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Canada, U.S. to negotiate Beaufort Sea boundary dispute

Canada, U.S. to negotiate Beaufort Sea boundary dispute

OTTAWA — Canada and the United States say they have created a task force to negotiate a boundary dispute in the Arctic. The two countries have a long-standing dispute over a section of the Beaufort Sea, disagreeing over a treaty dating from 1825.
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14-year-old girl dead after ATV crashes into ditch, RCMP say

14-year-old girl dead after ATV crashes into ditch, RCMP say

MEADOW LAKE, Sask. — A 14-year-old girl in Saskatchewan has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash that RCMP say happened when an officer tried to stop the vehicle after noticing the riders weren't wearing helmets.
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Lack of birth certificates puts Cameroon’s Indigenous people on the brink of statelessness

Lack of birth certificates puts Cameroon’s Indigenous people on the brink of statelessness

MAYOS, Cameroon (AP) — The morning sun filtered through the forest canopy, casting dappled light on this village in Cameroon. For the Baka Indigenous community, it was a timeless image.
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Search groups look for six-year-old boy missing from Manitoba First Nation

Search groups look for six-year-old boy missing from Manitoba First Nation

SHAMATTAWA, Man. — Mounties say a search dog and drones are being used to look for a six-year-old boy who was last seen Wednesday on a remote First Nation in northeastern Manitoba.
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B.C. First Nations declare state of emergency over opioid crisis and mental health

B.C. First Nations declare state of emergency over opioid crisis and mental health

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — Getting a bed at one of British Columbia's drug detoxification facilities is like winning the lottery, the vice-president on the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council says.
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Métis Nation Saskatchewan leaves national council, cites concerns with Ontario group

Métis Nation Saskatchewan leaves national council, cites concerns with Ontario group

OTTAWA — The Métis Nation of Saskatchewan has pulled out of a national body representing Métis, citing problems with an Ontario group and throwing the future of the Métis National Council into question.
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'She is dying': Lawsuit asks Lake Winnipeg to be legally defined as a person

'She is dying': Lawsuit asks Lake Winnipeg to be legally defined as a person

WINNIPEG — A court has been asked to declare Lake Winnipeg a person with constitutional rights to life, liberty and security of person in a case that may go further than any other in trying to establish the rights of nature in Canada.
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B.C. and First Nations reach deal to sell 2,600 condos at 60% of market value

B.C. and First Nations reach deal to sell 2,600 condos at 60% of market value

VANCOUVER — An agreement between First Nations and the British Columbia government will see thousands of homes made available in Vancouver at 40-per-cent below cost.
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After years of advocacy by a pediatrician, all Nunavut babies to get RSV immunization

After years of advocacy by a pediatrician, all Nunavut babies to get RSV immunization

The Nunavut government says it will provide immunization against respiratory syncytial virus to all infants in the territory this fall, a policy change that one pediatric infectious diseases specialist has been advocating for decades.
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Canada's physicians formally apologize for harm to Indigenous communities

Canada's physicians formally apologize for harm to Indigenous communities

In a haunting message from beyond the grave, Métis Elder Sonny James MacDonald recounted being incarcerated for more than two years at an Indian Hospital in Edmonton in the 1940s for tuberculosis treatment, suffering abuse and isolation as a child.
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