Tribal head who led Dakota Access pipeline fight voted out – CP
Source: The Associated Press Sep 28, 2017 BISMARCK, N.D. _ The American Indian leader who spearheaded opposition to the four-state Dakota Access pipeline has been ousted as Standing Rock Sioux chairman. The…
Creating new Indigenous Services department more effective in long term: CMHC – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 27, 2017 OTTAWA _ The CEO of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. acknowledges that setting up a new Indigenous Services department will likely complicate the delivery…
Court tells Ottawa to reconsider pipeline approval on B.C. reserve – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 27, 2017 VANCOUVER _ The Federal Court of Appeal has set aside a decision by the minister of Indian affairs that allowed the expansion of the Trans…
Two N.S. men facing charges of making online threats to Indigenous fishermen – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 27, 2017 YARMOUTH, N.S. _ Two Nova Scotia men are facing charges of threatening Indigenous fishermen off the southwestern tip of the province, a lucrative lobster fishing…
Clearing The Path – FNTC
July 2017 marks the FMA institutions’ 10th year of operations for the First Nations Fiscal Management Act (FMA). The First Nations led FMA has been instrumental in establishing jurisdiction and…
Canada’s treatment of Indigenous Rights – The McGill Daily
September 27, 2017 On Thursday September 21, the Indigenous Law Association and the Faculty of Law held a discussion concerning Canada’s implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights…
Indigenous people need ‘culturally appropriate’ health care, say Whitehorse conference delegates – CBC
Conference in Whitehorse discusses health care delivery for Indigenous communities Sep 27, 2017 A conference in Whitehorse is looking at how the Canadian health-care system can better serve Indigenous people.…
Thunder Bay city council refuses to call for Senator’s resignation – Toronto Star
During the eight-month inquest into the deaths of seven Indigenous students, which finished in June 2016, Thunder Bay faced the airing of hard truths concerning racism in the city. Sept.…
OPP not laying charges in Caldwell First Nation probe – Windsor Star
September 26, 2017 The OPP have announced they will not be laying charges in connection to allegations of financial crimes within Leamington’s Caldwell First Nation. In a release late Tuesday…
SD57 reports $46M operating surplus from 2016-17 – My Prince George Now
In its first meeting of 2017-18, School District 57 released its financial statements as of June 30th from the previous school year. Through an audit conducted alongside with KPMG, SD57…
