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…
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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…
School shooting prompted by bullying
LA LOCHE SASK. ‑ Last week’s tragic shooting at La Loche Community School in northern Saskatchewan has once again put a spotlight on the psychological…
Onkwehonwe Week in Review: Week of January 27
Minister of Justice responds to call for inquiry into Gustafsen Lake standoff BURNABY, BC – Several protesters gathered outside of Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould's…
Urban elder needs support from community
TORONTO – Vern Harper, an elder and traditional healer in Toronto, needs financial help — so supporters of his are reaching out to the community…
Canadian government discriminates against FN child welfare
OTTAWA – Whether First Nations children in Canada completely understood the seriousness of the ruling made by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) yesterday or…
OPP establishes goon squad to deal with Contraband Tobacco
TORONTO – The OPP have launched a Contraband Tobacco Enforcement Team to deal with investigating smuggling and trafficking of contraband tobacco in the province. The…
First Nations Children win historic case: Canada guilty of discrimination
OTTAWA, ON — In a landmark ruling released today, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found that the Canadian government is racially discriminating against 163,000 First…
Student-lead conference shines light on health issues faced by Indigenous communities
HAMILTON – A health conference held this past Saturday brought awareness to non-indigenous community members, medical and mental health students in regards to the significant…