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Manitoba Grand Chief Cathy Merrick dies after collapsing outside courthouse

Manitoba Grand Chief Cathy Merrick dies after collapsing outside courthouse

WINNIPEG — Tributes poured in Friday for Grand Chief Cathy Merrick of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, who died after collapsing outside the Winnipeg Law Courts building.
Pope to meet Papua New Guinea Catholics who embrace both Christianity and Indigenous beliefs

Pope to meet Papua New Guinea Catholics who embrace both Christianity and Indigenous beliefs

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Pope Francis’s visit to Papua New Guinea will take him to a remote part of the South 91Ô­´´ island nation where Christianity is a recent addition to traditional spiritual beliefs developed over millennia.
Pope to meet Papua New Guinea Catholics who embrace both Christianity and Indigenous beliefs

Pope to meet Papua New Guinea Catholics who embrace both Christianity and Indigenous beliefs

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Pope Francis’s visit to Papua New Guinea will take him to a remote part of the South 91Ô­´´ island nation where Christianity is a recent addition to traditional spiritual beliefs developed over millennia.
Police video reveals new details in shooting death of 15-year-old Alberta boy

Police video reveals new details in shooting death of 15-year-old Alberta boy

EDMONTON — Video from police cruisers has revealed new details about a shooting by officers that resulted in the death of a 15-year-old boy south of Edmonton.
91Ô­´´ Medical Association to apologize for Indigenous harm

91Ô­´´ Medical Association to apologize for Indigenous harm

VICTORIA — The 91Ô­´´ Medical Association says it will formally apologize for the role doctors played in harming members of Canada's Indigenous communities.
Manitoba to look at GPS options at landfills following slayings of 4 Indigenous women

Manitoba to look at GPS options at landfills following slayings of 4 Indigenous women

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is looking at ways to increase monitoring and surveillance of garbage trucks and landfills following the slayings of four Indigenous women whose remains were dumped in trash bins.
A remote Indigenous tribe kills two loggers encroaching on their land in Peru

A remote Indigenous tribe kills two loggers encroaching on their land in Peru

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Two loggers have been killed by bow and arrow after allegedly encroaching the land of the uncontacted Mashco Piro Indigenous tribe deep in Peru's Amazon, according to a rights group.
Remote Indigenous tribe kills two loggers in Peru as rights groups call for more government action

Remote Indigenous tribe kills two loggers in Peru as rights groups call for more government action

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Two loggers have been killed by bow and arrow after allegedly encroaching the land of the uncontacted Mashco Piro Indigenous tribe deep in Peru's Amazon, according to a rights group.
First Nation councillor calls for resignations after teen killed in police shooting

First Nation councillor calls for resignations after teen killed in police shooting

WETASKIWIN, Alta. — A band councillor with an Alberta First Nation is calling on two RCMP officers to resign after the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy.
B.C. to open 13 new First Nation primary care clinics, 10 to open this fall

B.C. to open 13 new First Nation primary care clinics, 10 to open this fall

WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. — British Columbia is moving ahead with 13 new First Nations primary care centres in the province, with 10 scheduled to start operating this fall.