St. Catharines to host Minto Cup 2025

CATHARINES — On Monday, February 12, it was announced that the St. Catharines Athletics were selected as host for the 2025 Minto Cup, Canada’s National…

City of Cambridge refused to consult with Six Nations on Broccolini project

After a stubborn start with the city of Cambridge refusing to engage with Six Nations, the Broccolini Old Mill project is now moving forward with…

Applications for Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle are open

Applications for this year’s Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle program are now open. The 2024 program marks the fourth year it has been taking place. “In…

Impassable winter roads create ‘dire’ situation for Ontario First Nations

Impassable winter roads are delaying vital shipments and threatening the safety of First Nations across northern Ontario, leaders warned as they pressed the provincial and…

Rethinking masculinity: Teaching men how to love and be loved

By Jamie Paris, Instructor, Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media, University of Manitoba How will young men learn to love when many messages seem…

Métis Nations, federal ministers sit for a bilateral mechanism meeting to hash out relationship, priorities

By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Updated with clarification on the co-development principles. Legislation may be the only way to ensure that a…

Psychology of eating and exercise

Anyone can learn the technical aspects of healthful eating and exercising, but the psychology of food and exercise remains one of the biggest barriers to…

Indigenous artists nominated for Juno Awards

TORONTO — The 2024 Juno Award nominations were announced with 19 Indigenous artists in the running. Three Indigenous artists are nominated for Contemporary Roots Album…

Six Nations woman named one of 45 new Justices of the Peace in Ontario

Claudine Longboat-White is one of 45 new Justices of the Peace announced by the province of Ontario last week. The Six Nations woman was appointed…

Indspire announces 2024 Indspire Awards recipients

Indspire’s annual celebration, The Indspire Awards, honours the achievements and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Canada and takes place on April…

Two dead, three injured after house fire on Weenusk First Nation in northern Ontario

The leader of an organization representing 49 First Nations says he is mourning after two people died in a house fire in a remote northern…

Two Native American boys died at a boarding school in the 1890s. Now, the tribe wants them home

By Jim Salter   When two Native American boys from Nebraska died after being taken to a notorious boarding school hundreds of miles away in…

National chief calls on Ottawa to resume policing talks after mass stabbing inquest

By Kelly Geraldine Malone   The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says a coroner’s inquest into a mass killing in Saskatchewan shows…

‘We’re still losing kids’: Young panelists discuss intergenerational trauma at Iqaluit conference

By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A panel of young adults spoke of how intergenerational trauma from residential schools continues to impact their lives…

Suffering in silence: Men’s and boys’ mental health are still overlooked in sport

By Michael Kehler, Werklund Research Professor, Masculinities Studies, University of Calgary; and Gabriel Knott-Fayle, Postdoctoral Scholar of Masculinities Studies in Education, University of Calgary  …