Jaime Battiste named parliamentary secretary for Crown-Indigenous relations
Ontario MP Vance Badawey tapped for parliamentary secretary for Indigenous services
Indigenous Services
After nearly 25 years, water advisory in Shoal Lake 40 has been lifted
Chevonne Green grew up in Shoal Lake 40 and has hauled water to her house…
Athabasca Tribal Council starts petition to get Ottawa to remove sections of the Indian Act
The sections relate to the federal government operating schools and transporting children.
State of emergency declared in Shamattawa because of suicide crisis says chief
Warning: This story deals with the issue of suicide and some people may find it…
‘Incredibly toxic’: More Indigenous women share stories of racism in the federal bureaucracy
Warning: This story contains graphic language and discusses suicide
Ottawa won’t end on-reserve water advisories until at least 2023, long term solutions coming later
‘This is an unacceptable failure’: MPs grill Indigenous Services top bureaucrat on when communities will have clean water for good
Ministers promise ‘thorough review’ following APTN report on racism in their departments
People from across the country have come forward breaking their silence says Letitia Wells on N2N
Indigenous Services braces for audit of department’s efforts to supply First Nations with clean water
Auditor general set to table report in the House of Commons on Thursday afternoon
Overworked, underpaid: Ottawa’s chronic lack of funding leaves First Nations water operators behind
An investigation reveals Indigenous water operators sometimes earn less than half of what municipal operators are paid, but an Indigenous-led group in Atlantic Canada has a solution.