This week’s edition includes major projects legislation, clean drinking water, fisheries, land back and more.
IN THE NEWS
National news included legislative pushback, a class-action settlement and clean drinking water legislation
National Chief appeals to senators to slow approval of Bill C-5 | APTN News
Participation is at the heart of this bill, C-5,” pledges Carney | APTN News
Federal Court approves Indian Hospitals class-action settlement | APTN News
Despite provincial opposition, federal minister planning to table First Nations water bill | CBC News
In British Columbia, court actions, repatriation, Indigenous health and wellbeing made headlines
Canada says lawsuit by group claiming to represent B.C. Métis should be dismissed | CBC News
Court reserves judgment on application relating to Mount Polley tailings storage facility | Prince George Daily News
We Hear about First Nations ‘Capacity Gaps.’ What about the Crown’s? | The Tyee
B.C. reports offer ‘road map’ for repatriation of Indigenous historical items | Global News
Indigenous people's health tightly tied to speaking their own languages, review finds | CBC News
Banishment laws and mining exploration topped the news in the North
What could banishment look like in NWT communities? Cabin Radio
Concerns over consultations, caribou halt uranium exploration plan | Nunatsiaq News
Alberta headlines included revenue sharing and mining
Treaty 8 First Nations call for 2% resource revenues from projects on their land | CBC News
First Nation seeking court ruling on Alberta ending coal mining moratorium | CityNews
In Manitoba, reserve creation and systemic underfunding were at the forefront
Brokenhead Ojibway creates new reserve on outskirts of Winnipeg | CBC News
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Calls on Canada to End Legislative Assimilation as Senate and Auditor General Confirm Chronic Failures | Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
Legislative protests, nuclear waste and land back topped the news in Ontario
First Nations families in Ontario protest development laws by reasserting presence on the land | CBC News
Protests, rallies, continue over plans to store nuclear waste in northern Ontario | NWONewsWatch.com
Grand Council Treaty #3 First Nations Secure Major Legal Victory Affirming Land Rights in Fort Frances | NetNewsLedger
Traditional harvesting and cross-border treaty rights took the spotlight in the Maritimes
Canada-U.S. tensions could impact Mi'kmaw blueberry harvest | APTN News
FROM THE COURTS
The Federal Court weighed in on the assessment of legal fees on a class action settlement for former patients of Indian Hospitals.
Hardy v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FC 1142 | read in conjunction with Hardy v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FC 1140
FPL represented Fort McMurray 468 First Nation in its successful application for permission to appeal a decision of the Alberta Energy Regulator at the Alberta Court of Appeal.
Fort McMurray 468 First Nation v Alberta Energy Regulator, 2025 ABCA 242
BEYOND THE NEWS
Bruce McIvor’s Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What You Need to Know to Talk Reconciliation is available now! Click here to download a free excerpt from the book. Click here to order your copy from an independent bookstore near you.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Any approval of ‘national interest’ projects must include enforceable conditions that reflect our rights and our role as decision-makers on our lands and fully uphold the Treaty promises of the Crown.
- Grand Chief Settee, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
Elders charm you with wit and wisdom, and the next thing you know, you’re evolving against your will just by knowing them. I wish young me could’ve been more like that. Hell, I still wish I could be more like that. But it’s an Elder’s trick because it takes a lifetime to learn.”
- Aaron John Curtis, Old School Indian (2025)
