Indigenous communities

The Trudeau Liberals are offering Indigenous communities $30 million in prize money as part of a contest that could end up rewriting the rules about how the federal government funds badly needed housing on-reserve.

Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr says Canada's pathway to a clean energy future includes not only transitioning to renewable sources of energy but also technology that makes traditional fossil fuels cleaner to produce and burn.

The Alberta government says it is creating the world's largest boreal forest preserve with new wildland parks in the province's northeast.

Ottawa is offering $500 million to businesses, local governments and advocacy groups for new ideas on how to cut Canada's carbon footprint.

Transport Minister Marc Garneau says efforts to protect Canada's coastlines from vessel spills includes an "unprecedented level of collaboration" with Indigenous communities.

Bulldozers and excavators are cutting a broad swath through the reserve land of the Tsuut'ina in southwest Calgary as part of a transformative project gets underway.

Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says her new department will likely include the delivery of health services for First Nations and Inuit, an area previously under her watch at Health Canada.

The Supreme Court is set to wade into the area of Indigenous rights and natural resource development once again.

NDP leadership candidate Charlie Angus is promising to find better ways to protect the interests of First Nations, Métis and Inuit children, including by dismantling the Indigenous Affairs Department.

Justin Trudeau attended a sunrise ritual on the shore of the Ottawa River wearing moccasins and a buckskin jacket that his office said was owned by his father.

"There are a lot of people who have lost jobs in Alberta," McKenna said. "I’m not saying that we destroy our planet. But I think we need to be thoughtful of how we move forward.”

In a city of pinstripes and partisan power brokers, Mike Allison sticks out like a sore thumb. He's in the wrong place — and he knows it.