RCMP use force's 150th anniversary to reflect on painful history
RCMP to reflect on painful history as Canada's police service on 150th anniversary
Indigenous peoples
Canada's seeks seat on the UN Human Rights Council
Canada is throwing its hat in the ring for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, pledging to advance issues from online speech to access to abortion.
CRA must tackle trust issues, discrimination against Indigenous clients, report says
Limited trust in the federal agency has also led to many Indigenous Peoples having “a reluctance to interact, or being stressed when dealing with CRA and putting it off as a result,” the CRA report found.
Pope’s statement remarkable but means little
Winnipeg Free Press columnist Niigaan Sinclair writes on what the Doctrine of Discovery has meant for Christians, Canadians and Indigenous Peoples.
A toxic threat lurks in thawing permafrost
Scientists are tracking neurotoxic methylmercury production in North America’s largest peatland.
Canadian LNG should power low-carbon revolution: Chamber of Commerce
As the world struggles to find the right balance between a carbon-free future and a present that still runs on fossil fuels, Canada could be leveraging its natural-gas riches to help fuel both, a new report suggests.
'Economic reconciliation' must come with healing: AFN national chief
Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says advancing "economic reconciliation" must go hand in hand with helping communities heal from intergenerational trauma.
Vatican officially repudiates Discovery Doctrine at request of Indigenous peoples
The Vatican on Thursday responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the theories backed by 15th-century “papal bulls” that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands and form the basis of some property law today.
Ottawa earmarks consultation money for Indigenous resource sharing
The federal Liberal government is committing $8.7 million to hold more consultations on Indigenous resource sharing in a budget that offers relatively little new spending on its reconciliation agenda.
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond responds after another award revoked over heritage claims
Former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says she's satisfied in her "past work, identity and self-worth," after the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association revoked an award because its board members believed she falsified her claims of Indigenous identity.
Climate change, Indigenous issues transcend boundaries with Russia, Governor General says
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says Canada needs to find a way to continue cross-polar collaboration while holding Russia accountable for its invasion of Ukraine.
Inuit 15 times more likely to be jailed in Quebec than the provincial average
Osman Ilgun was arrested in September 2021 and soon transferred to a detention centre 1,500 kilometres away from his home in the Inuit community of Quaqtaq in Quebec's Nunavik region.
Royal Ontario Museum returns Chief Poundmaker's pipe, saddle bag to family
Artifacts belonging to a 19th century Plains Cree chief who was known as a peacekeeper are expected to be returned to his descendants in a repatriation ceremony at the Royal Ontario Museum.
They fought for decades to be recognized as Indigenous. Now they want to take the federal government to court
As one woman’s journey to register for status under the Indian Act comes to a head, a lawsuit aims to make Canada pay for the damage the legislation may have caused.
'The ultimate step in colonialism' is Indigenous identity fraud, Métis lawyer says
Since Grey Owl a century ago, people of European descent have falsely claimed to be Indigenous for personal gain or a sense of absolution, but one Métis legal expert says it would take a psychiatrist to try to fully answer, "why?"