Six Nations Police raise money for Food Bank
OHSWEKEN — About ten people from Six Nations organized themselves to stop traffic near Painter Road and Highway 54 on Monday. The individuals said they…
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Blockades removed, roads and business open on Six Nations
OHSWEKEN — The border checkpoints that closed off the Six Nations community for nearly four months have now been taken down. Workers removed the concrete…
Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Council Stands in Solidarity Against Systemic Racism, Economic Equality and Policies of Opposition that Devalue Us As People
The Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Council stands in solidarity with the family of Chantel Moore. Chantel’s death has brought to light what…
Trucks, tools stolen from farm
BRANT — On Monday, June 8, 2020, at approximately 4:03 p.m. OPP County of Brant Detachment investigated a report of stolen vehicles from a Highway…
Black MPs, senators call for government action against systemic racism
OTTAWA — A group of Black parliamentarians and their allies are calling on all levels of government to take action to reduce systemic racism in…
Chief calls for review of racism in RCMP
THUNDER BAY — Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler is calling for an investigation into systemic racism – and the use of force…
Indigenous man fatally shot by RCMP was troubled but not violent, says chief
MIRAMICHI — The chief of a New Brunswick First Nation says an Indigenous man shot and killed by the RCMP was troubled, but not a…
Pressure mounts on New Brunswick to get Indigenous people involved in inquiries
FREDERICTON — There will be some tough questions for New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs when he meets with First Nations leaders on Wednesday after two…
N.B. chiefs seek justice system review after police shooting of Indigenous woman
FREDERICTON — The chiefs of a coalition of Maliseet First Nations are calling for an independent probe of the New Brunswick justice system after a…
N.W.T. First Nations community gets UN award for work on new national park
NEW YORK — A remote community in Canada's North has been awarded a major United Nations prize for decades of work to help create a…
Trudeau promises to push police body cameras with premiers to aid ‘transparency’
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's planning to push provincial premiers to equip police with body-worn cameras as a rapid, substantive solution to…
Minister says reckoning on police violence against Indigenous people needed
OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Canada needs a reckoning over a repeated and disgusting pattern of police violence against Indigenous people. Miller…
Ontarians spent $20M on Cannabis 2.0 items in first three months of sales: OCS
TORONTO — Ontarians shelled out almost $20 million in the first three months that edibles and other products in Canada's second wave of legalization were…
Ministers concerned by brutality claims during Indigenous chief’s arrest
OTTAWA — Canada’s public safety minister says the government will be paying close attention to the independent inquiry into allegations of racism and police brutality…
Family of Chantel Moore greeted by dignitaries on arrival in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON — A dozen family members of a 26-year-old Indigenous woman who was shot dead by police in Edmundston, N.B., last week, arrived in New…