'I am sorry,' N.W.T. bishop says to Dene residential school survivors

Dene who attended residential schools in Canada's North received an emotional apology Wednesday from the head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Northwest Territories.
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N.W.T. bishop to apologize to Dene for residential schools

Dene who attended residential schools in Canada will receive an apology Wednesday from the head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Northwest Territories.
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Communities in NWT call for slowing of oil sands development

With growing evidence that pollutants are causing fish deformities in the Athabasca River and one native village struggling to understand its elevated cancer rates, 33 communities in the Northwest Territories have called for a moratorium on oil sands developments because of fears about water quality.
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Métis health authority idea bandied about at meeting

Saskatchewan's Métis people have made historic steps towards greater involvement in their health-care delivery.
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Governor General kicks off visit to Nunavut with seal snack

Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean began a weeklong visit to Nunavut on Monday, as part of the territory's 10th anniversary celebrations.
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Opinions of First Nations sought in review of Indian Act

The standing Senate committee on Aboriginal Peoples is holding public hearings in Winnipeg and Dauphin this week. It is hearing from First Nations peoples on issues such as self-governance, political accountability and election reform.
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Nunavut politician to address British museum on Inuit role in Franklin expedition

Nunavut cabinet minister Tagak Curley is set to speak at a museum in England this weekend, hoping to refute what he says are false claims of Inuit as murderers of Sir John Franklin's crew in the Northwest Passage in the mid-1800s.
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Coroner's jury urges inquiry into First Nation services

A coroner's jury looking into the deaths of two young men at the Kashechewan First Nation in 2006 has recommended that a public inquiry or royal commission be held to examine the parity of services — community health and safety and quality of life — available to the Nishnawbe-Aski communities in Ontario.
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Ombudsman to review First Nations child welfare services

A provincial review of child welfare services in First Nations communities will benefit them, says a child and family services worker in Burnt Church.
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Vaccine could lower RSV infections among Inuit children: researcher

A high rate of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections among Inuit babies in Nunavut could be curbed if health officials give a costly but proven vaccine to them, according to a new study.
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Arctic research still 'business as usual' after polar year

This year promises to be a busy one for Arctic science, even though International Polar Year is officially over.
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Manitobans need to deal with aboriginal youths' sense of hopelessness

Manitobans need to work to address the entrenched sense of hopelessness that leads many aboriginal youth to suicide, a local researcher says.
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Sea otter hunt planned by Vancouver Island First Nations

A Vancouver Island First Nations group plans to hunt sea otters once again, after reaching a tentative deal with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
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Manitoba First Nations fighting wave of child suicides

Two Manitoba First Nations are struggling with a plague of child suicides, prompting alarmed community leaders to beg the federal government for help.
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Testing inconclusive on northern Alta. woman with H1N1 flu who died

Testing on a woman in northern Alberta who died after contracting H1N1 flu is inconclusive, Alberta's chief medical officer said Thursday.
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Aboriginal diet focus of survey

London's First Nations came together to feast last night and plan a healthier diet.
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Youth centre goes global

The droves of kids that flock to the Inuvik Youth Centre are well aware of all it has to offer. Now the secret is out for the rest of the world to see.
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Province Invests $1.2 Million to Train More Manitoba Nurses

The province of Manitoba will invest $1.2 million to begin training 74 additional nurses in communities across Manitoba, Advanced, Education and Literacy Minister Diane McGifford and Health Minister Theresa Oswald announced today.
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MP Neville wants Ottawa to look into disappearance of aboriginal women

Manitoba Liberal MP Anita Neville is asking Ottawa to launch a public and independent investigation of the disappearances of hundreds of aboriginal women in the last few decades.
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Federal Court of Canada rejects aboriginal bid to block pipelines

The Federal Court of Canada rejected Tuesday a bid by Manitoba aboriginal bands to block construction of three major pipeline projects.
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Protect water from oilsands or risk lawsuits: First Nations

First Nations groups warned a federal environment committee Tuesday they would turn to the courts to address their concerns if their water supplies were not protected from oilsands development.
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U.S. polar bear decisions frustrate Nunavut Inuit group

The latest decision by the U.S. government to keep limiting the protection of polar bears has the head of a Nunavut Inuit association frustrated with that country's overall handling of the iconic Arctic species.
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Hub offers help for Aboriginals

Children and family services, mental and physical health support - the newly opened Aboriginal Community Hub provides a wide range of support mechanisms in Abbotsford.
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Overcrowding blamed in house fire death of boy on Sandy Bay reserve

Calls are being made for political leaders to address housing problems in First Nations communities, as a wake is held for a Manitoba boy who died Thursday in a house fire.
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First Nations community plans to isolate itself in event of pandemic

An Indian reserve in Saskatchewan says its plan in the event of a pandemic of the kind that could result from the current outbreak of swine flu is to hunker down and keep the community sealed from outside contact.
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Youth home condition “scandalous,” union says

The Saturvik youth home in Kuujjuaq is in a "scandalous" and "shameful" condition, says Silvie Joly, an advisor with Quebec's largest labour union.
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WRHA appoints four aboriginal members

Manitoba has appointed four aboriginal members to the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority's board of directors.
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Inuit TV programs focus on men, youth, childbirth

Men who want to be the best they can be, youth eager to take on the world and women who helping make birth a more positive experience are the focus of three television programs to air next week on APTN North.
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Heart attack symptoms vary among ethnic groups, Calgary study finds

A Calgary researcher hopes to expand a study that suggests people from non-white backgrounds are not getting to a hospital quickly enough when they suffer heart attacks.
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Canada threatens WTO complaint over European seal product ban

The federal government says it will launch a complaint with the World Trade Organization unless Canada is exempted from the European Parliament's ban on seal products.
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First leg of seal hunt reaches quota

Sealers taking part in Canada’s controversial yearly hunt have slaughtered some 19,411 seals so far this year, reaching their full kill-quota, fisheries officials said Thursday.
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AFN Launches Fitness Challenge on National Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness Day

On May 1, 2009, National Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness Day, the Assembly of First Nations is calling on teachers for help in organizing this year's Fitness Challenge which is aimed at First Nations students.
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National organization launched for southern Inuit

Meeka Otway of Edmonton will tell you that living in a southern Canadian city can be tremendously isolating for an Inuk, which is why she welcomes the creation of new organization for urban Inuit.
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