Urban Indigenous Communities in Ottawa

Ontario’s decision to cancel its $100 million deal with SpaceX’s Starlink has left Northern communities uncertain about their internet future, with many calling for support of Canadian alternatives and local-driven solutions.

Threats of tariffs and economically coerced annexation are being rebuffed by Indigenous leaders, who are calling for special consideration for the rights and needs of Indigenous Peoples as Canada feels its way through the trade war.

As the mining industry convenes in Toronto, some Ontario First Nation leaders are calling on the sector to engage only with legitimate First Nations rights-holders when developing projects on Indigenous lands. 

Jenifer Brousseau joined the struggle against the quarry when she reconnected with her middle school teacher, Rhonda Kirby. Brousseau had moved home after a period of time hosting APTN’s Wild Archaeology and supporting movements against pipelines on both the west and east coast.

For Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok, comments from U.S. President Donald Trump about a possible takeover of Canada feel personal. Akeeagok sees them as a direct threat to the hard-fought sovereignty of the northern territory.

Ricochet editor Ethan Cox filed a complaint to the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission, which oversees the RCMP. The commission forced the RCMP to formally apologize late last week in a blistering report against the force’s boundary-crossing tactics against media.

A federal judge’s decision on an Ontario nuclear waste facility has set a new precedent for what consultation with First Nations should look like, raising the standard for projects across Canada.

A northern Ontario First Nation is celebrating the connection to the province’s power grid today after an ambitious transmission line through the North extended its reach.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced an agreement Tuesday worth more than $20 million to help prepare a remote northern Ontario First Nation for possible mining development in the future.

Long-time climate advocate and First Nation leader Stewart Phillip is walking back controversial remarks he made on Tuesday.

A road map for an environmental assessment of northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire mining region was announced Monday by the federal government and 15 First Nations. But questions remain about the provincial government’s role moving forward.

Nine charges against Imperial Oil were laid Friday over a toxic spill in northern Alberta by the province’s energy regulator.

A pivotal bill that would have ensured First Nations had clean water and wastewater services that are on par with Canadian cities could die with the collapse of the Liberal government.

A National Marine Conservation Area promises to deliver resources for more monitoring and an ongoing scientific understanding of the vast climate changes the North is undergoing. But to the people of Churchill, that’s not good enough on its own; a deepening scientific understanding, many believe, must include the region's lived ancestral knowledge.

A demonstration of how healthcare delivery in the North could be transformed was witnessed Thursday by a gathering of First Nation health directors.