This week’s edition includes child welfare, transborder relations, mining, healthcare and more.
IN THE NEWS
National news included the federal elections, forced sterilization, a court action, and transborder relations
Advocates hope a new national registry will reveal extent of Indigenous sterilization | CBC News
Caring Society files motion to force feds back to negotiating table | APTN News
Trudeau asks Indigenous leaders in Canada for help standing up to Trump | CBC News
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Meets with Prime Minister Trudeau on Canada-U.S. Trade Relations | Assembly of First Nations
Land protection, healthcare, and child welfare made headlines in Ontario
The frontlines of an Ontario mining boom | The Narwhal
‘Milestone’ deal reached with 15 First Nations on Ring of Fire mining development | Ricochet
Anishinabek Nation and Ontario Health sign Relationship Protocol to enhance health and wellness | Anishinabek News
First Nations in Ontario say they don’t have to consult with anyone on child welfare deal with Ottawa | APTN News
In Manitoba, a lawsuit against health authorities was front and center
Cree man suing Manitoba health authorities over botched diagnosis | APTN News
The top story in Alberta included environmental rights
Indigenous climate advocates say tailings spills study confirms what they already know | Alberta Native News
Wildlife & resource stewardship, and election bylaws made the news in the North
N.W.T. regulator starting process that could grant Imperial Oil emergency water licence | CBC News
Lawyer says N.W.T. Court of Appeal decision on Colville Lake caribou plans follows trend | CBC News
YESAB recommends Whitehorse dam relicensing | APTN News
N.W.T. Supreme Court upholds Gwich'in Tribal Council election result | CBC News
The top stories in BC included procurement practices, human rights, and UNDRIP
First Nations entrepreneur testifies in Parliament on Indigenous procurement | The Williams Lake Tribune
Human Rights Tribunal misses deadline in discrimination case | APTN News
FNLC Extremely Disappointed with Mineral Claim Consultation Framework, Calls for Redoubling of Efforts to Align the Mineral Tenure Act with the UN Declaration | UBCIC
FROM THE COURTS
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice weighed in on the duty to consult
Wabauskang First Nation v. R, 2025 ONSC 316
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
We all have to stand together and be strong [...] and make sure that we're building relationships here in this country.
- National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, Assembly of First Nations
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.
- Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, 1952