New report’s findings could kick 1,000 people off Algonquin membership rolls and out of land claim deal
A new report says there is no evidence that Thomas Lagarde dit St. Jean, a man born in the early 1800s near Montreal, was in fact Algonquin. This is significant, because more tha
Brother of Paul Whelan, Canadian imprisoned in Russia, stresses patience in wake of Griner release
Politics·Video The twin brother of an Ottawa-born man currently detained in Russia says his family is elated that U.S. basketball Brittney Griner has returned home, but notes &#
Premiers emerge from Winnipeg meeting united in call for more federal health-care funding
Canada’s premiers call for new deal on health-care funding Canada’s premiers participated in a virtual meeting, calling on the federal government to come to the table a
P.E.I. potato farmers sue federal government over release of tax information
PEI A Prince Edward Island farm family is suing the federal government over how their income tax records were handled during an investigation into a 2016 fish kill. Alex and Logan
Lava from Hawaiian volcano no longer imminent threat to key highway
World Lava from the world’s largest volcano is no longer an imminent threat to the main highway across the Big Island of Hawaii, scientists said Thursday, a development that
Assembly of First Nations passes emergency resolution to oppose federal gun control legislation
Indigenous Chiefs and proxies in attendance of the Assembly of First Nations’ 2022 special chiefs assembly in Ottawa Thursday passed an emergency resolution to oppose Bill C-21,
U.S. FDA approves bivalent COVID-19 vaccines for kids as young as 6 months old
Health The U.S. health regulator has authorized COVID-19 shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech that target both the original coronavirus and Omicron sub-variants f
Severe water shortage at B.C. ski resort forces staff to ask visitors to bring their own
British Columbia Drought conditions on Vancouver Island mean the Mount Washington ski resort is opening Friday with a limited ski area and very little potable water due to record-l
Montreal-area family speaks out after son was called racist slur in hockey rink, causing brawl
A L’Île-Perrot, Que., family is denouncing intolerance in hockey after their son was called a racist slur by a Valleyfield player at a game last Saturday. “Obviously w
Alleged Lockerbie bomb maker in U.S. custody, officials say
Alleged Lockerbie bomb-maker in U.S. custody A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 has bee