Former BC MLA Walter Cobb criticized for comments
There’s fallout in British columbia from a story we brought you earlier this week. Former…
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Debassige inquest wraps up
The inquest looking into the police shooting of Byron Debassige has wrapped up. In 2008,…
Have you seen Karina Wolfe?
As vigils for missing Aboriginal women take place across the country, a Saskatoon family is still searching for 20-year-old Karina Wolfe.
‘This was a murder’
The violent death of a 22-year-old First Nations woman in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside has again sparked anger and allegations that police are ignoring the murder of women in this notorious section of the city.
Indian Affairs doing little for flood devastated community
Kingcome Inlet has been flooded and uninhabitable for eleven days, and all Indian Affairs will offer is an advance on money the community would already be getting.
Mohawks sentenced for 2008 blockade
Six Mohawks from Tyendinaga involved in a 2008 blockade have escaped jail time.
Conservatives vague on ‘Sisters in Spirit’ promise
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson remained vague Tuesday on his government’s plans to deliver on a promise to create a $10 million strategy to deal with the “disturbing number” of murdered and missing First Nations, Metis and Inuit women across the country.
Curb provincial power over army, says ex-senior bureaucrat
The federal government should dilute the existing and unbridled power held by provinces to call in the military during times of domestic turmoil, says a former Indian Affairs deputy minister who held the post during the Oka crisis.
Ousted Mi’kmaq chief blames Indian Affairs
A Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq chief ousted by Indian Affairs over findings of corruption in the election that put him in office says the department is trying to cover up its own misdeeds.
