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Canada's First Nations launch constitutional challenge of legislation
A group of Canada's First Nations has launched a constitutional challenge to recently passed laws that would fast-track ...
Water First Launches New Internship in Collaboration with Seven First Nations Communities in Southern Ontario
The nonprofit’s latest 15-month program will see 10 Indigenous adults become certified water operatorsTORONTO, July 15, 2025 ...
Aid groups rally to help First Nations facing mass food spoilage after northwestern Ontario outages
Aid organizations are ramping up efforts to replenish supplies after power outages across half a dozen First Nations in ...
Why First Nations are clashing with Ontario and Ottawa over bills aimed at speeding up megaprojects
Bill C-5 and Bill 5 aim to expedite project approvals, but First Nations leaders say they sidestep treaty rights and ...
9 Ontario First Nations ask for injunction against Bill 5, say law represents 'clear and present danger'
Nine First Nations in Ontario are asking a court for an injunction that would prevent the federal and provincial governments ...
Nine First Nations in Ontario launch constitutional challenge against Bill 5 and Bill C-5
Lawyers for the Indigenous groups say in a legal filing that the two laws ‘violate the constitutional obligation of the Crown ...
First Nations launch legal challenge against Ontario, federal bills 5 and C-5
Nine First Nations in Ontario are are seeking an injunction against a pair of federal and provincial laws meant to fast-track ...
Ontario’s promise to consult First Nations ‘smoke and mirrors,’ Bill 5 lawsuit claims
The First Nation groups announced they are bringing urgent litigation to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to try to kill Ontario's Bill 5 and Ottawa's Bill C-5.
First Nations leaders say Carney’s C-5 summit sparks more concerns, questions
Prime Minister Mark Carney promised First Nations rights-holders wealth and prosperity for "generations to come" at a summit Thursday designed to allay leaders' concerns about the government's major ...
Wildfire-related power outages have now hit 6 First Nations in northwestern Ontario
People in Pikangikum First Nation are using the little fuel they have left to shine headlights into their homes as a way to ...
Nine Canadian First Nations launch constitutional challenge of major-projects legislation
Nine First Nations have launched a constitutional challenge of recently passed legislation meant to fast-track major projects ...