Air quality over Six Nations/New Credit safe after greenhouse fire
Ministry of Environment officials say the air quality over Six Nations and New Credit has been monitored following the fire at Rosa Flora Greenhouses in Dunnville this morning.
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Chemical smell over Six Nations from Rosa Flora fire
A chemical odour filled the air over Six Nations this morning after a raging blaze destroyed the Rosa Flora greenhouse in Dunnville.
St. Lawrence River Islands – Ownership, Authority, Free usage
AKWESASNE – Yet another one of the vaunted 1000 Islands on the St. Lawrence River has been offered for sale. According to published reports, Sheep Island is now available on the Canadian real estate market. The United States government has claimed some of the islands “on behalf of the Mohawk people”. Akwesasne residents assert that ownership of the islands has never been ceded.
All’s quiet so far in Tyendenaga
TYENDENAGA – By about 2:30 on Monday afternoon, there were far more police in the area than there were protesters. The Mohawks made good on Shawn Brant’s promise to engage in direct action if the Harper government doesn’t commit to a national inquiry into the more than 800 cases of murdered and missing Native women across the country over the past few decades.
OPP Closes Wyman’s Road in Tyendinaga
TYENDINAGA – The OPP, the Canadian Military and the RCMP have surrounded Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in response to a series of protests. On Friday, February 28th, Wyman Rd was closed by police when members of Tyendinaga lit a fire to request a response to Shawn Brant’s letter to the Prime Minister asking for a National Inquiry into the more than 825 missing and murdered Indigenous women across Canada.
Missing Inuk woman found slain
Another one of our girls has been found dead. The disappearance of Loretta Saunders, 26, has now shifted into a homicide investigation. The body of Saunders, who is Inuk from Labrador and was almost three months pregnant, was found Wednesday afternoon along the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick.
Missing woman’s suspected killers arrested
HALIFAX – Loretta Saunders, a 26-year-old Inuk Student at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, will not be soon forgotten. She was writing her University thesis on the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women across Canada last week when she herself became another number to add to the more than 800 names already on the statistic sheet.
Low flying military plane creates aviation terrorism rumor
AKWESASNE – A low-flying Canadian military aircraft was spotted on Feb. 28, 2014 by Akwesasne community members living on Cornwall Island (Kawehnoke).
Warriors blockade at Tyendinaga demanding inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women
About 80-100 men gathered to erect a blockade at on Tyendinaga territory Sunday night at about 8:30 p.m. Sources told the Two Row Times that two large fires are going across the street and vehicles are parked, blocking Shannonville Road.
OPP block roadways at Tyendinaga territory
A group of people have gathered at the Mohawk Territory of Tyendinaga today and gathered in a direct call for an inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women across Canada.
Loretta’s Disappearance Part of a Horrific Pattern
K’JIPUKTUK (Halifax) – On February 13, The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) delivered over 23,000 signatures to the House of Commons in support of NWAC’s call for a National Public Inquiry into the more than 600 missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada.
Aboriginal Youth Supportive Housing Program gets extra funding dollars
The Native Canadian Centre of Toronto (NCCT) recently announced that they have successfully obtained funding for High Support Housing through the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network (TCLHIN).
St. Lawrence River islands ownership, authority and free usage examined
AKWESASNE – Yet another one of the vaunted 1000 Islands on the St. Lawrence River has been put up for sale. According to published reports, Sheep Island has now been made available on the Canadian real estate market. Other islands have been claimed by the United States government on behalf of the “Mohawk people”. Ownership of the islands has never been ceded, according to Akwesasne residents.
Crowd of over 600 gathers to Honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
TORONTO – “The strawberry represents love, courage, and women”, explained Wanda Whitebird at the 9th Annual Strawberry Ceremony Honoring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and those who have died violent deaths by colonialism.
Outrage builds in Akwesasne over PCB contamination reality
AKWESASNE – The recent reporting of documented higher levels of cancer-causing pollution at the nearby former General Motors plant has some Akwesasne residents shaking their heads.