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I mostly went to #8 School growing up in the 1980s on Six Nations but one year my parents sent me to the portables at…
Hess looking for second pro win
BRANTFORD — Black-Eye-Boxing Club’s Six Nations professional fighter, Karl “Razor” Hess is in training for his next bout, scheduled for Sept. 8th , at what…
Williams chalks up second ring win
By Jim Windle LONDON — Six Nations amateur boxer Skyler Williams of Brantford’s Bell City Boxing Club won his second bout in London at the…
Grassroots movement needed to counter Ottawa’s virus of greed
The Federal department called the Assembly of First Nations seeks to throw out all existing documentation of First Nations sovereignty. Historic leadership and nations from…
Chiropractor charged with sexually assaulting patients
HAMILTON — A Ontario chiropractor, already facing discipline with professional watchdogs, has been charged in connection with two alleged sexual assaults on his patients. A woman reported…
Experts say massive fires can take long term toll on environment
TORONTO — There was little rest for firefighters in northern Ontario during the long weekend as they continued battling flames on numerous fire lines. The…
Bystanders catch driver as van drives onto crowded Port Dover, Ont., beach
PORT DOVER — A 28-year-old woman says she was with her husband, children and other family members when she heard screaming as a van drove…
West Nile Virus hits Brant County
BRANTFORD — Three positive cases of West Nile Virus have surfaced in Brant County. The Brant County Health Unit issued an advisory to the public…
Pipeline activist denies rape accusations in court filing
By Mary Hudetz, AP ALBUQUERQUE, NM — An activist who has been described as having assisted Native American elders, veterans and others during 2016 pipeline…
Plains bison roaming free in Banff National Park for first time in decades
BANFF, AB — Parks Canada says wild plains bison that were reintroduced to Banff National Park are now free-roaming animals. Officials say 31 bison were…
Conquistador reenactment leaders apologize to Pueblo Indians
SANTA FE, NM — Organizers of the annual reenactment of a 17th-century Spanish conquistador reclaiming Santa Fe from Native Americans have issued an apology to…
Feds to test limits of Indigenous housing ideas through new contest
OTTAWA — The Trudeau Liberals are offering Indigenous communities $30 million in prize money as part of a contest that could end up rewriting the…
Case of Inuk woman missing six days after release from custody subject of probe
MONTREAL — The disappearance of an Inuk woman for six days after she was released from Montreal police custody at about midnight is raising questions…
Bank Of Montreal replaces plaques commemorating killing of Iroquois chief
MONTREAL — Two stone markers on the facade of a Bank of Montreal building in the city's tourist district that commemorated the murder of an…
Manitoba teen girl sentenced as youth for fatal beating of Indigenous woman
WINNIPEG — A Manitoba teenage girl who took part in the beating of an Indigenous woman that was filmed and shared online has been given…