6 deaths in 11 days prompt emergency debate on fatal police shootings of First Nations people
There needs to be greater accountability from police services across Canada when it comes to…
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Arizona tribe fights to stop lithium drilling on culturally significant lands
Members of an Arizona tribe are trying to persuade a federal judge to extend a…
House of Commons to hold emergency debate on deaths of First Nations people by police
The speaker of the House of Commons has granted a request by the NDP MP…
Ottawa says complaints mechanism not the solution to meeting Jordan’s Principle backlog
A federal government official says adding a complaints mechanism to Jordan’s Principle requests would create…
Human rights tribunal hears feds failing to meet Jordan’s Principle commitments
The executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society says the federal…
Use of the Gladue principle has ‘largely failed’ Yellowhead Institute report finds
It’s been 25 years since the Supreme Court’s Gladue decision but a new report finds the landmark ruling has failed to live up to much of its initial promise.
NDP pulling out of supply and confidence deal with Liberals
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has ripped up the supply and confidence deal with the Liberals…
Indigenous pride parade activists in Ottawa say solidarity statement with Palestine was the right thing to do
The grand marshal of this year’s Capital Pride Parade in Ottawa says releasing a solidarity…
Liberal government intervenes in railway labour dispute
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is stepping in to get trains moving again after an unprecedented…
