Indigenous News

Unifor reaches tentative deal with Ford, strike averted

TORONTO — Unifor says it has reached a tentative deal with Ford Motor Co. that could avoid workers going on strike. The union says the proposed contract will be brought to members shortly for a vote.

Sep 19, 2023 6:27 PM Read more >

Court hears arguments over injunction for Saskatchewan's school pronoun policy

REGINA — A Saskatchewan judge heard arguments Tuesday over an injunction application that aims to halt a policy requiring students under 16 to receive parental consent if they want to go by different names or pronouns at school.

Sep 19, 2023 6:08 PM Read more >

Roger Federer confident of Laver Cup quality despite late withdrawal of stars

VANCOUVER — The Laver Cup may lack the star power of its previous iterations with no Grand Slam or world champions taking the court at Rogers Arena, but tournament co-founder Roger Federer is convinced there will be quality tennis on display in Vanco

Sep 19, 2023 5:50 PM Read more >

B.C. to introduce new disaster management laws to address preparedness, mitigation

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's emergency management minister said the province will be ready to introduce "in the coming weeks" new laws to govern responses to increasingly frequent natural disasters such as wildfires and flooding.

Sep 19, 2023 5:26 PM Read more >

shíshálh Nation announces upcoming by-election

A nomination meeting is set for Oct. 4 and the ballots will be cast Nov. 18.

Sep 19, 2023 4:51 PM Read more >

Climate, development, India top of mind as Trudeau arrives at UN General Assembly

NEW YORK — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived Tuesday at the UN General Assembly with the planet at a climate crossroads — and Canada facing an ever more fraught relationship with the world's fastest-growing economy.

Sep 19, 2023 4:27 PM Read more >

Alberta judge recommends RCMP evaluate deaths after pedestrian hit by police truck

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — An inquiry report into the 2016 death of a pedestrian struck twice on a northeastern Alberta highway, including by an RCMP officer, has made recommendations to prevent similar tragedies.

Sep 19, 2023 4:17 PM Read more >

Events planned across Canada to counter upcoming anti-LGBTQ rallies

Protests and counter-protests for and against Canada's trans and LGBTQ community are being planned across Canada on Wednesday.

Sep 19, 2023 4:11 PM Read more >

Ottawa didn't inform Saskatchewan of claims against key trade partner India: minister

REGINA — Saskatchewan says it has not been contacted by Ottawa about security concerns with a key trade partner since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made allegations that India’s government played a role in the killing of a Canadian citizen.

Sep 19, 2023 4:08 PM Read more >

Hardeep Nijjar met CSIS every week before killing that Trudeau links to India: son

VANCOUVER — The son of Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar says his father met regularly with Canadian intelligence officers in the months before he was shot dead in British Columbia last June, a killing that's been credibly linked to India, P

Sep 19, 2023 4:07 PM Read more >