indigenous Peoples
Racist letters about Indigenous Peoples have finally been removed from Sen. Lynn Beyak's website — but only because Senate officials erased them after Beyak refused to do so herself.
Quebec First Nation challenging commercial lobster fishing limits
An Indigenous band in eastern Quebec is challenging the limits of its commercial fishing licence, saying the federal government should allow its members to sell lobster caught during its fall fishery in the Bay of Chaleur.
Salmon farm decommission in B.C.'s Broughton on track: premier
Premier John Horgan says industry, government and Indigenous nations on northern Vancouver Island are collaborating on a four-year program to transition away from marine-based salmon farms.
Racial profiling penalties coming
Police officers who are guilty of race-based discrimination should face disciplinary measures that include firing, the Ontario Human Rights Commission said on Friday, September 20, 2019, as it released the country's first policy on racial profiling.
AFN outlines First Nations election priorities ahead of fall vote
Canada has been treating Indigenous issues as higher priorities since the last federal election but more work needs to be done, says Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde.
Feds, First Nations eye first Indigenous self-government agreement in Ontario
Negotiations have concluded on a proposed self-government agreement in Ontario that the federal government says would be the first of its kind if ratified.
Grassy Narrows chief to run for the federal New Democrats in fall election
With a federal election campaign just weeks away, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh scored a blow against Justin Trudeau's Indigenous bona fides on Monday, July 29, 2019, as he introduced a prominent First Nation chief as one of his party's candidates in northern Ontario.
NEB restores orders and decisions issued to Trans Mountain prior to court ruling
The National Energy Board says its decisions and orders regarding the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion issued prior to last summer when a court overturned its approval will remain valid except where circumstances have changed.
Abuse survivors await apology from Anglican Church for physical harm: Bennett
The Anglican Church's recent apology for doing "spiritual harm" to Indigenous Peoples is a beginning, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett said on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, but victims of sexual abuse at the hands of one priest in the 1970s and '80s continue to wait for an apology for physical harm they endured from a "man of the cloth."
Trudeau visits Alberta pipeline site, says national unity is not under threat
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is dismissing claims by conservative politicians that national unity is under threat.
After harsh Twitter exchanges, Senate will look at new social media policy
An independent senator is on a mission to get members of Canada's upper house to stop being so nasty to each other on social media.
World has 'positive lesson to learn' after MMIWG inquiry: Trudeau
The world has a lesson to learn from Canada in the release of findings from a federally funded commission on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, June 6, 2019.