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OTTAWA – A ruling for the case against how the Canadian government handles funding for child welfare services to First Nations children on reserves is…

Public awaits Tribunal’s decision regarding inequities in child welfare

OTTAWA – A ruling for the case against how the Canadian government handles funding for child welfare services to First Nations children on reserves is…

Government launches survey seeking input on MMIW inquiry

OTTAWA – The public will now have a say in how the Liberal government will design the inquiry into the missing and murdered Indigenous women…

National MMIW inquiry begins

THUNDER BAY ‑ After years of wrangling with an unsympathetic government, newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has officially begun the promised National Inquiry into…

Roman sword found at Oak Island

NOVA SCOTIA ‑ A Roman shipwreck dating 1000 years before Columbus, was found just off of Oak Island in Nova Scotia recently, which could change…

Remembering Our Loved Ones Dinner held to comfort grieved community members

OHSWEKEN – Brightening the Spirit, Breaking the Silence Suicide Awareness Group held their Second Annual Remembering Our Loved Ones Dinner on Monday, December 21 within…

Federal government ends compliance measures outlined in First Nations Financial Transparency Act

OTTAWA – Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Carolyn Bennett has announced that the federal government is putting a stop to controversial compliance measures laid…

Families meet with government officials as first phase of MMIW inquiry begins

OTTAWA – Family members of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls met with government officials early Friday morning at an Ottawa hotel to begin…

Truth and Reconciliation Commission releases final report

OTTAWA – It weighs 11 kilograms, consists of seven volumes and 3,766 pages, but the true weight of the final Truth and Reconciliation Commission report…

Alleged Killer of Tina Fontaine – Raymond Joseph Cormier, 53, charged with murder

WINNIPEG – Winnipeg Police announced in a press release on Friday afternoon that 53-year-old Raymond Joseph Cormier, formerly of New Brunswick, has been charged with…

Prime Minister Trudeau’s Speech from the Throne brings hope

OTTAWA — Traditionally, every new session of the Canadian Parliament opens with a Speech from the Throne in which the Prime Minister lays out in…

Chief LaForme passes the torch in New Credit

NEW CREDIT — After 14 years serving the Mississaugas of the New Credit as Elected Chief, Bryan LaForme has decided to “hang it up and…

Onkwehonwe Week in Review: Week of November 24, 2015

By Danielle Boissoneau McGill University’s unpaid debt now amounts to 1.7 billion One of Canada’s most illustrious universities, located in Haudenosaunee territory, is denying that…

Making a difference, one house at a time

SASKATCHEWAN — Idle No More has taken a more pro-active stance in Saskatchewan where they are crowd funding to build “sustainable, year-round family housing for…

Mulcair’s promises to First Nations creates interest

EDMONTON ‑ While the Liberals and Conservatives are vague with their promises to First Nations as the Oct. 19th election draws near, the NDP have…