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…
‘The real victim is the officer’s hand’: Thunder Bay Police Union
The union representing police in Thunder Bay has come to the defence of an officer seen striking an Indigenous youth strapped to a stretcher, a scene captured in a widely…
‘This will look great in the warehouse’ Trudeau says as he accepts gift at AFN meeting
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gleefully accepted a beaded hide vest that was gifted from Chiefs attending the Assembly of First Nations meeting in Gatineau on Wednesday. “I’m so honoured…
Election 2019: Liberals to target Indigenous voters with ‘you want the Conservatives back?’
The next federal election is still over ten months away, but the Liberals are already focusing their message to Indigenous voters. It’s a message that will have a bold take-it-or-leave-it…
Otter Liberation Front claims responsibility for latest strike that leaves one koi eaten
The Otter Liberation Front (OLF) has claimed responsibility for an attack on a busy koi pond that left one of the fish eaten. So far ten koi have been consumed,…