Métis Nation-Saskatchewan and Canadian Geographic magazine are working together to try to preserve the Indigenous group’s Michif language. The two have announced an educational initiative designed to get more Métis to speak their traditional tongue. Statistics Canada numbers show that fewer than 650 people living in Canada speak the Michif language — a mix of…

Victoria police say its officers took 12 people into custody following an occupation protesting the Coastal GasLink pipeline project. The group had started a sit-in in the lobby at 11 a.m. PT at the provincial government building in the 1800-block of Blanshard Avenue on Tuesday.  The youth are supporting Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs who oppose the 670-kilometre LNG pipeline…

Victoria police say its officers took 12 people into custody following an occupation protesting the Coastal GasLink pipeline project Wednesday.  The group had started a sit-in in the lobby at 11 a.m. PT at the provincial government building in the 1800-block of Blanshard Avenue on Tuesday.  The youth are supporting Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs who oppose the 670-kilometre LNG…

A collective of First Nations who support the liquefied natural gas industry in British Columbia say human rights advocates failed to do their research when they called for the Coastal GasLink pipeline project to be halted. The First Nations LNG Alliance has issued open letters to the B.C. human rights commissioner and the United Nations Committee…

Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and the government of Nunavut have renewed their commitment to work together with the signing of the Katujjiqatigiinniq Protocol.  The signing happened Tuesday in the Koojesse room of the Frobisher Inn. The government’s cabinet and NTI’s board witnessed the signing.  This isn’t the first time NTI and Nunavut’s government have recommitted to…

Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin. Author Cherie Dimaline. Olympian Waneek Horn-Miller. Lawyer Pam Palmater. Surgeon Donna May Kimmaliardjuk. These are some of the women a national awareness campaign wants people to know and recognize for being strong, resilient, inspiring, wise, nurturing and trailblazing First Nations, Inuit, and Métis women across Canada. The campaign is called She is Indigenous. Funded by…