Metis Scrip: how newborn Canada dispossessed indigenous people from the northwest

When Canada was still forming as a country, works were underway to displace indigenous people from their lands. For the First Nations people, they were…

Mi’kmaq First Nations joining with Premium Brands to buy Clearwater Seafoods for $1 B

HALIFAX — Premium Brands Holdings Corp. and a group of Mi’kmaq First Nations are buying Clearwater Seafoods Inc. for $1 billion, including debt. The deal…

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…

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…