Southwestern British Columbia's St'at'imc Chiefs Council is threatening to block a highway and rail line and "embarrass" private companies and the next provincial government over trespasses on its traditional territory.
Provincial politicians in B.C. have ratified a treaty that will give a Sunshine Coast First Nation thousands of hectares of land and millions of dollars.
A lawyer arguing that successive Canadian governments have failed to implement solutions for the problem of First Nations child welfare says he is “confident” the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal will conclude there has been systemic discrimination.
The living conditions of thousands of aboriginal children living on Canada’s reserves will be front and centre as a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal case gets underway.
A B.C. First Nation has asked the Federal Court to stop Canada from ratifying an investment treaty with China until it and other bands have been consulted.
The Federal Court ruled Tuesday that Metis and non-status Indians qualify as 'Indians' under the Constitution Act of 1867, and therefore fall under the jurisdiction of the federal government in Ottawa.
With a politically charged First Nations protest movement already on its hands, another aboriginal hot potato may be about to land in the lap of the Conservative government.
