Tag Archives: First Nations

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - New video has emerged of the violent arrest of a prominent chief of a northern Alberta First Nation. The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation says the RCMP dash-camera vid...

EDMONTON - Three northern Alberta First Nations want to appeal the province's decision to suspend environmental monitoring in the oilpatch. The Mikisew Cree First Nation, the Fort McKay First Nat...

OTTAWA - Disheartened, disappointed, disbelieving. But still determined. Indigenous women and leaders fighting to end violence against Indigenous women in Canada say that's how they feel about Wednesd...

KAMLOOPS - Those working within the emergency operations centre for Tk'emlps te Secwpemc have spent the last few weeks focused on COVID-19 prevention efforts in the community. Tk'emlps offices and fac...

MERRITT - Post-secondary students in the Merritt area who are eligible for newly announced grants and bursaries could save big time on their tuition costs this fall.Students at the Nicola Valley Insti...

OTTAWA - National protests sparked by the opposition of some Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs to a pipeline project in B.C. are also sparking debate in Conservative circles about the part...

KAMLOOPS - It's a complicated issue, with no clear solution. The conflict between the Wet'suwet'en and Coastal GasLink has now spilled far beyond the path of the pipeline, grinding rail traffic to a h...

KAMLOOPS - Language is an essential part of a person's culture. "Without language and due recognition of the language, culture is lost," said Hafiz Rahman, president of the Kamloops Bangladesh Cultura...

CALGARY - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government is launching a new set of consultations with Indigenous groups that will determine if and how they might take part in ownership...

AT WHAT POINT IS IT TIME to stop protesting and accept reality? I have the feeling that even after the last length of pipe of the Trans Mountain expansion is in the ground, somebody will be out there ...