National Chief Atleo calls on Conservative star candidate to retract poverty comments
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo is calling on a star Conservative candidate to retract a claim that no Third World poverty exists in Canada.
Election 2011
Federal government cuts water out of food program for northern communities
Nutrition North is the food subsidy program that replaced food mail, but one stable of life was not included.
A tale of two FN communities on federal election night
As the election campaigns continue to roll, many Aboriginal organizations are encouraging their people to get out and vote.
Greens call for resurrection of Kelowna Accord
After two weeks on the campaign trail, Green Party leader Elizabeth made a stop in Montreal and called for a resurrection of the Kelowna Accord.
Federal parties wrong believing FN issues not campaign worthy: Atleo
The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations brought his election demands to Toronto Monday.
Harper met Bruce Carson’s former escort lover at 24 Sussex party
Bruce Carson took his former fiancee Barbara Lynn Khan to meet Prime Minister Stephen Harper on the grounds of his official residence during a going away party for the prime minister’s outgoing chief of staff Ian Brodie.
Cage fighter in Yukon-style federal election race
A Juno award-winning musician, a former cage fighter, a climate change specialist and Canada’s hardest working MP are all vying for Yukon’s only federal seat.
Bruce Carson’s other escort lover and her affair with U.S. justice
Before he met 22-year-old Michele McPherson, Bruce Carson was in love with another escort.
Ignatieff boots Quebec candidate who called Aboriginals ‘featherheads’
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff is facing a brewing controversy after it emerged a Liberal candidate who founded a white supremacy group in Quebec made racist comments about Aboriginal people, calling them “featherheads” and questioning the validity of Aboriginal rights.