Sexual Assault: The Roadshow at Ganohkwasra

OHSWEKEN – Have you seen a colourful container on your way into Ohsweken lately? That would have to be the newly placed “Sexual Assault: The…

2016 Ontario Aboriginal Summer Games set to begin

SIX NATIONS/BRANTFORD – The Aboriginal Sport and Wellness Council of Ontario (ASWCO) is set to host the 2016 Ontario Aboriginal Summer Games for the first…

National First Nations Youth Summit Takes the Hilton

NIAGARA FALLS – Several well-known Chiefs, members of the Assembly of First Nations National Youth Council and the Ontario First Nations Youth Council were given…

Canada introduces new crib and cradle regulations

OTTAWA – Stronger requirements and regulations for cribs, cradles and bassinets will better protect infants and young children from potential injury or death. On June…

Trudeau first pm to march in gay pride parade

TORONTO – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made history over the weekend as the first Prime Minister of Canada to take part in Toronto’s Pride parade.…

Province adds $17 million in area school infrastructure funding

BRANTFORD – Former education minister and current president of the Ontario Treasury Board,  Liz Sandals, was in Brantford along with Liberal MPP Dave Levac and…

Two Row on the Grand: sharing responsibility

GRAND RIVER – In honour of the Two Row Wampum and what it still stands for, a group of Onkwehon:weh and settler allies are in…

Pen-Pals creator leaves a lasting legacy

CALEDONIA/SIX NATIONS — Ten years ago, Six Nations elementary school teacher Suzie Miller was watching the emotional stand-off between citizens of Caledonia and Six Nations…

Roberta Jamieson appointed as Officer of the Order of Canada

OHSWEKEN – Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, announced last week, the 113 new appointments to the Order of Canada. Roberta Jamieson, President and…

Hoyane Sam General says he will not be dehorned

SIX NATIONS  — A controversial move by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC) at the July Confederacy meeting on Saturday to re-instate a former Cayuga…

Food drive in Fort William helps local women shelters

FORT WILLIAM – Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation and Two Row Times partnered last week in hosting a food drive blitz near Thunder Bay; donations were given…

Philpott fulfills pot promise

OTTAWA – Legislation to legalize marijuana in Canada will be introduced in the spring of 2017, said Federal Health Minister, Jane Philpott, last Wednesday in…

Northern Gateway dealt another blow

ALBERTA – The Northern Gateway pipeline promoted heavily by the Stephen Harper Conservatives has hit yet another roadblock. A joint appeal was launched in October…

Province to hold public meetings to combat systemic racism

TORONTO – The province will host community meetings with organizations and the public to address systemic racism and how to eliminating barriers for indigenous and…

Investments made to end human trafficking

TORONTO – Ontario is making major investments in combatting human trafficking. This as a part of the provinces’ commitment to end violence against women. Recent…