Justice Minister Rob Nicholson remained vague Tuesday on his government’s plans to deliver on a promise to create a $10 million strategy to deal with the “disturbing number” of murdered and missing First Nations, Metis and Inuit women across the country.
The federal government should dilute the existing and unbridled power held by provinces to call in the military during times of domestic turmoil, says a former Indian Affairs deputy minister who held the post during the Oka crisis.
A Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq chief ousted by Indian Affairs over findings of corruption in the election that put him in office says the department is trying to cover up its own misdeeds.
Inflammatory remarks from a respected Williams Lake, B.C.,businessman highlight the growing tension between the town’s people and the Tsilhqot’in nation which opposes a gold and copper mine that would drain a sacred lake.
Holding large portrait photographs, the families of missing and murdered First Nations, Metis and Inuit women called out to the rest of the country to help preserve the memories of their loved ones and join their fight for justice.
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has released video of three Aboriginal men who they say were abused by RCMP officers while in police custody in Williams Lake, B.C.
The federal government took its first steps Friday toward overhauling on-reserve elections.
Canada’s new Governor General was sworn in Friday saying he was looking forward to meeting with “Aboriginal families” in his first speech as the country’s new representative of the Queen.
A Conservative MP is expected to table a bill Friday morning that, if passed, would force First Nations bands to publish the salaries and expenses of chiefs and band councillors.
