This week’s edition includes child welfare reform, wildlife management, water protection, economic development and more.
IN THE NEWS
National news included child welfare reform, major projects legislation, and wildfire impacts
Time for ‘swift action’ on child welfare reform, CHRT tells Canada | APTN News
Canada is fast tracking development while First Nations boil water | APTN News
One in seven First Nations impacted as Canada battles raging wildfires | Canada's National Observer: Climate News*
Indigenous leaders on lessons learned from Trans Mountain as Carney aims to fast-track major projects | The Globe and Mail*
In BC, a landmark decision, wildlife stewardship, and environmental protection made the news
Inside Richmond’s Precedent-Setting Cowichan Tribes v. Canada Case | The Tyee
First Nations launch drug trial to combat mange in southeastern B.C.'s declining bighorn sheep population | CBC News
Lil’wat, N’Quatqua denounce B.C.’s shortened Joffre Lakes closure plan | Penticton Herald
Headlines in the Northwest Territories included federal funding cuts and water protection
'Extremely alarming': Yellowknife educators fear school year without Jordan's Principle funding | CBC News
Alberta is updating its Water Act. One group worries it could lower N.W.T. water levels | CBC News
Wildlife management made headlines in Manitoba
Bloodvein First Nation will bar non-Indigenous hunters from land amid overhunting issues | CBC News
Economic development, child and family services, reconciliation, and legislative pushback made the news in Ontario
First Nations create structure to participate in powerline projects | Sault Ste. Marie News
Ginoogaming First Nation's chief calls renaming of Indian Road a 'starting point' | CBC News
How Neskantaga First Nation is taking back ownership of its child and family services | CBC News
‘A lot of unity’: NAN leader says provincial, federal laws have helped galvanize First Nations | SNNewsWatch.com
Ontario pipeline corridor proposal faces pushback over lack of Indigenous consultation, environmental risks | CBC News
In Quebec, forestry legislation was a top story
Bill 97: Quebec ministers meet with First Nations leaders | APTN News
In New Brunswick, consent and economic development made headlines
Mi’gmaq chiefs say big gas plant can’t proceed without Indigenous-led impact assessment | The New Wark Times
No Mi'kmaw ownership in gas plant yet, despite company claims | CBC News
FROM THE COURTS
The Supreme Court of BC weighed in on enfranchisement and Charter rights
Nicholas v Attorney General (Canada), 2025 BCSC 1596
B.C. court gives Parliament 10-month deadline to make Indian Act comply with Charter | CBC News
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS IN ONE MINUTE
Bruce McIvor’s Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What You Need to Know to Talk Reconciliation is now available. Click here to download a free excerpt from the book. Click here to order your copy from an independent bookstore near you.
Upcoming Book Launch Events:
October 8 – Ottawa, ON
For further details, check out our list of events here.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
First Nations need to assert their jurisdiction over their children...I think it's a long time coming, and I believe that we're on the right path.
- Chief Chris Moonias, Neskantaga First Nation
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
And the air is filled with
Scarlet leaves, that, dropping,
Rise again, as ever,
With a useless sigh for
Rest—and it is Autumn.
- Alexander Posey, “Autumn” (1910)
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