Hospital emergency rooms in Alberta are likely to assess complaints from First Nations people as less urgent than those from other patients, even when their problems are the same, says a new study that looked at millions of such visits.
A new conservation area on B.C.'s Galiano Island will protect cultural history, provide a pit stop for migratory birds and boost the ability of an at-risk ecosystem to withstand climate change.
Tyson Marsel parked his truck in a field abutting B.C.'s Okanagan River, stepped into a pair of rubber hip waders and walked out into the smooth, frigid waters in search of salmon sperm.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is revisiting new prawn fishing regulations that small harvesters say will give advantages to big companies exporting products overseas, create more plastic garbage, and will limit local consumers' access to fresh seafood caught by community fishers.
Indigenous leaders in Quebec on Friday, November 26, 2021, denounced Premier François Legault for his decision not to meet with them during a two-day economic summit in Montreal.
Canada's new minister of Indigenous services says she's considering what the new timeline should be to lift remaining long-term drinking-water advisories on First Nations.
The issue of whether the Manitoba government thoroughly consulted with a group of First Nations in the province about ongoing work on a multimillion-dollar flood protection project is playing out in a Winnipeg courtroom this week.
The provincial government announced Tuesday that an independent panel of scientific experts has mapped priority areas and it's asking First Nations to decide within 30 days whether they support the deferrals or require further discussion.
A Federal Court judge approved the proposed settlement for residential school day scholars on Sept. 24, ruling the terms, reached earlier this year, are "fair and reasonable."