Mounties say after a yearlong investigation into potential unmarked graves detected in a western Manitoba First Nation, they have not found any evidence pointing to criminal activities. Minegoziibe Anishinabe, also known as Pine Creek First Nation, requested the RCMP launch an investigation after it found 14 points of concern underneath the Catholic church in the…

Police in Alberta have issued warrants for Nathan Chasing Horse, a former actor in the movie “Dances With Wolves,” for nine charges including sexual exploitation, sexual assault and removing a child from Canada under the age of 16. Tsuut’ina Nation Police Service said in a news release that the investigation has spanned several years with…

Two northern spotted owls that had been released into a British Columbia forest last year have been found dead, potentially reducing the known wild population in the province to a single female. Spuzzum First Nation Chief James Hobart says in a joint statement issued with the government and Jasmine McCulligh, facility co-ordinator for the Northern…

The president of Memorial University was removed from her role Thursday after she faced weeks of scrutiny about her claims of indigenous heritage. The Newfoundland and Labrador university’s board of regents said in a public statement that Vianne Timmons’s contract “is being ended on a without cause basis.” “We extend our best wishes in all…

South Australia will enshrine a body made up of Indigenous people to the parliament to advise the government on Indigenous-related affairs, in a nation’s first. The centre-left Labor government’s legislation passed the House of Assembly in a special sitting on Sunday and was immediately proclaimed by Governor Frances Adamson in a rare public ceremony in…

Ontario Provincial Police say a child has died after an early morning fire on a First Nation in southwestern Ontario. Haldimand County OPP say emergency crews responded to a fire in the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation just before 2 a.m. today. Const. Ed Sanchuk says firefighters arrived to find a camping trailer on fire…

A report of a suspect vehicle in Saskatchewan’s capital hours after a stabbing rampage on a First Nation some 300 kilometres away suddenly pulled city officers into the investigation and kept residents on edge for days. The sighting “swiftly brought us into the unexpected storm,” Regina police Chief Evan Bray would later say in an…

The federal government is to spend $1.2 million to repair and replace houses damaged during a mass stabbing in Saskatchewan nearly three months ago. Houses became crime scenes after 11 people died and 18 were injured on the James Smith Cree Nation and nearby village of Weldon during the Sept. 4 attacks. Myles Sanderson, the…

British Columbia premier–in–waiting David Eby has unveiled his transition team as he prepares to take over from John Horgan. Eby says in a statement that the team brings decades of experience and new perspectives from both the non-profit and private sectors. The team is being co-chaired by former NDP finance minister Carole James and First Nations negotiator Doug White. Matt…

The Alberta government has approved a bid by the Enoch Cree Nation near Edmonton to build a private clinic to perform thousands of publicly covered hip and knee surgeries. Health Minister Jason Copping says the clinic is to be built by the middle of next year to reduce a backlog of orthopedic operations in and around the…