A proposed meeting between the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, the federal government and the British Columbia government is set to take place on Thursday, following word that talks for a meeting had fallen through Wednesday afternoon.  In an interview with CBC News, Chief Na’Moks​​, also known as John Ridsdale, said the Office of the Wet’suwet’en received a…

Premier François Legault says the presence of weapons, including AK-47 assault rifles, is the reason provincial police have not yet dismantled a rail blockade in the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake, south of Montreal. “We effectively have information that confirms there are weapons — AK-47s, to name them,” in Kahnawake, Legault told reporters in Quebec City Wednesday afternoon. The…

Indigenous youth entering their third straight day gathered on the steps of the B.C. Legislature repeated a series of demands Wednesday, saying they will continue to hold the space in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs at least until those calls are met. Speaker Ta’Kaiya Blaney said demonstrators are committed to occupying ministry offices, rail lines and other…

A national Indigenous organization says Johnny Issaluk will not be honoured at its award ceremony next week. President and CEO of Indspire, Roberta Jamieson, says there will be no awards handed out for sports this year.  Issaluk was supposed to be recognized for his athletic achievements at the award ceremony in Ottawa on March 6. Every year…

Members of parliament were invited to a screening of nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, a documentary about Colten Boushie, in Ottawa on Tuesday night. Boushie, a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation, died of a gunshot wound after he and a group of friends drove onto the property of farmer Gerald Stanley on August…

Ontario’s Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for Peter Khill, the man found not guilty of second degree murder for killing Jon Styres, a First Nations man from Ohsweken, Ont. “I would allow the appeal, set aside the acquittal, and order a new trial on the charge of second degree murder,” wrote Justice David Doherty in…