Indigenous

LAC LA BICHE, Alta. — An arson investigation is underway after flames tore through a commemorative teepee that was a gift to an Alberta RCMP detachment from a local First Nation.

OTTAWA — Canada and the United States say they have created a task force to negotiate a boundary dispute in the Arctic. The two countries have a long-standing dispute over a section of the Beaufort Sea, disagreeing over a treaty dating from 1825.

MEADOW LAKE, Sask. — A 14-year-old girl in Saskatchewan has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash that RCMP say happened when an officer tried to stop the vehicle after noticing the riders weren't wearing helmets.

MAYOS, Cameroon (AP) — The morning sun filtered through the forest canopy, casting dappled light on this village in Cameroon. For the Baka Indigenous community, it was a timeless image.

SHAMATTAWA, Man. — Mounties say a search dog and drones are being used to look for a six-year-old boy who was last seen Wednesday on a remote First Nation in northeastern Manitoba.

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — Getting a bed at one of British Columbia's drug detoxification facilities is like winning the lottery, the vice-president on the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council says.

OTTAWA — The Métis Nation of Saskatchewan has pulled out of a national body representing Métis, citing problems with an Ontario group and throwing the future of the Métis National Council into question.

WINNIPEG — A court has been asked to declare Lake Winnipeg a person with constitutional rights to life, liberty and security of person in a case that may go further than any other in trying to establish the rights of nature in Canada.

VANCOUVER — An agreement between First Nations and the British Columbia government will see thousands of homes made available in Vancouver at 40-per-cent below cost.

The Nunavut government says it will provide immunization against respiratory syncytial virus to all infants in the territory this fall, a policy change that one pediatric infectious diseases specialist has been advocating for decades.