The Inuit people have been treated as bystanders or test subjects since the moment Western scientists first began studying the Arctic, and the time has come for the northern Indigenous community to have a greater say in the science that takes place in their homeland, the head of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami said on Thursday, March 22, 2018.

Justin Trudeau is crediting the co-ordinated efforts of business, labour and political leaders for securing an exemption for Canadian steel and aluminum from the recent threat of U.S. trade duties.

"We're not in a rush because we want things done right," said Colten Boushie's cousin, Jade Tootoosis, shortly after meeting with Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett.

British Columbia's child and youth representative says his office has begun to collect information about two young sisters whose bodies were found in a Victoria-area home on Christmas Day.