Nearly two decades after the landmark court decision on Gladue sentencing and Indigenous offenders, lawyers say there are no national standards for implementing the ruling and too many Indigenous people are behind bars.
For Indigenous students hoping to attend post-secondary school, it can often mean having to leave their home community along with their family, friends and support systems – but now a mobile classroom is changing that.
The Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs is studying ways to better serve Indigenous veterans. Many told the committee that they didn’t get adequate support after serving in Canada’s military.
Thunder Bay police say that officers responded to 400 floodway related incidents involving more than 1,200 people in the last 18 months. The numbers come from a report that was recently tabled by police.
For students in the north, being able to get a degree while staying close to home and their own culture is a win-win situation. And the fact that land-based education is becoming more recognized by Canadian universities is a plus.
Charlotte Morritt-Jacobs Jennie Vandermeer remembers a time where she had to be filled in on…
Sheila North has officially announced she is running for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. The grand chief of the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO), a group representing 30 First Nations in the province, is the third candidate to throw her hat in the ring.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the road to reconciliation will stretch long beyond the 2019…
APTN has discovered another series of racist comments about Indigenous people in a different secret…
