Tag Archives: First Nations
'The doors are opening': Sask. First Nation chief sees hopeful shift in Ottawa
Having witnessed sacred belongings return to their homelands and taken part in national conversations in Ottawa, a Saskatchewan First Nation chief says he senses the federal government opening its doo...
Dec 09, 2025
Canada makes sweeping changes to Jordan's Principle after CHRT ruling
OTTAWA - Canada has announced sweeping changes to a program designed to ensure First Nations kids get the care and supports they need, when they need them. The changes come almost a year after the fed...
Feb 13, 2025
Survivors call for reversal of Canada's 'cut' to residential school search spending
OTTAWA - Residential school survivors say the federal government is keeping the truth about those institutions in the dark by cutting back on funding for records and ground searches looking for unmark...
Sep 30, 2024
Rustad wants B.C. Indigenous rights law repealed. Chief sees that as 40-year setback
British Columbia saw a rare unanimous vote in its legislature in October 2019, when members passed a law adopting the United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, setting out stand...
Sep 29, 2024
What each province, territory is doing on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Friday is the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. The federal government made Sept. 30 a statutory holiday for its workers and federally regulated ...
Sep 27, 2022
Some Indigenous leaders concerned about reconciliation with new monarch
Some Indigenous leaders and community members say they're concerned about making progress on reconciliation with King Charles III. Treaty 8 Grand Chief Arthur Noskey says the Queen's death last week w...
Sep 14, 2022
Court rejects bid by AFN National Chief RoseAnne Archibald to overturn suspension
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations says an Ontario court has rejected a bid by National Chief RoseAnne Archibald to overturn her recent suspension. The organization issued a statement Thursday say...
Jul 01, 2022
New National Chief RoseAnne Archibald vows to make AFN more inclusive, transparent
OTTAWA - Newly elected National Chief RoseAnne Archibald is pledging to hold governments' feet to the fire and to help make the Assembly of First Nations to be more inclusive and transparent. Over the...
Jul 09, 2021
B.C. First Nation says remains of 182 found near former residential school
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The Lower Kootenay Band in British Columbia says a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site close to a former residential school...
Jun 30, 2021
Red Deer-South MLA staffer who downplayed residential schools in email no longer with office
An office staff member for Red Deer-South MLA Jason Stephan who downplayed residential schools in an email reply to a constituent is no longer with the office. Last Thursday, June 24, Janelle Melenchu...
Jun 29, 2021