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Edmonton officer who kicked teen in head won't face charges, police watchdog says

Edmonton officer who kicked teen in head won't face charges, police watchdog says

EDMONTON — Alberta's police watchdog says an Edmonton officer who kicked an Indigenous teen in the head and caused severe injuries will not face charges, despite what it calls a shocking lack of judgment and disregard for life.
Saskatchewan man left brain-dead after altercation with police has died: family

Saskatchewan man left brain-dead after altercation with police has died: family

SASKATOON — Relatives of an Indigenous man left brain-dead after an altercation with police in Prince Albert, Sask., say he has died.
Mounties give update on deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan

Mounties give update on deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan

MELFORT, Sask. — Mounties say the man accused of a deadly mass stabbing in Saskatchewan last year was selling drugs and causing havoc in the days before he drove throughout the First Nation and attacked and killed multiple people.
Ontario First Nations launch suit against province, feds over decision-making powers

Ontario First Nations launch suit against province, feds over decision-making powers

TORONTO — First Nations across northern Ontario have launched a lawsuit against the province and the federal government over decision-making powers.
Mounties to give update this week on deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan

Mounties to give update this week on deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan

REGINA — Mounties are scheduled to give an update Thursday about what happened during a deadly mass stabbing in Saskatchewan last year.
UnBQ report finds 19 'reflections of interest' at former residential school

UnBQ report finds 19 'reflections of interest' at former residential school

Residential school survivors, UnBQ representatives, ground search team members, and others gathered at the former residential school, located just west of St. Paul, on Wednesday to hear the preliminary findings of phase one of a search that took place in August.
Indigenous groups going to court over Quebec's French-language reforms

Indigenous groups going to court over Quebec's French-language reforms

QUEBEC — Two Indigenous groups are going to court over the reforms passed last year to Quebec's French-language law.
B.C. First Nation sues port firm, others for disrupting ancestral remains

B.C. First Nation sues port firm, others for disrupting ancestral remains

VANCOUVER — A First Nation is suing the British Columbia and federal governments and the company behind a railway terminal port in the province's Interior, claiming it wasn't property consulted about the project it says has "desecrated" its ancestral territory. 
B.C. First Nation says 40 unmarked graves found around former residential school

B.C. First Nation says 40 unmarked graves found around former residential school

SECHELT, B.C. — The shishalh Nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says ground-penetrating radar has identified what are believed to be 40 unmarked graves of children on or near the site of the former St. Augustine's Residential School.
Blood Tribe in Alberta starts new offensive against drug use and traffickers

Blood Tribe in Alberta starts new offensive against drug use and traffickers

STANDOFF, ALBERTA — A First Nation in southern Alberta says an increase in drug use and overdose deaths has forced it to act in what it calls a life-and-death battle.