Friday, May 24, 2013 |
| A First Nations rights activist from Grassy Narrows is getting international recognition. |
| GRASSY NARROWS, ONT - Judy DaSilva received the Michael Sattler Peace Prize from the German Mennonite Peace Committe this week.....Read More |
| Questions raised as Canada moves to help Peru streamline environmental assessments for mining projects |
 Liberals call for deeper probe, say PMO may be in contempt.....Read More |
| 23 hours a day: Saskatchewan woman settles lawsuit over solitary confinement |
| VANCOUVER - The B.C. Civil Liberties Association says the federal government has settled a lawsuit with an aboriginal woman who says she was held in solitary confinement for 3 1/2 years.....Read More |
| Federal government not up to speed on changing care needs: health council |
| SASKATOON - The Health Council of Canada says the federal government isn't doing enough to keep pace with changing health-care needs in the country.....Read More |
| Some reserve residents want Saskatchewan chief removed over sex assault |
| KISBEY, Sask. - There is debate on a small reserve in southeastern Saskatchewan about whether its chief should be removed from his job.....Read More |
| Adams Lake Band loses challenge of expansion of Sun Peaks ski resort |
| VANCOUVER - The Adams Lake Indian Band has lost a court challenge against an expansion of Sun Peaks Resort in B.C.'s Interior.....Read More |
| Environmental, First Nations activists protest at Sarnia oil sands meeting |
| SARNIA, Ont. - About 50 environmental and First Nations activists gathered to protest in Sarnia, Ont., as a two-day national conference on oil sands bitumen opened Tuesday.....Read More |
| Family members want RCMP to do more for officers with post traumatic stress |
| VANCOUVER - Krista Bouchard was married to a Mountie for 13 years - a quirky, funny, chatty guy she'd met on a blind date.....Read More |
| Inuit Metis group withdraws from Muskrat Falls environmental review |
| HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - A native group that has protested the Muskrat Falls hydro project in Labrador has pulled out of the environmental review for a major transmission link.....Read More |
| Vancouver Island First Nation seeks traditional name for island landmark |
| SAANICH, B.C. - Members of the Saanich First Nation on Vancouver Island will march to the summit of a Victoria-area landmark, to back demands for restoration of the mountain's indigenous
name.....Read More |
| Email is proof Senate greenlit expenses, Brazeau says |
| OTTAWA-Senator Patrick Brazeau says he will not pay back $48,000 in Senate expenses because he has evidence he was given the green light to claim the costs for an apartment in Ottawa.....Read More |
| Pickton victims' families skeptical about adviser's resignation |
| VANCOUVER - A former British Columbia lieutenant governor appointed five months ago to help implement recommendations from the Robert Pickton inquiry resigned Friday, saying he's been "served
with documents" related to a series of lawsuits filed by the children of four murdered women.....Read More |
| Environmental, First Nations activists plan protest at Sarnia oil sands meeting |
| SARNIA, Ont. - Activists plan to protest in Sarnia, Ont., as a two-day national conference on oil sands bitumen kicks off today.....Read More |
| Prominent Canadians back petition to rename holiday 'Victoria and First Peoples Day' |
| A group that includes some prominent Canadian actors, writers and politicians is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change the name of Victoria Day.....Read More |
| Earthquakes Canada confirms 5.1 temblor near Ottawa, felt in Toronto |
| OTTAWA - An earthquake centred northwest of Ottawa has rattled buildings and nerves across a wide swath of Ontario and Quebec.....Read More |
| Gitga'at evict Northern Gateway crew conducting spill response survey |
| HARTLEY BAY, B.C. - Members of the Gitga'at Nation say they have evicted a Northern Gateway Pipelines crew from their territory on the north coast of British Columbia as it tried to conduct oil spill response surveys.....Read More |
| 'No:' Elijah Harper, who scuttled Meech Lake, dies at age 64 |
| WINNIPEG - Elijah Harper, the Cree politician who inspired Canadian aboriginals by blocking the Meech Lake constitutional accord while clutching an eagle feather in the Manitoba legislature, has died.....Read More |
| White beefalo has new home to roam at Saskatoon's Forestry Farm exhibit |
| SASKATOON - A white beefalo has a new home to roam in Saskatoon.....Read More |
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