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Prime Minister Mark Carney says his list of major projects has received support from some Indigenous groups, but more will be needed.

John Rustad signalled his intention to 'repeal' a law adopting the United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which was adopted unanimously in 2019.

Carrier Sekani Family Services and 11 chiefs are calling on the federal and provincial governments to fund a new healing and treatment centre for their communities.

Twelve Wet’suwet’en land defenders have applied to the Supreme Court of British Columbia to have criminal contempt charges stayed.

The hereditary chiefs oppose construction of a pipeline through their northwestern B.C. territories, while a majority of elected band councils support the Coastal GasLink project.

Kurtis Boyer said if the same study was done today, he believes ever more people would feel they have a role to play in reconciliation.

A demonstration blockade closed the roadway between Argyle Street South and Greens Road in mid-November.

Hamilton police say bright pink words were painted on Bay Street North in front of the federal building during a protest related to the Coastal GasLink pipeline in B.C. on Sunday.

The Ottawa Police Service's request for funding in 2022 was trimmed at Tuesday's board meeting, which will now be put to city council on Dec. 8.

"You have no idea what you're talking about," Ellis Ross, B.C. Liberal MLA for Skeena, told Leonardo DiCaprio on Twitter.

The RCMP has spent more than $6.8 million enforcing a court injunction against anti-logging protesters camped out at the Fairy Creek in B.C.

Supporters in London gathered together to show solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people, who are fighting a natural gas pipeline project, Friday night.

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Prince George hospital drummers have no plans to stop weekly gatherings to support healthcare workers outside the University hospital.

'When railroads... major infrastructure is being halted by First Nations, you know right away authorities are there in a heartbeat. They'll start making arrests if they have to.'

<p> First Nation wins injunction barring logging by Canfor in northwest B.C. <p>VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has granted an injunction to a northern B.C. First Nation to stop logging on land claimed as aboriginal territory.</p> <p>The dispute pits members of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation </p>

KITIMAT, B.C. - Members of a First Nation in northern British Columbia have evicted surveyors working on a natural gas pipeline project from their territory, seized equipment and set up a roadblock against all pipeline activity.

The pandemic forced Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take centre stage again, and it looks like the decision is paying off for the Liberals in the polls.

BURNS LAKE, B.C. - Family members of two mill workers struggled Sunday against concluding their loved ones were likely killed in an explosion and fire that ripped apart their workplace.

The B.C. government signed an "updated" benefits agreement with a group of First Nations on Monday, one they hope will quell opposition to one of the many liquefied natural gas projects planned for the province's north.

VANCOUVER - The B.C. government signed an "updated" benefits agreement with a group of First Nations on Monday, one they hope will quell opposition to one of the many liquefied natural gas projects planned for the province's north.