OTTAWA ‑ Liberals announced the 2016 budget, including $8.4 billion over five years to help indigenous communities, including $2 billion on water and wastewater systems…
The family of Delaine Copenace are requesting privacy after they announced Delaine’s remains were found in Kenora Tuesday morning. In a Facebook page dedicated to…
Social media was brimming with outrage after dramatic photos surfaced showing children from the Kashechewan First Nation suffering from acute skin lesions, reportedly caused by…
BRANDON – A researcher from Brandon University (BU) said she sees troubling trends in her ongoing study on the health of Indigenous inmates in Canada.…
OTTAWA — The Iroquois Caucus held a press conference today in Ottawa declaring “resolute opposition” to the proposed capital funding and lands treaty sought by…
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke sent letters to the Federal Minister of Indigenous Affairs Carolyn Bennet and to the Algonquins of Ontario strongly opposing a…
THUNDER BAY — Proceedings for the coroner’s inquest into the deaths of 7 First Nations youth who died while attending school in Thunder Bay resumed…
TORONTO — The Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC) commended the provincial government for their commitment to ending violence against Indigenous women and girls…
TORONTO – Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day says that any long term initiative on Human Rights and Climate Change must not only include Indigenous participation…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A delegation of chiefs in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy travelled to the White House in Washington, D.C. last week to honour the 222nd…
TORONTO – Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day expressed his disappointment over the Ontario budget, saying on many fronts it failed to include First Nations communities.…
TORONTO – The Ministry of Education will be introducing mandatory Indigenous cultural competency and anti-racism training for every employee in the Ontario Public Service and…
TORONTO – Outside of Toronto Police Headquarters, hundreds of people gathered for the eleventh Annual Strawberry Ceremony last Sunday to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous…
HALDIMAND COUNTY – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Haldimand County detachment is investigating a fraud that occurred on Thursday January 28, 2016. A Haldimand County resident…
TORONTO – When Whitecap Dakota First Nation Chief Darcy Bear was elected in 1991, his community was facing many hurdles, including a major financial debt and a 70 per…