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Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs urge banks to snub TC Energy bonds

Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs urge banks to snub TC Energy bonds

CALGARY 鈥 An Indigenous group that opposed the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline is urging banks and investors against financing a proposed second phase of the project. Hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation of B.C.
Grassy Narrows First Nation sues Ontario, Canada over mercury contamination

Grassy Narrows First Nation sues Ontario, Canada over mercury contamination

TORONTO 鈥 A northern Ontario First Nation that has been plagued by mercury poisoning for decades said Tuesday it is suing the governments of Ontario and Canada over mercury contamination in a river system that flows through its territory.
Ontario creates new rules on benzene pollution aimed at one Sarnia company

Ontario creates new rules on benzene pollution aimed at one Sarnia company

TORONTO 鈥 Ontario has created new rules specifically for one Sarnia, Ont., plastics plant to try to ensure it stops emitting high levels of benzene that have affected a neighbouring First Nation for years.
B.C. First Nation prepares for potential school site excavation, signs protocol deal

B.C. First Nation prepares for potential school site excavation, signs protocol deal

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.
AFN national chief blasts governments' inaction on fifth anniversary of MMIWG report

AFN national chief blasts governments' inaction on fifth anniversary of MMIWG report

OTTAWA 鈥 The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations blasted all levels of government on Monday, the fifth anniversary of a national inquiry's report into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, for what she calls slow progress to st
'Shameful': University of Manitoba apologizes for housing Indigenous remains

'Shameful': University of Manitoba apologizes for housing Indigenous remains

WINNIPEG 鈥 The University of Manitoba has publicly apologized for harm it has caused to First Nations, Inuit and M茅tis communities more than a century after it began accepting and storing Indigenous remains.
Book Review: Indigenous author explores charged issue of blood lines in his debut novel `Fire Exit鈥

Book Review: Indigenous author explores charged issue of blood lines in his debut novel `Fire Exit鈥

Morgan Talty has followed up on the success of his prize-winning story collection 鈥淣ight of the Living Rez鈥 with a poignant first novel that explores the charged question of what constitutes identity 鈥 family or tribe? 鈥淔ire Exit鈥 is narrated by a wh
Bill to mark transgender and two-spirit day passed by Manitoba legislature

Bill to mark transgender and two-spirit day passed by Manitoba legislature

WINNIPEG 鈥 There was acrimony in the Manitoba legislature Thursday as politicians passed a bill to designate March 31 an annual day to recognize two-spirit and transgender persons.
Mountie transferred from Bella Bella, B.C., after complaints about Facebook posts

Mountie transferred from Bella Bella, B.C., after complaints about Facebook posts

BELLA BELLA, B.C.
A woman will likely be Mexico's next president. But in some Indigenous villages, men hold the power

A woman will likely be Mexico's next president. But in some Indigenous villages, men hold the power

PLAN DE AYALA, Mexico (AP) 鈥 At 4:30 a.m., girls and women begin to appear in the dark streets of this village of Tojolabal people in southern Mexico. They walk in silence. Some head to grind corn to make their family鈥檚 tortillas.
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