NDP urges Liberals to tackle soaring prices in the North
New Democrat parliamentarians are urging the federal Liberals to address what they say is corporate greed driving a cost-of-living crisis for northern and Indigenous communities.
Amid soaring prices in the North, here’s how these NDP MPs say the Liberals can tackle the ‘inequality crisis’
New Democrat parliamentarians are urging the federal Liberals to address what they say is corporate greed driving a cost-of-living crisis for northern and Indigenous communities.
Ontario First Nation looks to put ‘horsepower’ behind residential school investigations
A northern Ontario Cree community on Tuesday announced a First Nations-led business partnership aimed at helping communities put some investigative “horsepower” behind their searches for unmarked graves at former residential school sites.
Young learners falling behind on literacy rates, say First Nations educators
Some First Nations educators in Atlantic Canada say reading ability among young learners in their schools has declined but due to inconsistent data tracking, it is unknown how the situation compares to provincial literacy rates.
Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke taking Ontario government to court over online gaming
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke filed a notice of application to the Ontario Superior Court over how the Ontario government manages online gaming.
‘Stonewalled’: Trans Mountain hides dealings with private security and spy firms
A federally owned pipeline company is withholding records that would expose its dealings with private security and intelligence firms by citing blanket exemptions under access-to-information law.
Selkirk, Man., students learn from Indigenous knowledge keepers as part of winter festival
As part of the annual Holiday Alley winter festival in Selkirk, Man., students got the chance to learn from Indigenous knowledge keepers about traditional music, drumming and tobacco ties.
$5.4M in funding to conserve, repair B.C. First Nations heritage infrastructure
Sixteen projects received more than $5.4 million from the First Peoples’ Cultural Council in B.C. this year to conserve, repair and develop heritage infrastructure in the province.