B.C check point built on Morice River Road in support of Unist’ot’en Camp
A new blockade is up on the only road that leads to the Unist’ot’ten Camp…
Courts
Justice served for family of Dawns Baptiste as killer sentenced to life
The man convicted of sexually assaulting, and killing Dawns Baptiste was sentenced to life in…
Illegal protest or protecting the land? An Indigenous woman gets ready to face a Canadian court
(Denise Cole, centre, at a Muskrat Falls protest at Nalcor headquarters in St. John’s, NL….
NWT RCMP under fire again for taking sexual assault victim to jail rather than hospital
For the second time in two years, the RCMP in the Northwest Territories is…
‘60s Scoop survivors not happy with national settlement suing government on their own
Some Indigenous adoptees are channeling their anger about the national ’60s Scoop settlement into lawsuits…
Assembly of First Nations granted intervenor status on B.C. Trans Mountain case
After remaining relatively silent on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, the Assembly of First…
New federal bill to shorten court delays won’t work in the’ north says lawyer
In northern communities that don’t have the RCMP, witness statements, community testimony can be an…
Mother of accused speaks in court as Simone Sanderson murder trial wraps up
The mother of the man accused of murdering Simone Sanderson spoke for the first time in court on Wednesday since wiretaps from her home were played during the murder trial last week.
Work still needed years after landmark ruling on Indigenous sentencing: lawyers
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.
