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Australian Indigenous traditional owners halt gas drilling

Australian Indigenous traditional owners halt gas drilling

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Indigenous traditional owners on Wednesday won a court challenge that prevents an energy company from drilling for gas off Australia’s north coast.
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'I felt a release inside me': Inuk man faces alleged abuser in France

'I felt a release inside me': Inuk man faces alleged abuser in France

NAJUAAT, NVT. — An Inuk man who alleges he was sexually abused by a former Oblate priest in Nunavut when he was 13 years old says meeting the man face to face after nearly three decades was a relief.
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Statistics Canada to release 2021 census report on housing, Indigenous people

Statistics Canada to release 2021 census report on housing, Indigenous people

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada will release its latest 2021 census report on the housing landscape in Canada this morning. Housing prices rose considerably between 2016 and last year, sparking widespread concerns about affordability.
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Expert panel calls for Indigenous representation at Thunder Bay, Ont., police, board

Expert panel calls for Indigenous representation at Thunder Bay, Ont., police, board

An independent expert panel is calling for more Indigenous representation in top positions of the Thunder Bay Police Service and the board overseeing it, in order to help achieve longstanding recommended policing reforms.
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Legault sorry for saying racism against Indigenous people at hospital is 'settled'

Legault sorry for saying racism against Indigenous people at hospital is 'settled'

QUEBEC — Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault apologized on Tuesday for offending the husband of an Indigenous woman who filmed nurses mocking her as she lay dying in a Quebec hospital.
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'It's very out there': Play with Blackfoot actors examines effects of Treaty 7

'It's very out there': Play with Blackfoot actors examines effects of Treaty 7

CALGARY — Young Blackfoot actors are to embark on a time-travelling journey focusing on the signing of the historic Treaty 7 with the Canadian government in a play opening in Calgary this week.
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Quebec election: Legault criticized for saying Quebec hospital's racism problem fixed

Quebec election: Legault criticized for saying Quebec hospital's racism problem fixed

MONTREAL — Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault faced criticism from his political rivals over the weekend after he said members of an Indigenous community want to reopen a semantic debate rather than fix racism problems at a nearby hospit
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Yellowknife musician wants to 'change that Indigenous narrative in Canada'

Yellowknife musician wants to 'change that Indigenous narrative in Canada'

YELLOWKNIFE — Miranda Currie wants Indigenous kids to see themselves represented authentically in media. The writer, musician, filmmaker and educator who lives in Yellowknife, is Mushkegowuk and a member of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Manitoba.
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Restoring the culinary and cultural bounty of ancient Indigenous sea gardens in B.C.

Restoring the culinary and cultural bounty of ancient Indigenous sea gardens in B.C.

SALT SPRING ISLAND, B.C. — A family of sea otters emerges from the ocean and rambles up the rocky shoreline, while a great blue heron in search of a meal pokes at a wall of rocks.
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French Oblates begin dismissal proceedings for priest accused of abusing Inuit

French Oblates begin dismissal proceedings for priest accused of abusing Inuit

LYON, FRANCE — The leadership of a Catholic order in France has begun dismissal proceedings against a priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children in Nunavut. A 10-member delegation led by Nunavut Tunnagivik Inc.
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