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The final report of a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is calling for broad and widespread changes to the way the justice system handles cases, including standardized response times, better communication with family members and strict protocols to ensure investigations are thorough and complete.

Alberta will work with Indigenous groups in the province's remote northeast corner on what the government says will be Canada's largest off-the-grid solar power project.

A federal inmate who says he was shackled in a cramped transport van for almost eight hours — despite a heart condition and other ailments — is suing the government for compensation.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says Opposition Leader Jason Kenney must stop "dog-whistle" politics that allow hateful extremists to believe they have a home in his United Conservative Party.

The Trudeau Liberals are offering Indigenous communities $30 million in prize money as part of a contest that could end up rewriting the rules about how the federal government funds badly needed housing on-reserve.

Artists are reclaiming space in inner cities and on highways where many Indigenous women have suffered violence or disappeared.

A 15-year-old high school student in British Columbia is turning to technology to help address a decades-old problem — how to revive an Indigenous language nearly lost to the residential school system.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was forced on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, to claw back a suggestion bilingualism requirements for Supreme Court justices be waived to encourage Indigenous candidates.

One of the leading candidates in the race to become the next premier of Saskatchewan says he doesn't believe in abortion, even in the case of sex assault victims.

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.

"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.

Three items, including a crucifix, that belonged to North-West Rebellion leader Louis Riel, which have been held by the RCMP for decades, will soon return to Metis possession.

The federal Liberals' are sending signals that they are ready to make a right to housing part of its national housing strategy.

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

NDP leadership candidate Charlie Angus is promising to find better ways to protect the interests of First Nations, Métis and Inuit children, including by dismantling the Indigenous Affairs Department.