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It’s being hailed as a potentially revolutionary breakthrough: a bot that racially profiles Indigenous people who shop online. The bot, dubbed FollowDem, was unveiled at a ceremony in Mississauga, Ont.…
A Winnipeg woman whose ancestors were part of the theft of an entire continent is pretty sure that an Indigenous person browsing in the shop where she works is shoplifting.…
Three people braved frigid temperatures on the Crow River First Nation in northern Manitoba, some for as long as seven minutes, to get first grabs at the Nothern Shop’s Boxing…
Restaurants, stores and shopping centers across the country are gearing up for the busiest racial profiling period of the year—the Christmas shopping rush. “First and foremost, we’re urging people to…
A security guard at a Winnipeg store who says he doesn’t see colour isn’t letting that stop him from finding creative ways to racially profile Indigenous shoppers. Related story: Two…
An Indigenous-owned company has unveiled ambitious plans for an effluent pipe, sewage lagoon and nuclear waste storage facility — all in the heart of downtown Ottawa. “We are going to…
From the Walking Eagle News weekend desk, here are the top stories making headlines in Indigenous country and beyond. Sen. Lynn Beyak now free to focus more hate on Indigenous…
Finance Minister Bill Morneau has worked out a deal with the provinces that sees First Nations get 0% of legalized pot tax revenues. Under the deal, announced Monday, provinces and…
The B.C. government has decided to go ahead with the controversial Site C hydroelectric project on the condition it be renamed Reconciliation Dam, the province announced on Monday. The project,…
Montana’s restaurants unveiled a new menu item sure to delight Indigenous families — moose wings. The wings are actually whole moose hindquarters, breaded, deep-fried and then slathered with an assortment…