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…
Early colonizer elite families and how they benefitted from the oppression of Six Nations
In BC, the first residential school ever constructed was the St. Euguene Mission school. This building was designed by Canadian architect Allan Keefer in 1911.…