Author Archives: Lynda Powless

QIA ‘extremely disappointed’ with Ottawa’s proposal to again award fishing licences to southern Indigenous group

December 11, 2025 341 views

By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News The Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) says it is “extremely disapointed”…

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Eby promises business leaders to ‘go to the wall’ to protect private property

December 11, 2025 235 views

By Brieanna Charlebois VANCOUVER, B.C.-British Columbia Premier David Eby reassured business leaders at a BC Chamber of Commerce gathering in…

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Third person charged in quadruple homicide in Saskatchewan

December 11, 2025 188 views

RCMP have charged a third person with murder in the deaths of four people on a Saskatchewan First Nation. Two…

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Climate change is straining Alaska’s Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink

December 11, 2025 206 views

By Annika Hammerschlag AMBLER, Alaska (AP) — Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of…

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New book presents legal argument for Indigenous language education rights

December 11, 2025 259 views

By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com The new book Living Language Rights: Constitutional Pathways to Indigenous Language Education…

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Why Mark Carney’s pipeline deal with Alberta puts the Canadian federation in jeopardy

December 11, 2025 191 views

By Stewart Prest The recently struck memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Canada and Alberta is a high-stakes strategy that risks…

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$18-million sale of HBC charter to Thomsons, Westons approved by court

December 11, 2025 219 views

By Tara Deschamps Two of Canada’s wealthiest families have cleared the final hurdle on the road to buying and donating…

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$267 million in compensation payments made in federal settlement

December 11, 2025 212 views

By Lucas-Matthew Marsh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Iori:wase The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) announced last week that more than…

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Ottawa’s Indigenous advisers weren’t told of pipeline deal with Alberta: chief

December 11, 2025 172 views

By Alessia Passafiume A member of the major projects office’s Indigenous advisory council says he and his colleagues were not…

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Porch pirates making off with packages

December 11, 2025 256 views

HALDIMAND COUNTY – Haldimand County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are warning the public to watch…

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Cowichan case blamed for sinking B.C. property deals, including luxury hotel purchase

December 11, 2025 221 views

By Nono Shen and Darryl Greer An Ontario company that put down a deposit to buy a luxury hotel in…

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M.D. LSR council writes letter of support for recovery centre

December 10, 2025 306 views

By Pearl Lorentzen, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Lakeside Leader M.D. of Lesser Slave River council directed administration to write a…

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Wind turbine companies may return to bid in 2026

December 10, 2025 295 views

By Darlene Wroe, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Temiskaming Speaker DISTRICT – Two energy companies considering wind turbine projects in the…

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Lumbee Tribe poised to gain federal recognition through Defense bill

December 10, 2025 287 views

By Graham Lee Brewer After decades of political maneuvering through Congress and government agencies, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina…

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$1.3M salmon restoration effort in Nootka Sound could mend decades of heavy logging

December 10, 2025 252 views

By Nora O’Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ha-Shilth-Sa Nootka Sound, BC – Optimism for the future of Chinook salmon is…

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Federal ministers claim Liberal caucus is united on pipeline agreement despite public disagreements

December 10, 2025 208 views

By Natasha Bulowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer Three Liberal ministers are maintaining the Liberal caucus is united,…

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