OTTAWA - A National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremony is planned in Ottawa this afternoon to honour the survivors of Canada's residential school system and the children who never returned home. The event on Parliament Hill is set to begin at 3 p.m. ET and includes survivors and Indigenous leaders, while other e...

British Columbia saw a rare unanimous vote in its legislature in October 2019, when members passed a law adopting the United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, setting out standards including free, prior and informed consent for actions affecting them. The law "fundamentally changed the rela...

OTTAWA - The Liberal party of today is not quite the same as the one elected in 2015 promising to foster new paths and nation-to-nation relationships with Indigenous Peoples, the leaders of the three national Indigenous organizations said as they look ahead to the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Mon...

Barbara Nolan, an Anishnaabe elder on a mission to promote her nation's language, says she loves to hear stories about how her work is influencing children. Nolan launched a series of online videos last month to introduce the language - called Anishinaabemowin - to the very youngest members of the community. "I kn...

KAMLOOPS - Saturday night (Sept. 21), the second annual Every Child Matters hockey game was held at Sandman Centre - the first time the event was held in the city of Kamloops.The game is held to promote awareness and action for truth and reconciliation through sport. Led by an organization known as the Orange Jersey Pr...

KAMLOOPS - This Saturday (Sept. 21) marks the second annual Every Child Matters hockey event. Last year, the event was held in Williams Lake, but this year it will be taking place at Sandman Centre with its much larger capacity. "Last year was our first year and a learning experience and we had it in William's Lak...