Dry New Years event “just what the community needs”
OHSWEKEN — The Big Joe Blues Band is doing it again. They are offering a Dry Valentines Day Dance to the community on Friday, Feb.15th…
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‘Between two worlds:’ Saskatchewan Premier apologizes to ’60s Scoop survivors
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe apologized to survivors of the '60s Scoop Monday for failing them and leaving them “caught between two worlds.'' “On…
Bought for a buck, now priceless: Indigenous Alberta media archive digitized
EDMONTON — He bought them for a dollar. Now, “boxes and boxes and boxes'' of old audiotape and film that Bert Crowfoot has safeguarded for…
Rallies planned for protesters arrested while blocking work on B.C. pipeline
HOUSTON, BC — Dozens of rallies are planned in British Columbia, across Canada and as far away as Europe to support pipeline protesters arrested in…
Pipeline protesters block Trudeau speech with outrage
OTTAWA — Dozens of protesters are delaying an appearance by the prime minister Tuesday afternoon, drumming and chanting in a government building where Justin Trudeau…
Man charged with first degree murder of Newfoundland Indigenous woman
CONNE RIVER, NL — A Newfoundland man has been charged with the first-degree murder of a 28-year-old Indigenous woman whose death shook her small, rural…
Five year old injured after shots fired at home in northern Saskatchewan
LA RONGE, SK — Mounties say a five-year-old child was wounded after several gunshots were fired at a house in northern Saskatchewan. RCMP were called…
Can-Am Lacrosse League pushed to reject killers participation
Warning: sensitive content. The tragic loss of Tashina General and her unborn son in 2008 sent the community of Six Nations into turmoil as the…
Haudenosaunee demonstrate a day of action in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en
Solidarity slowdown and road blocks bring attention to indigenous and human rights violations BRANT/HALDIMAND — Demonstrations were held across Haudenosaunee territory Friday in solidarity with…
One charged in fatal collision
HAGERSVILLE — OPP say a New Credit resident is facing drunk driving and criminal negligence causing death charges after a fatal collision last fall. Police…
Indigenous peoples want conflict resolution within own communities, conference told
Approaches to conflict dispute resolution are different in the Indigenous family context and legal professionals need to educate themselves on cultural variances in order to…
Lecture to explore past to build better futures with Indigenous people
BRANTFORD — Building a better relationship between Canadians and Indigenous people in the future starts with understanding the past, says Darren Thomas. He'll be exploring that…
Bought for a buck, now priceless: Indigenous Alberta media archive digitized
EDMONTON — He bought them for a dollar. Now, “boxes and boxes and boxes'' of old audiotape and film that Bert Crowfoot has safeguarded for…
Judge allows tribes to challenge Corps’ Dakota Access study
BISMARCK, ND — A federal judge is allowing four Native American tribes in the Dakotas to challenge the recent conclusion of federal officials that a…
Tina Fontaine’s cousin killed during botched drug debt collection: Crown
WINNIPEG — The cousin of a teenager whose death fuelled calls to stop violence against Indigenous women was herself killed in a botched attempt to…