indigenous rights
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Senate clears bill to align Canada’s laws with UN Indigenous rights declarationThe UNDRIP bill got a rough ride in the Commons and in the Senate, with Conservatives in both chambers raising concerns about potential negative impacts of the legislation.CanadaJun 16
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Tahltan Nation, B.C. government sign historic agreementThe agreement will help ensure sensitive areas aren't open to development, while providing greater certainty for everyone, says the president of the nation's central government.PoliticsJun 10
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‘There’s many of us that did suffer’: Residential school survivor walks from Prince Albert to OttawaPatricia Ballantyne is walking thousands of kilometres from Prince Albert to Ottawa to raise awareness of what life at a residential school was like.CanadaJun 6
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Indigenous women still forced, coerced into sterilization: Senate reportWomen interviewed for the report were coercively sterilized between 2005 and 2010. The committee says it is aware of a case of forced sterilization as recent as 2019.CanadaJun 3
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N.S. First Nation further delays lobster fishing, saying it risks losing trapsThe band is also concerned about the safety of its fishers after violence erupted last fall when fishers from the community set traps in St. Marys Bay.PoliticsJun 2
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N.S. Mi’kmaq to start season with scaled-down plans for fishery in St. Marys BaySipekne'katik Chief Mike Sack says the ceremonial fishery would initially be comprised of about 'four or five' lobster traps per person on the boat.PoliticsMay 27
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Bill C-15, which aligns Canada’s laws with UN Indigenous declaration, passes 3rd readingThe Liberals, NDP, Bloc Quebecois and remaining two Greens joined forces to send Bill C-15 to the Senate, with a final tally of 210 to 118.CanadaMay 25
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COVID-19: Drive-in movies are allowed again in AlbertaOn Monday, the province reversed a decision that banned drive-in movies in Alberta because of COVID-19 concerns.HealthMay 17
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Hospital staff testify at Quebec coroner’s inquiry into Joyce Echaquan’s deathCoroner Géhane Kamel is presiding over the public hearings that are taking place in Trois-Rivières and that are scheduled to run until June 2.CanadaMay 17
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‘Our women are sacred’: Red dresses hung in Halifax to call for justice and honour MMIWG2SMore than 1,000 Indigenous women and girls have gone missing, or been murdered in Canada, leading to 231 calls for justice from a national inquiry into the crisis.CanadaMay 5
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