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A four-day event livestreamed multiple expert panels and Q&As on diverse topics from deep sea mining, climate change, tanker traffic, and a deep dive on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and their deep impacts on communities.  

By affirming Indigenous land ownership, British Columbia and the Haida Nation are signalling a new era for Indigenous relations.

As the case resumed Thursday after a lengthy adjournment, a Crown lawyer told the judge that the federal attorney general had ordered a stay of proceedings because the prosecutor handling the case was ill, leading to excessive delays.

An Indigenous fisherman is expected to appear on Thursday in a northern New Brunswick courtroom, where he will launch a constitutional challenge that could prove pivotal for First Nations across the Maritimes.

As Indigenous leaders engage in heated debate over a federal bill that would formalize several Métis self-governance agreements, the Liberal minister for Crown-Indigenous relations is expected to face tough questions on Wednesday afternoon.

On Sept. 17, 2020, the Sipekne'katik First Nation issued five lobster licences to its members, saying they could trap and sell their catch outside the federally regulated season.

A United Nations body has affirmed earlier findings that Canada's largest national park remains under environmental threats from dams, oilsands development and climate change.

Alberta’s energy regulator is a captured entity that should be dismantled, multiple Indigenous leaders and representatives told parliamentarians Monday.

The First Nation, which straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary, filed its statement of claim in the Court of King's Bench in Saskatoon this week, saying the Saskatchewan First Act infringes on treaty rights.

Onion Lake Cree Nation has filed a lawsuit against the Alberta government saying its sovereignty act is an infringement on treaty rights. 

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith described the legislation during a third and final reading of the bill as a resetting of the relationship with Trudeau and the federal government

First Nations voiced concern the Alberta and Saskatchewan sovereignty acts could override their treaty relationships with the Crown, which remain federal obligations.

Indigenous leaders from across Ontario called on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, for the repeal of a new housing bill they said was passed without properly consulting First Nations and could put their communities at risk.

Membertou First Nation, located in Unama'ki, has partnered with Oceans North, a marine focused charity, to switch the lobster boats off fossil fuels.

Chief Mike Sack says he was pulled over and arrested by fisheries officers shortly after he held a news conference at the Saulnierville Wharf, in southwestern Nova Scotia.