Montreal announced a new reconciliation strategy in early November, with the goal of improving the city’s treatment of Indigenous residents and relations with Indigenous leadership, including the Cree Nation Government (CNG).
In the past, Indigenous communities were largely excluded from major projects on their lands.
Having overcome all the administrative hurdles needed to approve the renaming of the James Bay Highway in honour of former Grand Chief Billy Diamond,
The death of an Atikamekw woman in a Joliette hospital September 28 has led to renewed discussions about systemic racism that Indigenous patients face in the healthcare system.
Sophie Brochu says she has a lot to learn. Brochu took over as the first woman President and CEO of Hydro-Québec April 6.
After many years of dedicated work in the local government, Robbie Kawapit was elected Chief of Whapmagoostui in the first round of council elections September 16 with 51% of the vote.
Exactly 21 years after a landmark Supreme Court of Canada ruling affirming the rights of the Mi’kmaq to hunt, fish and gather in pursuit of a “moderate livelihood,” the community of Sipekne’katik in Nova Scotia decided to test the limits of that right.
It took four months, but new Hydro-Québec President Sophie Brochu finally met with the Cree Nation Government Grand Chief Abel Bosum August 14.
Six Nations community members have occupied land near their reserve that’s slated to become a housing development since July 19.
When Daisy House drove to Gatineau in August, she had a lot to think about.
