A parliamentary petition written by a Mi’kmaw woman is proposing that 60 Indigenous languages spoken in Canada be adopted as national official languages.  Jenna Robar, a 24-year-old holistic health coach living in Nova Scotia, submitted her proposal through the House of Commons website Feb. 28 calling on the federal government to “have each language recognized nationally, with implementations on regional and…

The director of an Indigenous education conference announced this week that his organization will be donating $25,000 to a scholarship fund to honour the late Colten Boushie. “We wanted to do it to highlight how amazing our relative Colten was… rather than focusing on the tragedy that happened,” said Chris Scribe.  Boushie, a 22-year-old Cree…

The federal government is prepared to use isolation tents and temporary shelters to deal with the threat of an outbreak of COVID-19 in Indigenous communities, according to a senior department official. Valerie Gideon, senior assistant deputy minister for the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, said the Public Health Agency of Canada is working on procuring…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the country’s provincial and territorial leaders will meet in Ottawa over the next two days as Canada grapples with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and cratering oil prices that could blow big holes in public finances. The premiers met in December for an emergency meeting of sorts to address…

The remains of a Beothuk couple that were taken from a grave in central Newfoundland and sent to Scotland almost two centuries ago have been returned to their home province. The skulls of Nonosabasut and Demasduit were repatriated at a sombre ceremony Wednesday evening at The Rooms, the province’s archive and museum in St. John’s. “This is for me a sacred moment in…