First Nation

• 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
  
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• 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
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• 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
• 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
• 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
• First Nation in B.C. says 41 more suspected graves found by penetrating radar at school site

  The shishalh Nation in Sechelt, B.C., on the Sunshine Coast, said 41 more unmarked graves have been found at the former St. Augustine’s residential school site.

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2025
• Wildfire near two Ontario First Nations ‘like a sleeping giant’ for now, MPP says

  A massive wildfire near Sandy Lake is "like a sleeping giant," says MPP Sol Mamakwa. Over 2,000 evacuees fled as Red Lake 12 grows past 160,000 hectares.

  Fire

  Jun 13, 2025
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• 1 in 2 Manitoba First Nations parents with child protection services, study says

  Nearly 50 per cent of all First Nation parents in Manitoba have had a child protective file opened against them.

  Politics

  Apr 8, 2025
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• Manitoba’s ‘Turtle Team’ faces substantial cuts after losing federal funding

  The 'Turtle Team,' a First Nation outreach organization providing relief from natural disasters and homelessness, has had its funding cut by the federal government.

  Canada

  Jun 10, 2024