The Liberal government has postponed a planned tabling of its promised bill on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a result of ongoing rail blockades sparked by RCMP action on Wet’suwet’en territory, according to Kanesatake Grand Chief Serge Simon.  Simon said he learned of the decision on Tuesday when he went to Ottawa…

Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says there is a clear “path forward” to defuse the ongoing tensions caused by protests that have hamstrung the country’s transportation network, despite some Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs refusing to meet until the RCMP leave their territory. “I know that the recent events in B.C. and in various places across the country are deeply concerning…

The federal minister of environment and climate change has ordered a regional impact assessment in the Ring of Fire, the mineral-rich region around 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, Ont, which is targeted for mining development.  Jonathan Wilkinson issued the order in response to requests from three parties: Aroland First Nation, the Wildlife Conservation Society of…

A battle between the hereditary chiefs of a B.C. First Nation and a company planning to build a natural gas pipeline through their territory in the northwest of the province has exploded into the Canadian consciousness with cross-country protests. Rail blockades that began earlier this month in opposition to the project have crippled the country’s transportation network, but…

A small group of Kanesatake Mohawks locked out the grand chief and his council from the administrative office of the First Nations community near Oka, Que., Tuesday — angry at the elected leader’s pleas for an end to blockades that have paralyzed rail traffic across the country.    Kanesatake Grand Chief Serge Otsi Simon took part in a…

One month into the Indian day school settlement claims process, First Nations health officials in the Atlantic region are voicing their frustration over what they’re calling the “unethical” process and a lack of communication from the federal government. In January, the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs (APC-FND) requested the federal government take emergency measures to deal…