According to a 2018 children’s advocate report, more than 80 per cent of children in care in Saskatchewan are Indigenous. A federal bill, signed last year, hopes to change that. The Trudeau … Read More
Mounties on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast north of Vancouver are looking for the person responsible for threatening to tear down two totem poles, apparently in retaliation for any toppling of statues of historical … Read More
Mary Janet Hill seen in Toronto with her mother Julianna, and father Robin at his 51st high school reunion. (Submitted by Mary Janet Hill) Mary Janet Hill can’t recall the … Read More
Sherri Penner says she would not wish what happened to her son, Evan Penner, on anyone. “He did not deserve that,” she said through tears at a news conference Thursday at the Federation of … Read More
Independent investigator Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond said Thursday that her investigation into B.C.’s health-care system will be multi-phased, wide-ranging, and will seek to determine the range and extent of anti-Indigenous racism … Read More
A group is working to create an Equity and Inclusion committee in North Bay, and its members want city council’s endorsement. The ten individuals began as a virtual book club … Read More
First Nations chiefs in New Brunswick are set to meet with Premier Blaine Higgs again on Thursday to discuss systemic racism in the province’s justice system and to push for … Read More
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron says the provincial government should have consulted First Nations before it announced a $4-billion irrigation project. “That was news to us,” Cameron … Read More
Nunavut is getting a new all Inuktut TV channel. Inuit TV will have Inuktut programming in dialects from all Inuit regions, including Greenland, says Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, president of the new broadcaster … Read More
Nunavut Day will look different this year as the COVID-19 pandemic shifts the typically outdoor event to virtual activities. It’s also the first time Nunavut Day will be celebrated as an official statutory … Read More
A new podcast series puts Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth in the roles of hosts and producers, and pairs them up with Indigenous movers and shakers. “Podcasting seems to be the new … Read More
After not being heard from since a court appearance on Monday, following an arrest caught on video and widely shared, Evan Penner has been found and is healing with his … Read More
