Emergency co-ordinators missing in wildfire-prone communities
In the B.C. Interior, most of the 54 First Nations still don’t have anyone in the emergency co-ordinator position.
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Toxic spill raises questions about radioactive waste
For more than a month, while Algonquin First Nation members harvested plentiful pickerel, walleye and pike from the Ottawa River, they had no idea toxic sewage could also be flowing in the water.
No consensus on a limit to plastic production, but at least countries will keep talking
For the first time in the process, negotiators discussed the text of what is supposed to become a global treaty. Delegates and observers at the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution called it a welcome sign that talk shifted from ideas to treaty language at this fourth of five scheduled meetings.
'Ambitious' global plastic treaty needs production limits: Guilbeault
Companies that make plastic argue there is no need for caps, because alternatives to plastics are often more expensive and energy-intensive.
Carbon price grievances end in doubled returns to Indigenous governments — not exemptions
After facing severe political blowback for its carbon tax exemption on home heating oil last fall, Ottawa is caving to complaints again and doubling rebates for First Nations governments.
Mother and four kids killed, father injured in rampage at Ottawa home
Blood spattered the sidewalk on Thursday outside a suburban Ottawa home where police recovered the bodies of a mother, her four young children and a family friend from the aftermath of a vicious attack.
Two adults, four children found dead in Ottawa-area home
Ottawa police are investigating the deaths of six people including four children and two adults found in a home in the city's Barrhaven area.
Ancestral beliefs reflected in modern-day practice
Last week, the inaugural Urban Indigenous Social Economy Forum in Ottawa brought together friendship centres, provincial and federal organizations and Indigenous social organization leadership from across the country to network and share knowledge and expertise.
The struggle to trust while conserving nature in the North
Some community skepticism in James Bay shows Ottawa will have to work to gain trust when it comes to Indigenous-led conservation.
‘The mining rush for green energy’: Why Ontario chiefs are asking for a moratorium on claims
Last week, the Chiefs of Ontario called for a moratorium on mining claims to deal with the problems connected with the onslaught of stakes linked to the province’s digital mineral lands administration system.
Teaching a different story of Ottawa
On her walks through downtown Ottawa, tour guide Jaime Morse offers clients a new perspective on the nation's capital.
Pristine watershed steps closer to protection for posterity
On Thursday, an agreement on this initiative was signed between the Seal River Watershed Alliance and the governments in Ottawa and Winnipeg, kick-starting a feasibility study on an Indigenous-led conservation area in the region.
Feds give Indigenous tourism a boost
The federal government is offering grants of up to $25,000 directly to small businesses that support Indigenous-led tourism across Canada.
Women and Indigenous Peoples left ‘out in the cold’ by Ottawa, say critics
NDP members are voting against Ottawa’s fall economic statement to protest gaps in funding for Indigenous Services in the midst of an infrastructure crisis.
‘Business as usual is not going to cut it’: Niki Ashton on feds’ economic update and wildfires
As the ash settles on Canada’s record wildfire season, “business as usual from the federal government is not going to cut it,” NDP MP Niki Ashton told Canada’s National Observer.