Manitoba youth arrested in murder death of Teresa Robinson

Manitoba RCMP announced they have arrested and charged a 15 year old boy in the murder death of 11 year old Teresa Robinson. Robinson went…

Manitobans getting to know all about Wab Kinew

By Gordon Sinclair Jr. Winnipeg Free Press Mar. 12, 2016 – Wab Kinew is intelligent, articulate, multi-talented and ambitious, an assessment the 34-year-old has no…

Canada to feature woman on new bank note

OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada is inviting the public to nominate iconic women from Canada’s past to appear on the next issue of bank…

Indigenous leadership offended at meeting on climate change

VANCOUVER — Chief Allan Adams of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation stormed out of the a meeting with Justin Trudeau in Vancouver yesterday. Adams said…

Trudeau slights two national indigenous organizations from ministers meeting

Several leaders, indigenous and Canadian spoke out today after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau left two indigenous organizations out of the First Ministers Meeting on Climate…

AFN Chief calls for First Nations plan to address climate change

VANCOUVER – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde and other First Nations leaders and representatives met today with First Ministers in Vancouver, BC and urged the federal…

National Poll reveals 80% of Canada supports MMIW inquiry

angusreid.org – As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to meet with indigenous leaders in Vancouver this week, a new survey by the Angus Reid Institute finds…

Prime Minister meeting with Indigenous leaders on climate change

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is meeting with First Nations, Inuit, and Metis leaders in Vancouver today to discuss climate change. The meeting between the Prime…

Fashion Designers apologize for insulting indigenous people

TORONTO – Canadian fashion design team DSquared2 issued an open letter apologizing to all indigenous people for using a derogatory term to promote a women’s…

Provinces agree to work on MMIW national inquiry

WINNIPEG – Provincial premieres have agreed to support and cooperate with a national inquiry into the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls…

True numbers of #MMIW in Canada may total 4000

OTTAWA – If you type “1,200 to 4,000” into any search engine, a long list of articles written on Canada’s Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women…

Onkwehonwe Week in Review: Week of February 24

Moosehide Campaign is determined to end violence against women Five years ago, the British Columbia Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres organized the Moosehide Campaign in…

UNIFOR president welcomes change in Ottawa

OTTAWA – Canada’s largest labour union, Unifor, welcomed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s proposed repel of anti-labour bills C-525 and C-377. These two bills were put…

Onkwehonwe Week in Review: Week of February 3

Indigenous peoples in Winnipeg welcome Syrian refugees Syria is a country torn by war. A crisis has emerged since the land is nearly unrecognizable by…

Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report recognizes sports as a healer

OTTAWA — The following excerpts are directly from the recently released Truth and Reconciliation Committee report (TRC) and hint that sports were a lifesaver for…