Tag Archives: First Nations

REGINA - The chief of a northern Saskatchewan First Nation says he is disappointed at the lack of long-term help from the provincial and federal governments to deal with what he says is a suicide cris...

A vice-chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) wants to see more action taken to support Indigenous women who allege doctors and nurses pressured them to consent to being steril...

Relationship-building between officers and communities was a hot topic at the First Nations Policing and Justice Symposium in Saskatoon. The policing panel session featured First Nations police chiefs...

Since the federal election on Monday, there has been more talk of western alienation and the idea of separation. A group based out of Alberta that espouses the idea of "Wexit" (western exit) feels the...

OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs are expressing outrage and disappointment at the federal government's decision to appeal a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling ordering Ottawa to pay billions of dollar...

OTTAWA - First Nations children who were separated from their families by a chronically underfunded welfare system could receive more than $2 billion in compensation following an order from the Canadi...

LUTSEL K'E, N.W.T. - A deal on a vast new national park reserve in the north is being called a model for future relationships between First Nations and Canada. "This is what our ancestors meant when t...

OTTAWA - First Nations women will finally be treated the same as men under the Indian Act, enabling them to obtain the same status and category of membership as their male counterparts and their desce...

As a second unlicensed, First Nation-owned cannabis store opens up in the province, the provincial government is looking to Ottawa to deal with unlicensed pot shops on First Nations. Last week, an unl...

The First Nations University of Canada held its 41st annual spring powwow at the Brandt Centre last weekend and the chair of the event was hoping people came loaded with questions. Richard Missens has...