New Elementary School, Library and Community Centre in Brantford
BRANTFORD — Will Bouma, MPP for Brant-Brantford, announced a $16.2 million investment towards the construction of a new elementary school on Shellard Lane in southwest…
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Indigenous led clinic to help Quebec community still shaken by Joyce Echaquan’s death
MONTREAL — The idea is simple, says Jennifer Brazeau, executive director of the Native Friendship Centre in Quebec's Lanaudiere region: provide “a culturally secure space''…
Trudeau walks back pledge to end boil water advisories on First Nations by 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked back a promise to lift all on-reserve boil-water advisories by 2021 on Friday, as the First Nation with Canada's longest-standing…
Trudeau walks back pledge to end boil water advisories on First Nations by 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked back a promise to lift all on-reserve boil-water advisories by 2021 on Friday, as the First Nation with Canada's longest-standing…
Mi’kmaq fisherman intends to fight federal charges alleging illegal lobster catch
HALIFAX — A fisherman from a Mi'kmaq community in Cape Breton says he intends to plead not guilty to charges of illegal fishing after his…
Remaining residents in First Nation evacuated over water crisis watch over community
Residents left behind in a remote First Nation in northwestern Ontario that has been largely evacuated over a water crisis battled the cold and separation…
Bellegarde wants Brenda Lucki out as head of RCMP
OTTAWA _ The Assembly of First Nations has “lost confidence'' in RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki after months of unrest, National Chief Perry Bellegarde said Friday…
Voting by mail isn’t so easy on Native American reservations
MISSION, SD — The small, brick post office in Mission, South Dakota, sees steady business most days as people wait outside to allow one family…
Indian day schools survivors are seeking truth and justice
By Jackson Pind PhD Candidate, Indigenous education, Queen's University, Ontario, Raymond Mason Community research partner, Peguis First Nation, and Theodore Christou Professor, Social Studies and…
Permanent injunction granted on McKenzie Meadows development
CAYUGA — Ontario Superior Court Justice RJ Harper has granted two permanent injunctions on the McKenzie Meadows housing development and on Haldimand area roads, preventing…
Elected Council decreases gathering sizes, discourages Halloween to fight spread of COVID-19
OHSWEKEN — The Six Nations Elected Council is taking action against the spread of the coronavirus in the community, confirming Six Nations is facing the…
Fatal Crash in the village
OHSWEKEN — On October 15th, 2020, at 5:22 AM, police were dispatched to a single vehicle crash on Fourth Line Road, west of Chiefswood Road…
Human remains sent for evaluation
BRANTFORD – Human remains found during a public utilities project in the area of Glenwood Drive back in early August have been sent to the…
Five things to know about the dispute over Nova Scotia’s Indigenous lobster fishery
HALIFAX — Tensions remain high in the dispute over the Indigenous lobster fishery in Nova Scotia. Here are five things to know about the situation.…
Nova Scotia restaurants boycott lobster in response to violence against the Mi’kmaq
HALIFAX — Kourosh Rad, owner of Garden Food Bar and Lounge in Halifax, says he removed his popular lobster-based menu items in support of the…