‘People in power are abusing us’
There’s an outcry from Aboriginal leaders that racism is an issue within the justice system in British Columbia’s interior.
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Housing rally hits the Hill
A river of red tents flowed to Parliament Hill Tuesday as part of a national campaign calling for affordable housing.
Red tape leaves community in the cold
Jurisdictional red tape is putting pressure on housing in one northern B.C. community that sits along the provincial boundary with the Yukon.
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.
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.
