Ten months after Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised the dawn of a new day with relations between First Nations and the federal government nothing has been done to back it up says the Assembly of First Nations.
While they were once allies during the War of 1812, First Nations and the Crown now find themselves as adversaries on the battlefield of Canada, according to Serpent River First Nation Chief Isadore Day, who spoke during a special ceremony honouring the contribution of Indigenous warriors in the pre-confederation battle against the Americans.
The Conservative government unveiled its plan Thursday to unravel and eventually replace the Indian Act as it put its full weight behind a private members bill to repeal sections of the 136 year-old legislation.
The lawyer for Bruce Carson says he’s in possession of information that will clear the former aide to Prime Minister Stephen Harper of an influence peddling charge that is linked to a water company’s attempts to sell water filtration systems to First Nations reserves.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper spent this week visiting Canada’s North and he made a stop in all three territories.
Ryerson University professor Pam Palmater said she felt her security threatened when television personality Ezra Levant flashed a Google-map image of her Ajax, Ont., neighbourhood during a recent episode of his talk-show.
Ryerson University professor Pam Palmater said she felt her security threatened when television personality Ezra Levant flashed a Google-map image of her Ajax, Ont., neighbourhood during a recent episode of his talk-show.
People from the Mackenzie Valley in the Northwest Territories have been counting on the development of a natural gas pipeline.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper continues his annual tour of the North.
