First Nation

• Lockdown ordered after fatal shooting in northern Manitoba First Nation

  The Pimicikamak Cree Nation First Nation in northern Manitoba has been placed under lockdown following a fatal shooting. Residents urged to stay indoors as RCMP investigate.

  Crime

  Aug 1
  
• First Nations raise concerns as Métis self-government treaty advances in Parliament

  First Nations are urging Ottawa to halt a Métis self-government treaty, warning it could infringe on treaty rights as the bill advances in Parliament.

  Canada

  Apr 25
  
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• N.S. premier calls First Nations protests that blocked highways unacceptable

  Potlotek First Nation says it rejects the RCMP's description of earlier protests as an "illegal blockade" — but didn't give specific legal rationale in a news release Saturday.

  Canada

  Apr 5
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• First Nation blocks main highway to Halifax over cannabis crackdown

  A First Nation says it is blockading part of a main highway into Halifax to protest police raids against unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in Indigenous communities.

  Cannabis

  Apr 2
• N.S. RCMP issues more cannabis tickets as crackdown on First Nations stores continues

  Police allege hundreds of cannabis items had been packaged to resemble 'ordinary' products, such as candy, potato chips, cookies, chocolate bars and cereal.

  Crime

  Mar 17
• N.S. First Nation tells government and RCMP to stay out of cannabis and tobacco sales

  An Indigenous government in Nova Scotia has passed a resolution declaring the province and RCMP have no authority to enforce cannabis laws on its lands.

  Cannabis

  Mar 14
• More military arrive in Pimicikamak Cree Nation to assist amid water issues

  Three more members of the Canadian Armed Forces have arrived in Pimicikamak Cree Nation and will continue to help assess issues with the community's water and sewage plants.

  Canada

  Jan 14
• First Nation files Aboriginal title claim to lands in western Quebec

  The chief of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation says the Algonquin people must have a say in the way water, wildlife and forestry are managed in their traditional territory.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2025
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• After daughter attacked by dogs, Alberta mother calls on First Nation for regulations

  The Alberta mother of a five-year-old who was attacked by dogs and says she wants First Nations communities to put regulations in place to prevent similar incidents from happening.

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2025
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• B.C. First Nation on Vancouver Island gets back 80 hectares of land from Ottawa

  A B.C First Nation regains 80 hectares of land in Nanaimo and $42M in compensation under a treaty claim settlement with the federal government.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2025