Willow Lake Métis Nation’s business arm has entered a strategic agreement with construction and earthmoving company Earth & Iron Inc. to help facilitate economic development in the community.

The average First Nations lifespan is now nearly two decades shorter than other Albertans, data from Alberta Health reveals.

Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation and host of the weekly Nation podcast, The Time of Monsters. He also pens the monthly column “Morbid Symptoms.” The author of In ...