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First Nations given maximum compensation for Ottawa’s child-welfare discrimination
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...
Sep 06, 2019
‘What our ancestors meant:’ Canada, First Nations create new park reserve
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...
Aug 21, 2019 Cliffs of the Pethei Peninsula overlooking Tu Nedhe (Great Slave Lake) in Thaidene Nene is seen in this undated photo provided Aug. 20, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Pat Kane
First Nations women finally to be treated equally under Indian Act: Bennett
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...
Aug 16, 2019
Unlicensed pot stores on Sask. First Nations 'unfair': province
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...
Jul 09, 2019
First Nations University of Canada holds 41st spring powwow
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...
Apr 22, 2019 Hundreds of dancers attended the First Nations University of Canada’s 41st annual spring powwow at the Brandt Centre last weekend. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Deal reached in northern British Columbia pipeline impasse
SMITHERS, B.C. - Hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation have reached a deal with the RCMP to allow a natural gas company access across a bridge that had been blocked in their territory. Fo...
Jan 11, 2019
Premier Moe to give Sixties Scoop apology at Sask. legislature
Premier Scott Moe is set to make a historic apology on Monday morning for Saskatchewan's role in the Sixties Scoop. The Sixties Scoop refers to a period of Canadian history between the 1950s and 1980s...
Jan 07, 2019
‘I am really upset:’ Video shows Trudeau meeting with Saskatchewan chiefs
SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan chief says a video posted online showing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau telling First Nations leaders he is upset about how time was managed in a recent meeting is unfortunat...
Sep 17, 2018
Indigenous groups still want to buy stake in Trans Mountain after court setback
VANCOUVER - Some First Nations and Metis communities are determined to purchase an equity stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion despite a court ruling that halted construction and potentially...
Sep 10, 2018
3 more First Nations start legal action overHusky Energy oil spill
By Bryan Eneas, for paNow.com Three additional First Nations bands are seeking action against the energy company responsible for the 2016 oil spill into the North Saskatchewan River. The James Smith C...
Aug 03, 2018 Residue from the Husky Energy oil spill on the North Saskatchewan River in July 2016. (Bryan Eneas/paNow)
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