Thelma Chalifoux, Canada's first female Indigenous senator, dead at 88

Thelma Chalifoux, the first Indigenous woman to serve as a Canadian senator, has died at age 88.
Chalifoux’s eldest son, Bob Coulter, said his mother died Friday night at St. Albert’s Citadel Care Centre after a long period of frail health. 
“Mom was a real trailblazer and she just did not take no for an answer,” Coulter said Sunday. “She changed hearts and minds. When she saw a problem, she went after it with all of her energy. As she used to say, ‘Just