Two years ago, Johnny Issaluk was one of the presenters of the annual Indspire Awards but now will be accepting an award of his own as one of a dozen First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people being recognized for their outstanding achievements. Issaluk, an Inuk actor, Arctic ambassador and advocate for youth from Chesterfield Inlet…

First Nations leadership, needing to do something in the face of a crisis, have sometimes turned to banishment of those selling drugs in our communities.  The problem with banishing a drug dealer, or locking them up, is that as soon as they are removed from the community, someone takes their place.  We do not have…

A new hotel in Yellowknife is promising high-tech lodging but its name has some people in the city scratching their heads.  The Slave Lake Inn doesn’t have an opening date yet, but a spokesperson from sister company Nova Hotels says its 31 rooms will have Smart TVs equipped with streaming service options. They’ve also invested…

The Federal Court of Appeal will decide on Tuesday whether the Trans Mountain expansion project lives or dies when rules on an appeal from Indigenous communities who have long opposed its construction. Four First Nations from B.C. filed court challenges last fall asking justices to overturn the federal cabinet’s second approval of the project. The court…

A group of Vancouver women have come together to honour the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls at the upcoming Feb. 14 women’s memorial march through a sewing project. They’ve been meeting at the Strathcona Community centre for several weekends with the goal of sewing 100 red ribbon skirts they plan to…

Ontario Sen. Lynn Beyak is again facing suspension from the Red Chamber for failing to complete her anti-racism training — a project that started off on the wrong foot when she told her instructors she was Métis because her parents had adopted an Indigenous child. The Senate’s ethics committee has released details of Beyak’s ill-fated training sessions…