Category Archives: Canada

Recognition of title rights 'still a struggle' for First Nation after court win
VANCOUVER - As members of the Wet'suwet'en Nation mull a draft deal over rights and title, another Indigenous community knows what that kind of recognition could look like. The Tsilhqot'in Natio...
Mar 06, 2020

Indigenous experts call for return of countless treasured belongings held in museums
VANCOUVER - Countless treasured Indigenous cultural objects and ancestral remains are held by museums in Canada and across the world, and local communities and human rights experts say it's ...
Mar 06, 2020

Alberta woman on cruise ship first presumptive case of new coronavirus
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says the province's first presumptive case of the novel coronavirus involves a woman from the Calgary area. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical offic...
Mar 05, 2020

Cabinet approves $240M Mohawk settlement for 132-year-old land claim
OTTAWA - The federal cabinet has approved an agreement that will see Canada pay nearly $240 million in compensation to the Mohawks of Akwesasne to settle a land claim. The agreement is the result...
Mar 05, 2020

CP NewsAlert: B.C. Finance Minister Carole James has Parkinson's disease
VICTORIA - B.C. Finance Minister Carole James says she has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and will not seek re-election next year. James says she plans to remain in her posts as finance ...
Mar 05, 2020

Canada's tourism industry braces for impact of new coronavirus on travel
OTTAWA - Canada's tourism industry is bracing for the impact of the novel coronavirus on the number of foreign visitors this summer travel season. Some people in the industry are already seeing a chan...
Mar 05, 2020

Military needs to be 30 per cent women for real change: vice-admiral
OTTAWA - The officer in charge of human resources at the Canadian Armed Forces says women need to make up 30 per cent of the ranks in order to bring about a real culture change in the milita...
Mar 05, 2020

Protesters pack up camp at B.C. legislature after five arrests Wednesday night
VICTORIA - Dozens of protesters at the B.C. legislature began packing up today after 17 days camped outside the building. Ta'Kaiya Blaney says the Indigenous youth are leaving the legislature but thei...
Mar 05, 2020

Three more novel coronavirus cases in B.C., now 33 people infected in Canada
VICTORIA - Three more cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in British Columbia, bringing the total number of people infected to 12 in the province. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial ...
Mar 05, 2020

O'Toole, MacKay set to kick Conservative leadership campaigns up a notch
OTTAWA - Conservative party leadership candidates Peter MacKay and Erin O'Toole are poised to kick their respective campaigns up a notch as both have now secured places on the contest ballot. On Frida...
Mar 05, 2020