Michele Audette feels disappointed when she looks online and sees a barrage of violent threats toward Indigenous women. “It made me so mad that we tolerate this. There’s no real … reprimand,” says Audette, who was one of the commissioners for the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. As she gently…

March 8 marks International Women’s Day, a day to shine a light on grassroots efforts to advance gender equality in communities across the country. Indigenous women are often regarded as traditional keepers of language and culture. CBC News speaks with seven women who are making changes, both big and small, in their lives, communities, and nations when…

This story is part of Stopping Domestic Violence, a CBC News series looking at the crisis of intimate partner violence in Canada and what can be done to end it. “How do we stop being hamsters?” Probation officer Pam Desnomie wants to get a laugh, but she also wants to make a point. As night…

The Whitehorse 2020 Arctic Winter Games have been cancelled due to concerns about novel coronavirus. “It has been determined that cancelling the 2020 Arctic Winter Games is the most responsible precautionary measure,” reads a statement issued Saturday by the City of Whitehorse, the Yukon government and the competition’s host society. The Arctic Winter Games are a high-profile sporting…

What happens when multiple First Nations lay claim to ancient Indigenous remains that are held by Canada’s museums and governments? That’s the struggle communities in Quebec and Ontario have to grapple with as they look to have dozens, in some cases hundreds, of remains or artifacts returned. For the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, on Montreal’s south…

A mother and father walking Manitoba highways to raise awareness about their missing son say they were stopped Tuesday night by the RCMP after being mistaken for protesters. Bradley and Verle Bushie from Poplar River First Nation were walking from their home community to Winnipeg, a distance of just over 400 km, to bring awareness to their…