Brighter days ahead for First Nations University: new prez
The First Nations University of Canada has seen its share of controversy.
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Manitoba students march for FN water
A group of students from Winnipeg are demanding their government take action over an important human rights issue.
Four Alberta FN communities fear wildfires
As the residents of the Lesser Slave Lake area flee their homes and leave their communities behind, fire fighters from Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario are flying into northern Alberta.
‘Aboriginal affairs’ name change ‘disrespectful,’ says Anishinabek Nation
-The Stephen Harper government’s decision to erase the word “Indian” and replace it with “Aboriginal” in the title for the minister and department responsible for dealing with Indigenous peoples is being called “disrespectful” by one of the oldest First Nations political organizations in Ontario.
Atleo calls for clarity as Harper government erases ‘Indian’ from federal department
The Stephen Harper government erasing the word “Indian” from the title of the federal department responsible for dealing with Canada’s Indigenous peoples.
Innu leader named top minister as Harper unveils new cabinet
Former Labrador Innu leader Peter Penashue was appointed minister of intergovernmental affairs by Prime Minister Stephen Harper who unveiled his the first cabinet of his new majority government Wednesday.
U.S. asked weapons firm to twist Canadian arms on missile defence: diplomatic cables
Former U.S. ambassador to Canada Paul Cellucci asked senior corporate executives with a major weapons firm to press Stephen Harper, while opposition leader, to back Canadian involvement in the controversial continental missile defence system, according to U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by APTN National News.
Gang link suspected in beating death of Manitoba inmate
The RCMP is investigating the murder of a First Nations man at a medium security prison in Manitoba.
CSIS in the dark on Iraqi diplomat’s fate after Saddam’s fall: U.S. diplomatic cable
Canada’s spy agency was kept out of the loop by Foreign Affairs on the fate of the sole remaining Iraqi diplomat in Canada following the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s regime, according to U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by APTN National News.