Tag Archives: Indigenous

Hello, royal watchers. This is your regular dose of royal news and analysis. Reading this online? Sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox. Sometimes, a gift can say as much about the giver as it does about the person on the receiving end. So the list of official gifts to …

Horizon Health Network is hiring 10 new Indigenous patient navigators, bringing the network’s total to 12. The network has seen the benefits of having people in this role since Indigenous patient navigators were hired for Fredericton and Miramichi hospitals in 2022, said Aaron Hatty, Horizon’s regional manager of Indigenous health programming. “We have seen many …

Indigenous business leaders gathered outside Calgary this week for an energy industry conference say they’re not opposed to building major projects quickly — in fact, they’re all for it.  But as Ontario and B.C. pass bills criticized by First Nations in those provinces for trampling on their rights in the …

Quebec’s sweeping reform of how forests are managed is causing concerns among Indigenous leaders, conservation groups and unions, who warn the changes prioritize logging over long-term health of the ecosystem. Bill 97, tabled this spring by Minister of Natural Resources and Forests Maïté Blanchette Vézina, proposes to divide the forest …

Government funding has been secured for a temporary dock in a northern Alberta community that made headlines last year after Indigenous leaders raised concerns about contamination at a federally owned dock site.   Last fall, three Indigenous groups accused the federal government of keeping them in the dark about chemical contamination at …

Maintaining a strong Canadian identity amid United States tariffs and annexation threats is a key federal election issue for Aamjiwnaang First Nation member Christopher Pitre, but he says he doesn’t want that to distract from other conversations that matter to Indigenous voters.  “I do believe [Canadian sovereignty] will be a …

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Education ordered its schools to destroy thousands of books purchased two years ago because they contained “inaccurate information” about the territories, culture and history of the province’s Indigenous peoples.  On Feb. 3, school administrators were told to shred some 8,600 textbooks, purchased for $202,140 in January 2023, …

A provincial senior hockey game in a small Saskatchewan town has gained far-reaching online attention after altercations in the stands that some believe were driven by racism. Nearly two weeks ago, the Wynyard Monarchs and Round Lake Bears faced off at Co-operative Place in Wynyard, Sask., a town of roughly 1,700 …

Two historic statues were damaged in Melbourne ahead of Australia Day celebrations on Sunday, with tens of thousands of people across the country joining protests in support of Aboriginal groups who say the date is not one to cheer. A statue of colonist John Batman, a founder of the country’s …

The hazelnut tree has long been a part of the landscape in parts of British Columbia. A 19th-century settler gave the village of Hazelton in northern B.C.’s Skeena region its name because of the abundance of hazelnuts in the area.  A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science indicates …