Restoration of Old Council building underway
OHSWEKEN — A grassroots group of community members has undertaken work to restore the old council building in Ohsweken. In a presentation to the elected…
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Churchill Falls dam: Labrador Innu seek restitution for flooding of ancestral land
JOHN'S, NL — The Innu Nation of Labrador has filed a lawsuit against Hydro-Quebec seeking $4 billion in compensation for the ecological and cultural damage…
Intermittent sentence law unfair to Indigenous accused from remote areas: judge
TORONTO — The difficulty Indigenous people in isolated communities have in serving jail sentences intermittently violates their equality rights, a judge has ruled. In his…
New Brunswick First Nations file lawsuit to seek declaration of Aboriginal title
FREDERICTON — Six First Nations in New Brunswick have filed a lawsuit seeking a declaration of title for their traditional lands, which include much of…
Wanted man arrested in Caledonia
CALEDONIA – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Haldimand County Detachment arrested a wanted individual after responding to a suspicious person call in a retail parking lot…
Truck stolen from grocery store
HAGERSVILLE – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Haldimand County Detachment is investigating following a theft of a motor vehicle from a grocery store parking lot on…
Person flees from police, damages cruiser
CALEDONIA — On Monday, October 5, 2020, acting on information received, uniform members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attended a retail store parking lot…
Motorcyclist air lifted to hospital with life threatening injuries
HAGERSVILLE — The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Haldimand County Detachment is investigating a single motor vehicle collision that sent a motorcyclist to hospital with life…
Man facing impaired driving charges
HAGERSVILLE – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Haldimand County Detachment has charged a 55-year-old driver with impaired driving following a traffic complaint on King Street West…
Police warn of risks, charges for anyone who attends McKenzie Meadows site
CALEDONIA – OPP say they have arrested 25 people in relation to the McKenzie Meadows residential development site and demonstrations in Caledonia. On October 1…
Leap in coronavirus cases on Six Nations as cases rise across First Nations in Canada
OHSWEKEN — Public Health officials in Ohsweken say a spike in coronavirus cases in the last week is alarming. “Since moving to stage 2.5 the…
Veteran Forward Wacey Rabbit Returning to Icemen
These are exciting times for the Jacksonville Icemen organization, who recently re-signed veteran reliable forward Wacey Rabbit. “We’re (Icemen) turning into a family here,” Rabbit…
Nurse fired, coroner to investigate after dying Indigenous woman taunted in hospital
MONTREAL — A nurse has been fired after an Indigenous woman who was dying Monday night in hospital was subjected to degrading remarks, Quebec's premier…
Six Nations Farmer’s Association seeking inspired reboot
SIX NATIONS – These days of COVID-19 have caused us all to rethink a lot of things we otherwise may not have. In some cases…
Who was the white man of Whiteman’s Creek
The area just south of Paris, Ontario known as Whiteman’s Creek has carried that name since long before the towns of Brantford and Paris were…