CFL-Edmonton Football Team return as the ‘Elks’

EDMONTON – The Canadian Football League’s Edmonton franchise will now be known as the Elks, the club announced on Tuesday, after discarding their longtime name…

ISCA Indigenous Peoples Day Virtual 5km

As the Covid-19 pandemic has put most activities on halt, the Indigenous Sports Council of Alberta has offered one way to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day.…

Mann Cup Cancelled for Second Season in a Row

Lacrosse Canada announced that the the 2021 Mann Cup National Championship, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is also cancelled. This decision was made in…

Six Nations Enacts Cannabis Control Law

Two years after the creation of the Six Nations Cannabis Commission, with the aim of regulating the cannabis industry on the territory, a cannabis law…

Minto Cup Cancelled Amongst 10 National Championships

OTTAWA —Lacrosse Canada announced today the cancellation of the 2021 Minto Cup. This decision follows Lacrosse Canada’s announcement last month of the cancellation of 10…

NLL Announces 10 new Hall of Fame Members for 2021

PHILADELPHIA — The relaunched NLL Hall of Fame features 10 new members in its Class of 2021 as announced on June 3. Eight players and…

Presidents Cup amongst Lacrosse Cancellations

Lacrosse Canada has announced the cancellation of the 2021 U19 Jenny Kyle Cup and President’s Cup. This decision follows Lacrosse Canada’s prior announcements cancelling 11…

Saskatchewan Rush sold to Priestner Sports

SASKATCHEWAN – The Saskatchewan Rush of the National Lacrosse League has been sold to the Priestner Sports Corporation. The announcement came last month as it…

Toronto Rock moves to Hamilton

HAMILTON – In the month of May, one of the most well known National Lacrosse League (NLL) franchises reached a deal to relocate home games…

Man who killed Indigenous woman with trailer hitch in T’Bay, Ont., gets 8 years

TORONTO — A man who pitched a trailer hitch at an Indigenous woman from a moving car in Thunder Bay, Ont., was given eight years…

No charges against N.B. police officer in shooting of Indigenous woman Chantel Moore

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s Public Prosecutions Services announced Monday that no criminal charges will be filed against the police officer who fatally shot Chantel Moore…

Indigenous leaders frustrated after Pope passes on apology for residential schools

Indigenous leaders are expressing disappointment and frustration over comments by Pope Francis they say fell short of an apology for the Catholic Church’s role in…

As an Indigenous doctor, I see the legacy of residential schools and ongoing racism in today’s health care

By Marcia Anderson, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba “We didn’t know what he was on.” That’s what the emergency room physician…

How to be an effective ally to Indigenous people in the face of national trauma

When the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation announced the discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former residential school site in Kamloops, B.C.,…

BIPOC or IBPOC? LGBTQ or LGBTQ2S+? Who decides which terms we should use?

By Jila Ghomeshi It does not take a degree to notice that the names for groups of people sharing a common skin colour, ethnicity, gender…