National Newsticker Wildfire evacuees returning to their homes in northern Ontario First Nation June 19, 2026 819 views Residents of a northern Ontario First Nation are returning to their homes as fire crews have declared a wildfire south…
National Newsticker A conflict over cattle in Brazil’s Amazon highlights tensions for Indigenous peoples June 19, 2026 797 views By Gabriela Sá Pessoa FORMOSO DO ARAGUAIA, Brazil (AP) — On a vast island in northern Brazil, an unusual debate…
National Newsticker Five years after a Navajo elder vanished, the man who robbed her was released from prison June 19, 2026 839 views By Savannah Peters EDGEWOOD, N.M. (AP) — Five years to the day that Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay disappeared from…
National Newsticker MPs head home for summer break after Liberals pass contentious lawful access bill June 19, 2026 777 views By Nick Murray and Sarah Ritchie Members of Parliament have wrapped up a spring sitting in the House of Commons…
National Newsticker Senior aide of Alberta premier urges First Nations chiefs to fix squalid communities June 19, 2026 694 views By Lisa Johnson The executive director of Premier Danielle Smith’s office says that instead of criticizing her, First Nations chiefs…
National Newsticker Grassy Narrows residents demand Carney apologize for comments made about protest June 19, 2026 660 views By Alessia Passafiume A Grassy Narrows First Nation woman who suffers from mercury poisoning is insisting that Prime Minister Mark…
National Newsticker Alberta judge concerned about parts of ruling that threw out separatist petition June 19, 2026 788 views By Jack Farrell A judge has reserved her decision on whether to set aside a ruling that quashed an Alberta…
National Newsticker Advocates attack Carney government’s elimination of ombudsperson for forced labour June 19, 2026 655 views By Dylan Robertson Human rights advocates say Ottawa is betraying foreigners alleging involvement by Canadian companies abroad in forced labour…
National Newsticker Chetwynd’s Moccasin Flats Métis Society to host Annual General Meeting June 19, 2026 718 views CHETWYND, B.C. — Growing membership and bringing the community together will be on the agenda for Chetwynd’s Métis organization at…
National Newsticker Retinal cameras to rotate among 27 communities for crucial eye screenings June 19, 2026 650 views By Maya Ekman, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, NWOnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY – Twenty-seven Northern communities will now be able to screen…
National Newsticker South Dakota man whose life sentence was commuted by Noem now implicated in his niece’s death June 19, 2026 527 views By Mead Gruver And Jacques Billeaud Two men, including one whose life sentence was commuted by then-South Dakota Gov. Kristi…
National Newsticker Premier points responsibility for continued mercury poisoning to Ottawa June 19, 2026 444 views By Maya Ekman, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, NWOnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY – The call to shut down the Dryden mill over…
National Newsticker Fort Frances sees first mayoral candidate June 19, 2026 422 views By Maya Ekman, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, NWOnewswatch.com FORT FRANCES — More than a month after nominations opened, the city…
National Newsticker ‘Everybody will benefit’: What the K’ómoks First Nation Treaty Act means for economic development in the Comox Valley June 19, 2026 386 views By Dave Flawse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Discourse At the end of May, the B.C. government gave a third…
National Newsticker Artist aspires to continue Squamish’s ‘cultural crossings’ with Scotland, in Indigenous-inspired exhibit June 19, 2026 308 views By Ina Pace, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Squamish Chief A local artist, heavily inspired by a Squamish Nation master…
National Newsticker Secwépemc stewardship reshapes 53-million-year-old forest June 19, 2026 353 views By Breanne Massey, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Wren Seven years after taking the internationally renowned McAbee Fossil Beds back…
National Newsticker Anti-hate bill passes without residential school denialism clause June 19, 2026 367 views By Claire McFarlane, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cabin Radio While an anti-hate bill passed in the Senate earlier this month,…
National Newsticker Senior aide of Alberta premier urges First Nations chiefs to fix squalid communities June 18, 2026 883 views By Lisa Johnson The executive director of Premier Danielle Smith’s office says that instead of criticizing her, First Nations chiefs…
National Newsticker Grassy Narrows repeats call for Carney to apologize for comments made about protest June 18, 2026 562 views By Alessia Passafiume A Grassy Narrows First Nation woman who suffers from mercury poisoning repeated her call Thursday for Prime…
National Newsticker Native Americans mark the US 250th with pride, pain and patriotism June 18, 2026 630 views By Susan Montoya Bryan SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Swiftly marching toward westward expansion, the United States in the 1800s…
