A new U.N. report calls on Canada to amend legislation that potentially strips “tens of thousands” of Indigenous women of Indian status for marrying non-Indigenous men. While Indigenous women lose their status under Canada’s Indian Act, which was passed in 1876, their children cannot inherit their mother’s heritage status. Indigeno...
A Canada First Nation tribe said Tuesday that it has located 169 potential graves at the former Grouard Mission site, a residential school known for serious abuse of pupils. The graves were located using ground penetrating radar and a specialized drone, Kapawe’no First Nation officials said at a press conference Tuesday. The mission, als...
TERNTON, Canada (AA) – A new UN report calls on Canada to amend a law that has stripped Indigenous women of Indian status because they married non-Indigenous men. Yet, while the women lose their status under Canada’s Indian Act, passed in 1876, and therefore their children cannot inherit their mother’s heritage status, Indige...
Canada announced Monday that it will send anti-tank weapons, ammunition and money to Ukraine as it continued to condemn Russian aggression against the beleaguered country. “Yesterday, we announced that we would be sending new shipments of military supplies, including body armor, helmets, gas masks and night vision goggles,” Prime M...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revoked the Emergencies Act on Wednesday, saying the protest blockades have ended and order has been restored. As Trudeau was announcing the revocation, news broke that Ontario Premier Doug Ford was ending the state of emergency in the province. Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act last week on a temporary...
A group of American truckers is planning a protest of COVID-19 vaccine mandates this weekend in Los Angeles, as well as a march to Washington DC. The Department of Homeland Security is warning U.S. law enforcement agencies to be vigilant. The protest could start as soon as this weekend in Los Angeles, the site of […]
First Nations land defenders in Canada filed a submission to the United Nations on Monday, detailing how their territory and human rights are being violated. The group said the defenders are intimidated and surveilled by armed Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They have also been called terrorists and dragged through colonial courts. Their submi...
Sarah Abou-Bakr, a graduate student at Montreal’s McGill University, is this year’s recipient of the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec Memorial Award. Abou-Bakr is the Quebec Public Affairs Lead at the National Council of Canadian Muslims. The award honors a student at the university whose work fosters inclusion of Muslims in Quebec and Can...
A Canadian government report accused China of “influencing or manipulating” the Chinese community in Canada and worldwide. The Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO) used “coercive tactics” to intimidate the Chinese community living internationally. The report was penned by the Canadian Border Service Agency security br...
The “largest mass assembly of poor people and low-wage workers in this nation’s history” will converge on Washington, D.C. on June 18. The event is being organized by the Poor People’s Campaign and its partners. That includes members and allies of organized labor, the civil rights movement, and religious communities from across the U.S. The [...
