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The melody of kids singing O Canada in Cree rings through Joe A. Ross School’s intercom speakers and echoes through the building. It’s how classes at the Opaskwayak Cree Nation school start each morning, but their use of Cree doesn’t end there. The school’s Cree immersion program spans seven classrooms, with …

A First Nations man convicted in the killing of a Winnipeg man more than 50 years ago is one step closer to having his name cleared following his own death, after Canada’s justice minister ordered a new appeal in his case on Monday. Russell Woodhouse, who died of cancer in 2011, …

Dozens of Western nations called on Monday for the reopening of the medical corridor between Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, offering to provide financial aid and medical staff or equipment to treat Gaza’s patients there. “We strongly appeal to Israel to restore the medical corridor to the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, so …

Provincial police are no longer asking people in Ohsweken, Ont., to shelter in place Saturday morning after they reported an armed suspect was in the area early Saturday morning. The shelter-in-place order was in response to a disturbance in the area of Onondaga Road and Sixth Line in the Six Nations community, which is …

Australia will recognize a Palestinian state at next month’s United Nations General Assembly, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday, a move that adds to international pressure on Israel after similar announcements from France, Britain and Canada. “Australia will recognize the State of Palestine at the 80th Session of the United Nations General …

Makasa Looking Horse Henry remembers the moment she learned some people in her community had never tasted clean tap water. “A lot of people have to rely on buying water, not having any hooked-up water, piped-in water and running water in their households,” she said. “This is a huge stressor …

A lawyer in British Columbia says three recent bills that aim to fast-track infrastructure and energy projects are deeply flawed and could face legal challenges.  B.C.’s Bill 15, the Infrastructure Projects Act, is aimed at fast-tracking public sector projects like schools and hospitals, as well as private projects, such as …

As more First Nations voice opposition to Bill C-5, some are drawing comparisons to the 2012 Idle No More movement.  Hayden King, executive director of the Yellowhead Institute, an Indigenous-led research and education centre at Toronto Metropolitan University, said both the speed with which it was passed and ideas in the bill remind …

The United Nations General Assembly will vote on Thursday on a draft resolution that demands an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the war in Gaza after the United States vetoed a similar effort in the Security Council last week. The 193-member General Assembly is likely to adopt the text …

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pitched First Nations leaders with what he called “practical, doable” solutions to create economic prosperity on Tuesday, but also reiterated his concerns with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ potential impact on resource development. “The Conservative Party supports the goals and aspirations of …