February 27, 2025

Ontario First Nations approve $8.5B regional deal on child and family services reform

First Nations chiefs in Ontario overwhelmingly approved a carve-out deal on child and family services reform Wednesday in Toronto. It com...

February 27, 2025

First Nations must not be forgotten amid Trump threats, outgoing Chief Ghislain Picard says

Indigenous people risk being pushed aside as Canada looks to defend itself against a possible trade war with the United States, says an outg...

February 27, 2025

Canada, B.C. government ink statement with South Island First Nations

The federal and provincial governments have issued a joint statement with the W?SÁNE? Nation, located along the Saanich Peninsula, acknowled...

February 27, 2025

Francis Verreault-Paul picked by Assembly of First Nations as Quebec-Labrador chief

MONTREAL - Francis Verreault-Paul has been elected the new regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations for Quebec and Labrador. Quebec ...

February 26, 2025

First Nations must not be forgotten amid Trump threats, outgoing Chief Picard says

Indigenous people risk being pushed aside as Canada looks to defend itself against a possible trade war with the United States, says an outg...

February 26, 2025

B.C. First Nations express concern over fast-tracking projects to counter tariffs threat

The B.C. government’s plan to fast-track resource and energy development in response to the threat of U.S. tariffs is not a guarantee all pr...

February 26, 2025

Waiser: After Trudeau, Canada can do better for First Nations people

In early spring 2016, several months after the election of the Justin Trudeau Liberals, I visited the site of the Cree encampment at the Tre...

February 26, 2025

New Catholic archbishop for Vancouver region stresses reconciliation with First Nations

The incoming archbishop, Richard Smith, co-ordinated Pope Francis’s historic visit to Canada in 2022, when the pontiff, who is now in critic...

February 26, 2025

Canada won't meet with new commission on First Nations child welfare reform, chair says

Canada refuses to meet with a new commission established to renegotiate a landmark agreement on First Nations child and family services refo...

February 25, 2025

P.E.I. First Nations accept $17.5M settlement offer for Hog Island land claim

After nearly 30 years, the Lennox Island and Abegweit First Nations have reached a historic milestone in resolving a specific land claim for...