Tsilhqot’in National Government declares overdose emergency
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 12, 2024 9:13 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A spike in overdose deaths in the six …
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Federal government reaches $7M settlement with ?aqam First Nation in B.C.
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 4, 2024 8:43 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal government and a British Columbia First …
First Nations chiefs hope court will approve child-welfare settlement this week
First Nations chiefs and advocates are hopeful the Federal Court will approve a landmark child-welfare settlement this week, years after the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal called the federal government’s treatment …
Manitoba election ‘momentous’ step to reconciliation, says Jody Wilson-Raybould
The election of Canada’s first First Nations provincial premier in Manitoba last week is a “momentous” step on the path to reconciliation, the country’s first Indigenous attorney general says — …
Indigenous representation in health care improving – but ‘enormous gaps’ remain – National
Ever since she was a little girl, Kelsey Allen dreamed of being a doctor. But the 25-year-old medical student from the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation in Newfoundland knows her …
Indigenous groups remain firm on child welfare law as Supreme Court weighs in
Some Indigenous nations say they are prepared to continue enforcing their jurisdiction over child welfare if Canada’s top court sides with Quebec in a landmark constitutional case. Bill C-92, or …
Court orders B.C. to fix mineral tenure system after First Nations challenge
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has given the province 18 months to fix its mineral rights system after a court challenge by First Nations who claimed they were owed …
Ottawa to table ‘co-developed’ First Nations water legislation this fall: Hajdu – National
Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says she hopes to table a piece of legislation this fall that she says is the closest the federal government has come to co-developing law …
Ottawa blamed AFN for delays in First Nations policing bill: documents – National
Federal officials worried long-promised legislation declaring First Nations policing an essential service was being delayed by Assembly of First Nations hesitations about the bill, newly released internal documents show. Records …
RoseAnne Archibald removed from Assembly of First Nations general assembly
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) annual general assembly got off to a rocky start Tuesday in Halifax with disorder and infighting as chiefs and proxies argued over adding recently …