Indigenous

'Freddie the Flyer' chronicles exploits of the North's first Indigenous pilot

INUVIK, N.W.T. — Across the pages of a picture book, the northern lights dance over the Arctic landscape with brush strokes of bold colour, as caribou and muskox graze on the tundra and a bush pilot takes to the skies.

Jul 19, 2023 2:00 AM Read more >

Manitoba's reasons for refusing to search for Indigenous women's remains in landfill are a smokescreen

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Jul 18, 2023 9:13 AM Read more >

Indigenous leaders say they do not accept premier's comments on landfill search

WINNIPEG — Indigenous leaders are "dispelling the narrative" a search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women is unsafe after Manitoba's premier refused to fund the search due to health and safety risks.

Jul 17, 2023 5:00 PM Read more >

In the news today: Record-breaking wildfires, North American Indigenous Games

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

Jul 17, 2023 2:15 AM Read more >

Spain captain apologizes after haka video is criticized by indigenous Maori before Women's World Cup

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Spain captain Ivana Andres has apologized to the Maori people of New Zealand for a video showing four members of her country's Women’s World Cup squad mocking the traditional haka which was shared a week ago on social m

Jul 16, 2023 10:24 PM Read more >

North American Indigenous Games officially open in Halifax as prime minister attends

HALIFAX — The North American Indigenous Games officially kicked off Sunday evening with the prime minister in attendance, as thousands of Indigenous athletes from across the continent filled the main hockey arena in Halifax.

Jul 16, 2023 7:51 PM Read more >

Cultural sharing key part of North American Indigenous Games as sacred fire lit

HALIFAX — Organizers of the North American Indigenous Games ignited a sacred fire on Saturday, saying the rekindling of First Nations culture is at the heart of the sports competition.

Jul 15, 2023 1:59 PM Read more >

AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

Inflation drops to 3% and Biden hopes to turn a weakness with voters into a strength WASHINGTON (AP) — The politics of inflation took a sharp turn Wednesday with a report showing consumer prices rose at the slowest pace since the early months of Joe

Jul 12, 2023 9:04 PM Read more >

Indigenous women in Canada forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped

TORONTO (AP) — Decades after many other rich countries stopped forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women, numerous activists, doctors, politicians and at least five class-action lawsuits say the practice has not ended in Canada.

Jul 12, 2023 7:38 PM Read more >

Indigenous women in Canada forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped

TORONTO (AP) — Decades after many other rich countries stopped forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women, numerous activists, doctors, politicians and at least five class-action lawsuits allege the practice has not ended in Canada.

Jul 12, 2023 7:35 PM Read more >