Indigenous

VICTORIA — Greater Victoria's public schools should have a district-wide safety plan in place by the time classes resume in January or School District 61's board of education could be replaced, says Education Minister Lisa Beare, in a showdown over t

OTTAWA — Canada has unveiled an Arctic foreign policy that commits to increasing domestic and international collaboration to combat emerging foreign threats in the North.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not commit to holding a national inquiry on systemic racism in policing Thursday morning even as he acknowledged the pain of First Nations mothers who have had to bury their children after an interaction wit

OTTAWA — A prominent Saskatchewan First Nation Chief has accused Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer of using legislation to recognize the right to safe drinking water as a political "tactic.

OTTAWA — First Nations leaders in Manitoba are calling on the federal government to address a backlog in requests for Indigenous children to receive swift access to health care and other services.

OTTAWA — Randy Boissonnault, whose shifting claims to Indigenous identity cost him his job as employment minister, told a House of Commons committee today that he is not Indigenous.

OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs agreed Wednesday to launch new negotiations with Canada over child welfare after voting down a $47.8 billion deal in October.

OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on politicians of all stripes to support a national inquiry into systemic racism in policing and police-related deaths of First Nations people, calling it a human rights issue th

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Women with disabilities are more likely to be forced into homelessness because of violence or abuse, according to a new report that looks at housing inequities in Canada.

CALGARY — Eight First Nations in Alberta are asking that the $16.5-billion carbon capture and storage project proposed by a consortium of oilsands companies be reviewed under the federal Impact Assessment Act.