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. It was the first and only time Ann Kasook attempted to run away. She still feels shaken when she talks about that frigid winter night…

Helena Wood, Arlene Wood and Kathleen Wood are linked by common threads: all three come from the same remote community in northern Manitoba. All three suffered violence at the hands of their partners. Now, Kathleen Wood is dead — and her husband stands accused of the crime. Indigenous leaders say it’s time to address the issues surrounding domestic…

A northern Ontario Indigenous community says it’s “alarmed” over the recent announcement of the building of an all-season road which would run from the provincial highway network to the Ring of Fire. The Ontario government announced Monday an agreement to move forward on the Northern Road Link, in partnership with Marten Falls and Webequie First Nations. However, Fort…

The 2020 Arctic Winter Games host society wants to mark the 50th anniversary of the event by demonstrating reconciliation as a goal of the games. “We want to build partnerships with our First Nations,” said Nyla Klugie-Migwans, assistant vice president of community engagement for games.  “We also want to be able to show that reconciliation is about having a…

An Indigenous mother of two who was forced to leave her rental suite in Burnaby because her landlord objected to her practising the cultural ceremony of smudging has been awarded more than $23,000 by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal. Crystal Smith, a Tsimshian and Haisla woman in her 20s, was the target of racial and religious discrimination…

Bank of Montreal said on Tuesday that its representatives were grateful to be invited to the Heiltsuk community of Bella Bella to participate as witnesses in a washing ceremony. In February, a group of 15 BMO representatives flew to the remote town on B.C.’s Central Coast in two chartered planes. They were invited by the Heiltsuk Nation…