National Chief Perry Bellegarde says he’s waiting for action on racism in RCMP
OTTAWA — National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations says he looks forward to learning more about how Public Safety Minister Bill…
Focus on infrastructure, involve community to fix reserve water issues: observers
The evacuation of a remote Ontario First Nation over the latest development in a decades-long water crisis has highlighted the need to focus on reserve…
Manitoba First Nations officer charged after police watchdog investigates
AMARANTH —An officer with the Manitoba First Nations Police Service has been charged with unlawfully being in a home. The province's police watchdog says an…
Indigenous lacrosse stars Brendan Bomberry and Brennor Jacobs launch first book
Brendan Bomberry has always been well known for scoring highlight goals. Throughout the years, whether playing with the Six Nations Arrows, Six Nations Chiefs, Iroquois…
A watered down Waterford Pumpkinfest
The Waterford Pumpkinfest lives (kinda) during Covid. The main festival has been cancelled but some of its spirit has been kept alive with house and…
Reconciliation means Indigenous are fighting from coast to coast
Indigenous communities have always been the canaries in the coalmine: whether that meant the reserve systems would become precursors of apartheid system developed in South…
Mohawk fingerprints on Bell’s telephone
TUTELA HEIGHTS – It would easy to know whose voice was transmitted in first recorded telephone call between Tutela Heights and Brantford’s downtown telegraph office,…
Council warns quarantine violators could face fines as COVID-19 case counts rise across region
SIX NATIONS — Six Nations issued a stern caution to residents that anyone violating quarantine instructions and hosting large gatherings over the Halloween holiday could…
DRIVER SUSTAINS LIFE THREATENING INJURIES IN COLLISION
HALDIMAND- The Ontario Provincial Police Haldimand County Detachment is investigating a two vehicle collision involving a tractor trailer and a sedan that sent the sedan…
Roads and trust destroyed as courts issue permanent injunction on McKenzie Meadows housing development, bans blockades in Haldimand
OHSWEKEN — Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Council called for calm on Saturday after a week that saw tensions escalate between police and…
New Elementary School, Library and Community Centre in Brantford
BRANTFORD — Will Bouma, MPP for Brant-Brantford, announced a $16.2 million investment towards the construction of a new elementary school on Shellard Lane in southwest…
Indigenous led clinic to help Quebec community still shaken by Joyce Echaquan’s death
MONTREAL — The idea is simple, says Jennifer Brazeau, executive director of the Native Friendship Centre in Quebec's Lanaudiere region: provide “a culturally secure space''…
Trudeau walks back pledge to end boil water advisories on First Nations by 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked back a promise to lift all on-reserve boil-water advisories by 2021 on Friday, as the First Nation with Canada's longest-standing…
Trudeau walks back pledge to end boil water advisories on First Nations by 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked back a promise to lift all on-reserve boil-water advisories by 2021 on Friday, as the First Nation with Canada's longest-standing…
Mi’kmaq fisherman intends to fight federal charges alleging illegal lobster catch
HALIFAX — A fisherman from a Mi'kmaq community in Cape Breton says he intends to plead not guilty to charges of illegal fishing after his…