Improving mental health crisis response

BRANTFORD — Brantford police have partnered with several social work and mental health agencies to develop a new collaborative community mental health response strategy called…

Community Hero: Dory Henhawk

SIX NATIONS — Sometimes it’s your own desire to succeed in life that motivates you, and other times its the encouragement and love of a…

Walking in her ancestors’ moccasins

OHSWEKEN — Living autonomously, food sustainability, and food sovereignty are three things that could change how the younger generations here think about providing for themselves.…

Bob Rae joins Save the Evidence Campaign

BRANTFORD — The past has shown us that history books are not always right; Hon. Robert K. Rae toured Canada’s first Residential School earlier this…

Community gets a look at brand new fire hall

OHSWEKEN – The ribbon has been cut — Six Nations’ new Fire Hall No. 1 officially opened last Thursday in Ohsweken. Community members and several…

John Howard Society asks for SNEC’s support

OHSWEKEN — Representatives from a not-for-profit organization based in Hamilton are asking Six Nations Elected Council if their Restorative Justice and Conflict Mediation Program (RJCMP)…

Lee’s Variety still can’t accept gas cards

OHSWEKEN — Almost one year later, Bryan Farmer, is still unable to let his customers use their valid gas cards at his business and is…

Everlasting Tree School holding fundraiser gala

OHSWEKEN — Everlasting Tree School will soon be hosting its largest fundraising event yet this year and is inviting people to attend its Earth Day…

Jukasa Studios produce Juno winning album

SIX NATIONS — Harrison “Sweet Taste” Kennedy took home a Juno last Saturday night for the best Blues Album of the Year. The album was…

SNP and OTF standing against language loss

OHSWEKEN — Six Nations Polytechnic (SNP) has been approved for an Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) SEED Grant worth $70,000. The grant is to help assess…

Talking change with AFN National Chief Bellegarde

WATERLOO — The Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde gave a unifying lecture last week at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo. He presented the…

The Food Bank received a donation from Enbridge Pipelines Inc.

OHSWEKEN — The Food Bank received a donation from Enbridge Pipelines Inc. on March 21 for $1750.00. Sonia Fazari, senior advisor of Aboriginal affairs is…

SNEC does not support methadone clinic

OHSWEKEN – Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) has decided it will not be supporting the dispensing of methadone and suboxone through Ancestral Voices Healing Centre…

Family working together to de-colonize

OHSWEKEN – Amy Bomberry and her children are trying to reverse the effects of colonization in a refreshing way. Together, as a family. Amy is…

Friends and neighbours: Grassroots done right

BRANTFORD – 94 recommendations within the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is a lot to swallow all at once. Perhaps too much. That’s why Friends…