Brant County Health Unit now has 67 confirmed positive coronavirus cases
BRANTFORD — Acting Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eleizabeth Urbantke updated the local numbers of COVID-19 infections in the region. As of April 14 BCHU…
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Victoria Day Bread and Cheese cancelled at Six Nations due to pandemic precautions
In an effort to enforce physical distancing and protect community members from the pandemic coronavirus, Six Nations has cancelled all 2020 Community Awareness Month activities…
Elected council carries on regular duties via videoconferencing
OHSWEKEN — Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Council is carrying on with the work before them as many other governing bodies and businesses…
Six Nations not releasing local statistics on coronavirus infections
By Nahnda Garlow with CP files OHSWEKEN — Six Nations says it will not be releasing any data about coronavirus cases in the community. TRT…
Indigenous tourism being ignored by federal government, B.C. operators say
By Nick Wells, The Canadian Press As the COVID-19 pandemic forces remote British Columbia communities to close their borders to outsiders, Indigenous tourism companies along…
Six Nations offers details on how they are managing coronavirus response
We had an opportunity to ask Six Nations Emergency Control Group questions about the details of how they are managing coronavirus responses on Six Nations:…
To: All Residents in and Visitors to of Norfolk County and Haldimand County RE: SECTION 22 ORDER – EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
A Section 22 Order, under the Health Protection and Promotion Act (HPPA), R.S.O. 1990, c.H.7 has been issued by Dr. Shanker Nesathurai, Medical Officer of…
Grand River PowWow canceled
SIX NATIONS — On Monday, The Grand River Champion of Champions Pow Wow Committee made the decision to announce their cancellation of the 2020 pow…
Ontario projects up to 1600 deaths, 80,000 coronavirus cases by end of April
TORONTO — Provincial medical officials say if all current safety measures are upheld — the month of April could see a mass influx of 80,000…
Local coronavirus data shows young adults have nearly four times the infection rate of seniors
HAMILTON — Statistics from surrounding communities shows COVID-19 infection rates among adults between the ages of 20-64 quadruple the rate of infection among the elderly.…
Six Nations not releasing local statistics on coronavirus infections
By Nahnda Garlow with CP files OHSWEKEN — Six Nations says it will not be releasing any data about coronavirus cases in the community. TRT…
First Nations face governance crisis as pandemic threatens elections
OTTAWA _ The chief of an Ontario First Nation says her community is caught up in bureaucratic and “paternalistic'' voting rules that could leave it…
COVID 19 crisis distracting from flood prone First Nation’s plight: NDP
OTTAWA — New Democrats say the COVID-19 pandemic is distracting the federal and provincial governments from helping a northern-Ontario First Nation whose residents have been…
Ottawa owes less than feds calculated in First Nations child welfare case: PBO
OTTAWA — Canada’s parliamentary budget officer says Ottawa will have to pay up to $2.9 billion in compensation to First Nations children and families torn…
Group of First Nations want Supreme Court to hear appeal on Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER — A group of British Columbia First Nations is seeking to challenge the federal government's second approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project…