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Major projects will be slowed by court challenges if rights are violated: First Nations chief
The regional chief of the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations said Wednesday that governments should not speed up major projects at the expense of First Nations rights — and warned that projects will be slowed down by court challenges if First Nations are not consulted from the start.
Canada announces changes to Jordan's Principle program, narrows range of eligible requests
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.
AFN says claims for First Nations child welfare class action settlement to open in March
First Nations children and their families who lived under Canada's First Nations child welfare system between 1991 and 2022 will be able to apply for compensation under a class-action settlement starting next month.
Justice minister says new wrongful conviction commission will support women, racialized people
The federal justice minister says a new commission that will review potential wrongful convictions will help racialized and Indigenous Peoples who are overrepresented in the criminal system seek justice.
Housing minister says $1B critical infrastructure program is open for applications
Applications opened Thursday for a $1 billion federal program to help municipalities and Indigenous communities build critical infrastructure.
Survivors call on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism
Residential school survivors are calling on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism, days after the release of a report about unmarked graves and burial sites associated with the institutions.
Lawsuit alleging anti-Black racism in public service goes before Federal Court
A Federal Court hearing got underway Monday to determine whether a group of Black public servants can proceed with a class-action lawsuit alleging discrimination in the federal government.
Manitoba historian concerned residential school denialism will rise after Biden's apology in U.S.
Historian Sean Carleton says residential school denialism is a strategy used to twist, misrepresent and distort basic facts about residential schools to shake public confidence in the stories of survivors, and in the process of truth and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada.
Group calls on Ottawa to provide wildfire fighters with equipment, more training and better pay
Last May, when Jenny Saulnier was home alone with her dog in Nova Scotia while her son and husband were at hockey, she scrolled through social media and saw there was a house fire some nine kilometres from her home, and was assured she would be fine.
Families want inquiry after 9 police-involved Indigenous deaths
A group of Black and Indigenous women say they want a national public inquiry into a recent spate of police-involved deaths after nine Indigenous people were killed in interactions with police in August and September.