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After years of drug, disease and homelessness-related crises in the Island Lake region, the Anisininew Grand Council declared a public health emergency.

Wildfires surrounding a Cree nation in northern Manitoba have reduced access to emergency services and knocked out power in the community.

Three communities in Manitoba, including the town of Lynn Lake, have issued evacuation orders as wildfires spread in the north.

The legislation is expected to be introduced in the House of Commons on Monday, just days before MPs rise for a planned summer break.

A group of First Nations chiefs in Manitoba are calling on the House of Commons to pass Bill S-2 and amend the Indian act to remove “discriminatory provisions.”

An out of control widlfire is burning around one kilometre outside of the Manitoban community of Easterville. There is "no indication the community is at risk," the province said.

Pikangikum First Nation in northern Ontario has declared a second state of emergency in less than a year due to a lack of water. Leaders say it's a dire health and safety concern.

Natasha Olausen is demanding compensation from Fraser Health for doula services, which she said the health authority had promised to pay for

The Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation alleges the education funding formula implemented by the federal government in 2019 substantially underfunds on-reserve schools.

After a disastrous court case cost the Metis National Council nearly $20 million, one defendant calls for Ottawa to defund the organization, calling it illegitimate

The Privy Council Office's Impact and Innovation Unit has been working to learn more about public awareness of the Order of Canada.

A new poll shows most Canadians are very proud of their country, and although Canada has had a rough history, the Indigenous community is also proud for the most part.

Inuit leaders are set to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney and six federal ministers Tuesday in Kuujjuaq, Que., at the latest Inuit-to-Crown partnership committee meeting.

The FSIN is defending its COVID-19 spending amid mounting pressure for accountability following a multi-million repayment call from Indigenous Services Canada.

Bill C-9, known as the Combatting Hate Act, received royal assent in June and was aimed at combating antisemitism, Islamophobia and other forms of hate against marginalized groups.

Chief Bobby Cameron says the FSIN intends to pursue legal action after being asked by Indigenous Services Canada to repay $27.6 million in ineligible and unsupported expenses.

Ottawa on Wednesday said it is launching the process to designate three new projects that are of national interest.

The First Nation has long argued that it has a treaty right to commercially fish for lobster without federal permits based on the Peace and Friendship Treaties of 1760-61.

Several pipeline proposals, long considered dead and buried, are coming back from the grave, with plans to send oilsands crude from Alberta to the west, east and south.

If approved, administrations says negotiations could lead to Indigenous ownership, economic development and a potential urban reserve for its downtown district.