Terry Fox, Indigenous advocates among diverse group on shortlist for new $5 bill
OTTAWA — A diverse group of notable Canadians, including Indigenous advocates and veterans, an Inuit artist and the first person of Chinese descent born in…
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Quebec invests $15 million to improve cultural security of Indigenous patients
MONTREAL — Quebec is investing $15 million into the province's health-care system to increase cultural security among First Nations and Inuit communities. The concept of…
Indigenous led program helps improve water in Ontario First Nations communities
More than 20 First Nations across Ontario are taking part in a new project aimed at improving the drinking water standard in their communities. The…
Iroquois treaty celebrations to be held virtually for 2020
The yearly commemoration of the Canandaigua Treaty is being moved to a virtual event for 2020. This year marks the 226th anniversary of the historic…
Remembrance Day: the Indigenous veterans of the 107th “Timberwolf” Battalion
At the onset of World War I, the Canadian government was not eager to recruit Indigenous men into service out of concerns it may be…
Demonstrator ordered to pay legal costs for developer
CAYUGA — Ontario Superior Court Justice RJ Harper says Skyler Williams must pay $168,000 in legal bills for Foxgate Development, in the developers successful bid…
Art museum criticized for keeping Native American objects
MINNEAPOLIS —The Mimbres Collection at the Weisman Art Museum has a long and complicated past. First excavated by anthropology professors and students in the 1920s,…
Coronavirus cases surge in Brant, no new cases on Six Nations as new standards role out for face masks
SIX NATIONS — Canada’s top physician announced new standards for cloth masks on Tuesday while case rates on Six Nations took an encouraging slow down.…
PPE funding available for grassroots groups
SIX NATIONS — A second call for applications has gone out to non-profit organizations on Six Nations seeking emergency funding assistance. The Economic Development Trust…
Woman fired after violent comments on social media directed at McKenzie Meadows demonstrators
A woman has lost her job after posting violent comments on social media, saying demonstrators at the McKenzie Meadows “Land Back” dispute should have been…
‘We are at risk:’ Leadership sounds alarm as COVID 19 cases surge among First Nations
WINNIPEG — Grand Chief Arlen Dumas shook his head in shock when he saw the line indicating new First Nations infections on a chart during…
Feds add $204M for anti pandemic measures in Indigenous communities and institutions
Ottawa will spend an additional $204 million targeted at child care, education and infrastructure to help Indigenous communities fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin…
Witness recalls man laughing after throwing trailer hitch at Indigenous woman
THUNDER BAY — Two friends who were with a man when he threw a trailer hitch at an Indigenous woman in Thunder Bay, Ont., have…
Trial of man accused in death of Indigenous woman struck by trailer hitch begins
THUNDER BAY — The trial of a man who threw a trailer hitch at an Indigenous woman will hinge on the question of whether evidence…
Lobster dispute: RCMP release images of men near fish plant that was torched
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia RCMP released images Friday showing two men walking away from a fish plant on the night it burned to the…