The reasons for approving the $13 million settlement in the Ralph Rowe class action lawsuit involving historic sexual abuse against dozens of Indigenous youth have been released.
The program will see Thunder Bay Police Service officers travelling to a remote First Nation community to assist the Ontario Provincial Police, and to learn about the community and the people who live there.
First Nations leaders say they’ll up their protests and consider legal action if the Ontario government refuses to address their concerns with the province’s online system for staking mining claims.
After a string of recent youth suicides and unexplained deaths in First Nations across northwestern Ontario, federal government officials and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) leaders gathered Wednesday at an emergency meeting with federal officials in Ottawa.
OTTAWA First Nations leaders held an emergency meeting in Ottawa on Wednesday to discuss a mental health crisis they warn could get even worse without government help.