Indigenous News

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

MONTREAL — Even before her job offer was finalized in 1973, Senka Dukovich realized her career as a flight attendant had an expiry date.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is planning to take a step in the coming weeks toward its plan for a universal school meal program. Premier Wab Kinew says the government is putting up $1.

CALGARY — It's clean, renewable, and right there below our feet, but geothermal energy has largely remained undeveloped in Canada.

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe once said a fundamental pillar of Canadian democracy is the rule of law. His province is now prepared to break it.

A critical milestone is on the horizon for Canada's 175-year-long plan to bury its nuclear waste underground, with two pairs of Ontario communities set to decide if they would be willing hosts.

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has issued weather alerts for two Vancouver Island regions, warning of potential ocean waves reaching up to seven metres on Wednesday.

VANCOUVER — Power restoration work is underway in British Columbia on Tuesday after heavy rains and strong winds in parts of the province left thousands of households without power. BC Hydro said in a statement that at its peak at around 2 a.m.

ALBERTA BEACH, Alta. — RCMP in Alberta say an underwater recovery team, with the help of police and firefighters, have found the bodies of a family that were last seen before Christmas on a side-by-side utility terrain vehicle.

WINNIPEG — The search for a Winnipeg senior with dementia who hasn't been seen in two weeks has been continuing with the help of volunteers from the Bear Clan Patrol, but the worry over the man's fate has taken a heavy toll on his family.