Indigenous peoples

During peak tourist season, thousands of people stream into Canada's national museums each day — and this summer is already shaping up to be even stronger than usual in Ottawa.

Feel like a house in your city is unaffordable? Apparently, you're not alone.

A statement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marking Canada Day and the country's 150th anniversary:

Red and white rain slickers, ponchos and umbrellas are the fashion accessories of choice today, July 1, 2017, on Parliament Hill as determined revellers prepare to mark Canada's 150th birthday.

"We recognize that over the past decades, generations, indeed centuries Canada has failed Indigenous Peoples," said the prime minister from an event in Charlottetown.

The federal government plans to spend $8 million over five years to establish a mentorship network for First Nations, Métis and Inuit health researchers.

Canada's top soldier is planning to issue a directive in the coming days encouraging military personnel to attend Pride events in uniform.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Pope Francis seems open to apologizing for the Roman Catholic church role in mistreatment of Canada's indigenous peoples.

Canada's justice minister is wrapping up a visit to South Africa, where she met with Desmond Tutu, the activist and former bishop best known around the world for standing in opposition to apartheid.

In both cases, Ottawa argues that the NEB was qualified to stand in for the Crown and aboriginal groups had plenty of opportunity to get information and express their concerns.

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says free, prior and informed indigenous consent means the right to say yes or no to resource projects.

What brain trust would appoint a downtown Calgary oil and gas lawyer to judge the credibility of young homeless Indigenous women such as the complainant in this case? I’m still scratching my head.

The chiefs decided it wouldn't be appropriate for Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, the leader of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, to participate in a reconciliation ceremony.

Multiple suicide attempts in a remote northern Ontario First Nation last week have prompted the chief and council to declare a state of emergency

First Nations communities struggling with persistent Third World conditions should begin seeing some help from Ottawa this year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.