Quebec slow to improve public services for Indigenous people, says ombudsman

MONTREAL — The Quebec government has failed to implement most of the recommendations in a landmark report that found Indigenous people suffered systemic discrimination when…

Ontario supporting economic development in the North

The Ontario government is providing more than $5.7 million through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to six economic development projects in Greenstone. The…

Indigenous women, girls killed at rate six times higher than non Indigenous: StatCan

OTTAWA — A new Statistics Canada report has found that homicides of Indigenous women and girls are less likely to result in the most serious…

Pumpkinfest is coming to town

Celebrating pumpkins and embracing fall is something those in the town of Waterford, Ont. can get behind.   Waterford’s Pumpkinfest runs Oct. 13 to 15…

Ottawa puts more money toward study of Winnipeg landfill search for women’s remains

The families of two slain First Nations women whose remains are believed to be in a Winnipeg-area landfill say they have renewed hope after Manitoba’s…

OHL hosts exhibition match at the Six Nations Sports and Cultural Memorial Centre

By TRT Staff with notes from chl.ca OHWEKEN — On September 22, Six Nations served as host to the Brantford Bulldogs and Guelph Storm in…

National Truth and Reconciliation Day with the Toronto Blue Jays

TORONTO — On September 30, the Rogers Centre lit up with orange shirts as the Toronto Blue Jays hosted a ceremony for National Truth and…

Interesting facts about Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a time to gather with family and friends and reflect on one’s blessings. In 2023, Canadian Thanksgiving takes place on October 9, while…

Canada Post issues new stamps for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Canada Post unveiled four new stamps that shed some light on the truth and legacy of residential schools, whose impacts are still felt by Indigenous…

SNGR CEO resigns, elected councillor Nathan Wright transitions to take over role

Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Councillor Nathan Wright has resigned his seat, less than two months shy of the upcoming general election, to…

Indigenous groups stand firm with child welfare law before Supreme Court

EDMONTON — Some Indigenous nations say they are prepared to continue enforcing their jurisdiction over child welfare if Canada’s top court sides with Quebec in…

Hajdu says ‘co developed’ First Nations water legislation to be tabled this fall

OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says she hopes to table a piece of legislation this fall that she says is the closest the…

Mohawk Mothers worry evidence of human remains at McGill work site will be destroyed

MONTREAL — Indigenous women say they are worried potential evidence of human remains at the site of a former Montreal hospital will be destroyed if…

Survivors’ Secretariat honouring children who passed away at Mush Hole

The Six Nations Survivors’ Secretariat is honouring the children of the former Mohawk Institute Residential School with what’s being called the “Memorial 96 display” currently…

15 ‘potential’ gravesites found near former Yukon residential school

CARCROSS, Yukon — Yukon First Nation elder Sandra Johnson says the discovery of 15 potential graves near the site of a former residential school has…