NWAC President Says COVID-19 is Increasing Violence Against Indigenous Women
(May 2020) – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) says the COVID-19 pandemic puts First Nations, Inuit, and Métis women at increased risk of…
Justice
Update: Yellowknife woman found – husband upset with EPS calling her “just another junkie”
by Brandi Morin (ANNews) – A Yellowknife man said he’s relieved to learn his common-law wife, Toni Tobac, is safe following her arrest in Edmonton…
NWAC calls on feds to protect incarcerated Indigenous women, gender-diverse people from COVID-19
(April 28, 2020) – The federal government must act quickly to protect Indigenous women, girls and gender-diverse people from COVID-19, says the Native Women’s Association…
Day School Class Action lawsuit moves Community Assistance Sessions online
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – The Class Action law suit, initiated by the law firm Gowling WLG, against the Canadian Federal government for the mistreatment…
BC Indigenous Leaders, Doctors, Nurses And Others Call For Closure Of Construction Camps
by the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (April 21, 2020) – In general, B.C’s response to the pandemic appears to be showing promising results. On…
Alberta Native News Is Hiring Indigenous Issues Reporters
(ANNews) – Alberta Native News is pleased to announce we are hiring 2 part-time reporters beginning as early as April 2020. This is a 12-month…
First Nations launch fight of TMX project approval with Supreme Court of Canada
Vancouver (Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Territory) – The Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, the Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribes and Coldwater Indian Band announce they are seeking leave for appeal…
Canadians sign petition to Trudeau in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en nation
(February 20, 2020) – Almost 30,000 Canadians across the country have united by signing an online petition – Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en nation 2020 –…
AFN’s Federal Class Action Lawsuit Will Fight for Justice for Victims of First Nations Child Welfare System
(Ottawa, ON) – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has filed a federal class action lawsuit to seek damages and justice for the thousands of…
RCMP Violently Remove Wet’suwet’en from their Territories while BC and Canada Stand By
(Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaʔɬ/sel̓ílwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C. – February 6, 2020) In the middle of the night, the RCMP began aggressively raiding Wet’suwet’en traditional…