Human remains sent for evaluation

BRANTFORD – Human remains found during a public utilities project in the area of Glenwood Drive back in early August have been sent to the…

The great Kerby Island Buffalo Hunt of 1890

It wasn’t uncommon in the 1890s’ to see cows grazing on Kerby Island on the Grand River in Brantford. Local farmers would wade their cows…

Religious cult targeted Brant County in 1700s

Around 1793, a petition for land was filed by Abraham Dayton, and his wife. The piece of land was to meet certain specific qualities. Dayton…

Six Nations Farmer’s Association seeking inspired reboot

SIX NATIONS – These days of COVID-19 have caused us all to rethink a lot of things we otherwise may not have. In some cases…

Who was the white man of Whiteman’s Creek

The area just south of Paris, Ontario known as Whiteman’s Creek has carried that name since long before the towns of Brantford and Paris were…

Quotes from Sir John A. Macdonald, author of Canada’s genocide of Indigenous people

He was a serious racist, a drunk, a political bully and Canada’s first Prime Minister — Sir John A. Macdonald was all of the above.…

Seneca leader Ely Parker penned the terms of surrender for the Civil War

In 1828, Ely Parker’s Seneca mother had a vision that the child she was carrying would grow up to be known as a peacemaker between…

The Warrior Spirit of the Grand River: Chief Jake Thomas Renowned teacher and information warrior

To be a Warrior, means many things to many people. This week we look at the life of what some call, an information warrior. A…

The Avro Arrow was almost resurrected 60 years later

OTTAWA — The cold war was getting hotter every week in the late 1950s. The western world was ramping up production of some of the…

The Warrior Spirit of the Grand River – Richard “Dick” Hill

By Jim Windle/Hazel Hill SIX NATIONS — There have been very important lives in our past that with the passing of years have set them…

Indigenous heroes past and present

SIX NATIONS — Over the generations, the people of the Five Nations, now Six Nations, have been known for their social and political insight as…

The real treasure of Oak Island

NOVA SCOTIA — Oak Island, located just off the coast of Nova Scotia, has not given up its legendary treasure of vast amounts of templar…

How USA reservations reacting to COVID-19


NAVAJO NATION — The Navajo Nation of Arizona shut down all non-Native vehicle access to their reserve lands, protecting its people against the COVID-19 pandemic.…

New gun laws under fire

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announced new gun restrictions was hailed or hated, depending on who you talk to.  Tuesday, the Liberal Bill C-71…

Few lessons learned from 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak

As the world ripples over the current COVID-19 pandemic, it is hard not to draw parallels to the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1917-18 and into…