Federal government spending $4.5B to buy Trans Mountain pipeline, B.C. terminal
OTTAWA – The federal Liberal government plans to spend $4.5 billion to buy the Trans…
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APTN Investigates: Cows and Plows in Treaty 8
APTN Investigates correspondent looks at the Cows and Plows agreement with Treaty 8 and what that is doing to communities today.
Mohawk territory of Kahnawà:ke finding legalized pot law to be a ‘tricky’ endeavour
As the federal government works towards legalizing marijuana, the Mohawk territory of Kahnawà:ke is still trying…
Federal government to offer more support for parents of missing, murdered children
The Canadian government is set to announce new measures Friday that aim to make it…
Metis Crossing interpretive centre allows site to be open year round
Metis Crossing is the first major Metis cultural interpretive centre in Alberta. Its 200-hectare site…
Innu First Nation sees largest federal government claims compensation in Quebec history
The federal government is awarding more than $30 million in compensation to a northern Quebec…
Liberal ties to clam harvesting deal ‘clearly smells’ as First Nations fight in court
The license was meant to be an act of reconciliation but instead divided First Nations.
Indigenous Affairs improving on Jordan’s Principle, but more work is needed says advocate
Cindy Blackstock, the leading advocate in the fight for First Nations families to receive medical benefits similar to children live off the reserves says she has seen an improvement to how Canada handles Jordan’s Principle cases.
Selected tarsands projects may avoid new environmental assessment rules
Tarsands projects that use steam to release bitumen from deep underground will likely get a pass from new federal environmental assessment rules _ but Ottawa is still considering how to deal with those that use solvents instead of water.