Canada’s biggest union supports missing and murdered Indigenous women

TORONTO – Jerry Dias, the president of Unifor, Canada’s largest union, came out swinging at the Ontario Regional Convention last weekend in Toronto, throwing the…

MCA responds to RCMP surveillance fence announcement

AKWESASNE – The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne is responding to a National Post article that reported on the RCMP’s $92-million dollar plan to place a…

Aboriginal Pavilion launched to coincide with 2015 Pan Am Games

TORONTO – The Aboriginal Leadership Partners, a group comprised of 14 key regional Aboriginal leaders, communities and organizations, today announced Toronto’s Aboriginal Pavilion, an Indigenous…

C-10 given Royal Assent, now “Canadian” law

SIX NATIONS — The second shoe has hit the floor with the passage of Bill C-10 last week in Ottawa. The controversial bill intended to…

Expulsion of Native elder from Edmonton Mall sparks outrage

On October 27 Gary Moostoos, also known as Red Rock and Four-Legged Human, from the Sturgeon Lake Woodland Cree nation in Alberta, captured national media…

We don’t wear costumes, we wear regalia

TORONTO – On Saturday, October 25th Tsong De Kwe (Cathy Calfchild) and some friends in Toronto were window shopping leisurely downtown. The group decided to…

Furniture drive for Mishkeegogamang First Nation

MISHKEEGOGAMANG – Mishkeegogamang First Nation is an Ojibwa nation located 500km north of Thunder Bay. Like other northern communities, Mishkeegogamang faces traumatizing poverty, despite billions…

Darlene’s struggle continues

On November 20, Darlene Necan, from the Ojibway Nation of Saugeen no. 258, will have her second hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice, in…

Aboriginal family begins repossessing 50,000 acres of land

GRAND BEND – With only a white and yellow trailer and a strong will, Maynard George moved onto Pinery Provincial Park in Grand Bend, Ontario…

Oneida seeks to remedy social ills with language and culture

The sun shone brightly upon the site of the new Oneida Language & Cultural Centre today, where a Groundbreaking Ceremony was held today at the…

Justice comes for Marissa Whalen – mom sentenced

WELLAND – On Monday, September 29th, in Welland Superior Court, 26-year-old Roseanne Whalen was given a life sentence in the 2011 death of her two-year-old…

Vigils, protests and education initiatives mark growing campaign for MMIW

TORONTO – From Monday, September 29 to Saturday, October 4th, the Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto (NWRCT) will introduce weeklong educational events to raise awareness…

Voices from the controversy at Cayuga Lake

SENECA FALLS – There is a leadership conflict in the Cayuga Nation in Seneca Falls. The conflict in the past week has gotten more intense…

Wahta Community Fire vacates protest site

WAHTA – In a statement posted to their website and Facebook page, the Wahta Community Fire announced that as of Monday, September 22, 2014 they…

Jacqueline House on the Cayuga Nation standoff

CAYUGA LAKE – Tensions are rising on the shores of Cayuga Lake, NY. A large police presence was visible in the community today after a brawl…