Gunfire and fear in Cape Dorset
On Thanksgiving in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, an 18-year-old man shot and killed his 23-year-old brother.
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Funeral held for revered Mohawk leader
The funeral for a respected Mohawk spiritual leader was held Monday in Akwesasne.
Brazeau takes another cyber-swipe at AFN
Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau has taken to cyberspace again for another run at the Assembly of First Nations.
Dudley George’s death still painful
It has been 15 years since Dudley George was shot and killed by the Ontario Provincial Police.
Canada’s knuckles rapped again over Lubicon
Canada has taken an “untenable position” on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, says the United Nations official tasked with investigating Indigenous issues around the world.
Police ID highway of tears body
A day after the country’s justice ministers released a report calling for the creation of a national data-base for murdered and missing women, police revealed they had identified the body of another First Nations woman found dead near British Columbia’s highway of tears.
Ombudsman asks Indian Affairs to probe contract
The federal watchdog overseeing government contracts is asking Indian Affairs to review a $25,000 contract awarded to a former departmental employee.
Police investigate hospital death of FNs man
Winnipeg police have launched an investigation into the death of a First Nations man who was left waiting in a city hospital’s emergency room for 34 hours.
Shares drop on mining company behind Prosperity mine
Shares of a British Columbia mining company waiting on the federal cabinet to decide the fate of their controversial gold and copper mine plummeted Thursday.