Rainfall warnings couldn’t keep Winnipeg’s Indigenous skateboard and hip-hop communities from gathering for a showcase Saturday afternoon. The event, called Wreckonciliation, aimed to bring Indigenous skateboarders and hip-hop artists together with their allies. “It’s a chance for youth to feel like this is their thing,” said Peater Thomas, a co-host and co-organizer of the event. Originally planned…

The Manitoba Metis Federation handed over a $1-million cheque on Saturday to help in the fight against cancer. MMF President David Chartrand made the presentation to the CancerCare Manitoba Foundation during his state of the nation address at the federation’s annual general assembly, being held Saturday at Assiniboia Downs. “I can bet you there is not a person in this…

Thomas Snow repeatedly punches a suspended leather heavy-bag that his trainer holds steady, while counting down. Clad in a blue tank and long athletic shorts, Snow’s braid occasionally whips across his face, following the momentum of his right hook. Sweaty, smiling and triumphant, he finishes the set and celebrates by crossing gloves with his trainer. These are scenes…

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau sidestepped a direct town hall question from a First Nations leader Thursday on whether a Liberal government would accept a recent human rights tribunal ruling ordering Ottawa to compensate First Nations children impacted by the on-reserve child welfare system.  Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand asked Trudeau to pledge that, should…

The federal NDP candidate running in the Ontario riding of Kenora has written Elections Canada urging it to ensure voters in remote First Nations in the riding don’t face the same obstacles to casting ballots that surfaced in the 2015 election.  Grassy Narrows First Nations Chief Rudy Turtle sent a letter to Canada’s chief electoral…

Several federal election candidates delivered their pitches to B.C. First Nations leadership at a meeting in Musqueam on Thursday, speaking about their commitments to issues like climate change, Indigenous rights and title and the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Elected leadership and delegates from 58 First Nations at…