Nearly 900,0000 First Nations people from over 600 communities across country somehow can’t agree on pipelines, media reports
The country’s 851,560 First Nations people who live in 633 communities, or in cities and towns in 12 provinces and territories, seem unable to come to a consensus on pipeline…
Some guy, apparently a former TV personality, named Indigenous Services Minister
UPDATE: Some guy is apparently Seamus O’Regan. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named a former television personality as the country’s new Indigenous Services Minister. Seamus O’Regan was sworn in during…
‘We’re all gonna die’ unless Coastal GasLink pipeline built: TransCanada
The company behind the proposed Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern British Columbia issued a stark warning on Thursday, just days after militarized RCMP officers raided a camp set up by…
Trudeau updates mandate letters: ‘No relationship is more important to Canada than the one with Indigenous Peoples and our lawyers, police’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has updated the mandate letters that guide Liberal cabinet members, a spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday. The statement “No relationship is more important to me and to…
Canada pushing to have gas pipeline granted same rights as ‘person’
The government of Canada is launching a legal battle to have a natural gas pipeline given the same legal status as human beings. While rivers and mountain ranges have been…
Report finds 0% of cookie tins in Indigenous homes contain actual cookies
Those round cookie tins found in many Indigenous homes are 0% likely to contain cookies and 97% likely to contain sewing or beading supplies. That’s according to the results of…
AFN trades Regional Chief to Métis National Council
The Métis National Council has acquired Regional Chief James Nelson from the Assembly of First Nations, the organization announced on Wednesday morning. That means senior MNC advisor Janice Dumont will…
Canada’s security alert level raised after threats by Radical Kokums
Canada has increased its security alert level amid reports that Radical Kokums are threatening to strike communities across the country with bannock baking, various wild meat stews and smoke-tanned hides.…
Three people line up for Boxing Day blowout in remote First Nations community
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…
Gleeful AFN staff receive personalized Christmas MOUs from National Chief
In what’s becoming a Christmas tradition at the Assembly of First Nations, gleeful staff all received personalized memorandums of understanding from National Chief Perry Bellegarde. The MOUs were handed out…