Indigenous News

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Rachel Homan's Ottawa-based team stole points in five ends, including steals of two in the sixth and seventh ends, en route to an 11-1 win over Shaelyn Park on Thursday at the PointsBet Invitational curling event.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has issued an environmental assessment certificate for the contentious container port expansion project at Roberts Bank, saying the province "could not prohibit the project from going forward.

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. — Central Okanagan Emergency Operations has lifted the state of local emergency in West Kelowna, B.C., more than a month after the McDougall Creek wildfire devastated the area.

The federal government's failure to fund a police force dedicated to Canada's ports is a threat to national security that needs to be dealt with immediately, says Delta, B.C., Mayor George Harvie.

YELLOWKNIFE — The premier of the Northwest Territories has announced she won't be running for re-election in November. Caroline Cochrane says representing the N.W.T. has been among the highest honours of her life.

SIKSIKA, Alta. — A man from a First Nation in southern Alberta has filed a human rights complaint against the provincial health agency and a local hospital, alleging anti-Indigenous discrimination led to the death of his wife.

VANCOUVER — Mask mandates are returning to health-care settings throughout British Columbia as cases of flu, COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses trend upward. Provincial health officer Dr.

OTTAWA — Bickering over politics and procedure is getting in the way of efforts to have a House of Commons committee investigate how a man who fought with a Nazi unit was lauded as a hero in Canada's Parliament.

OTTAWA — When Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks about what his party's relationship with Indigenous Peoples would look like should he become prime minister, it's often about "economic reconciliation," or the idea that Indigenous Peoples sho

TORONTO — Ontario's public high school teachers have agreed not to strike this year, or for the next three years, as they ratified a deal with the government to settle any unresolved contract bargaining issues through an arbitrator.