First Nations

Government of Canada and Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek announce the Grand Opening of new Health Centre
Posted on 08 September 2020Media advisory Thunder Bay, Fort William First Nation Territory, Ontario — Please be ad ...

Update on COVID-19 in Indigenous communities
Posted on 18 July 2020OTTAWA, TRADITIONAL ALGONQUIN TERRITORY - Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic both the Honourable ...

B.C. takes historic steps towards the rights of Indigenous Peoples, but the hard work is yet to come
Posted on 17 November 2019British Columbia recently introduced groundbreaking provincial legislation to implement global sta ...

Almost half of all First Nations families are ‘food insecure’: 10-year study
Posted on 17 November 2019OTTAWA — Rates of obesity and diabetes are higher among First Nations adults than in the gener ...

Eskasoni First Nation honours soldiers who fought for freedoms they couldn't enjoy
Posted on 17 November 2019ESKASONI FIRST NATION –- First Nations communities across the Maritimes remembered their men an ...

First Nation-owned armour technology company delivering on military contracts
Posted on 17 November 2019TORONTO - An armour technology manufacturer that is majority owned by a First Nation community ...

Inspirational Indigenous individuals: Water advocate Autumn Peltier
Posted on 17 November 2019She has gained worldwide recognition, making international headlines as a clean water advocate b ...

Bearskin Lake First Nation declares state of emergency due to flooding threat
Posted on 17 November 2019Bearskin Lake First Nation declared a state of emergency Sunday due to a flooding threat, accordi ...

Vancouver mayor calls massive First Nation development a 'gift to the city'
Posted on 17 November 2019Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says he supports a local First Nation's plan to build a large- ...

Bearskin Lake First Nation under evacuation as threat of flooding continues
Posted on 17 November 2019An evacuation of Bearskin Lake First Nation is underway as flood waters from the ice-jammed Seve ...

Rickford commends Indigenous veterans for their valour, sacrifice
Posted on 17 November 2019As Canada marked the annual Aboriginal Veterans Day on Friday, Ontario MPP and Indigenous affairs ...

Why some Indigenous people chose to go to war for Canada
Posted on 17 November 2019For many of the more than 7,000 Indigenous people in Canada who served in the First World Wa ...