Supreme Court of Canada justices gave the lawyer representing B.C. a rough ride today as they questioned the constitutionality of a proposed provincial law that effectively would kill the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The B.C. NDP government has drafted amendments to provincial environmental law to all but ban interprovincial shipments of heavy oil —…

The Lake Babine Nation drum group is asking the Vancouver public to keep an eye out for their stolen belongings so they can hopefully get them back.  The group travelled to Vancouver this week to perform at the Gathering Wisdom forum, an annual First Nations health event.  Hereditary chief Ronnie West said the group was staying at a…

A red dress was hung in Glenwood, N.L., on Wednesday afternoon, marking one year of missing and remembering Chantel John. Representatives of the Qalipu First Nation and the Glenwood Mi’kmaq First Nation held a small remembrance ceremony outside the Qalipu offices, singing the Mi’kmaq Honour Song and Strong Women’s Song to mark the anniversary of John’s death. Drummers…

Creative Saskatchewan has asked businesswoman Heather Abbey to repay $62,000 of taxpayers’ money after she failed to deliver on two proposed projects in the past two years. Allegations of financial mismanagement and broken promises prompted the arts agency to audit five projects undertaken by Abbey and her e-commerce company Indig Inc. that received more than $160,000…

The Quebec government’s decision to launch a constitutional challenge of a new federal law governing Indigenous child welfare has prompted First Nations leaders in Quebec to re-examine their relationship with the province. In a widely criticized move, the Quebec government announced in mid-December it would be contesting the constitutionality of the law, Bill C-92, on…

Former students of the Lake Manitoba Indian day school, attended by the lead plaintiff of the class action lawsuit, describe it as a place where children spent a good deal of time praying and would get strapped for speaking their language. “They didn’t really teach us about education,” said former student Russell Maytwayashing.  The Lake…