It found little has been done to address the inquiry's 231 calls for justice in the last 12 months, and awarded the federal government a "resounding fail."

Members of the Lethbridge community are honouring the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls this week.

Human trafficking and sexual exploitation are getting renewed attention following the release of the final report from the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

The government had planned to spend $10 million on the projects but upped the amount to $13 million because of the high demand.

The billboard campaign follows the release of the final report from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

In testimony before the House of Commons health committee, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said the RCMP is willing to meet with victims, adding it would be helpful if lawyers could talk to complainants about coming forward.

'The case for using the term 'genocide' is tenuous at best and counterproductive at worst,' Rob Breakenridge says.

The head of the First Nations Chiefs of Police Association is calling on Ottawa and Quebec to address the chronic underfunding of Indigenous police forces outlined in this week's report of a national public inquiry.

The inquiry, which released its final report on Monday, says it found "substantial evidence of a serious problem" in a link between resource extraction and violence against Indigenous women, girls, and LGBTQ and two-spirit people.

Indigenous women across Atlantic Canada told Global News that it's hard to accept that after years of heartbreak and grueling testimony little will come out of the report released on Monday -- at least in the near future.