Brandon is bringing the Stanley Cup
The cup is coming and Brandon Montour is bringing it. While the Stanley Cup playoffs may electrify crowds, that’s nothing compares to its visit. There’s always community excitement at seeing the Stanley Cup, but with all due respect to it, everyone wants to congratulate Six Nations own’ Brandon Montour who has graciously brought it home . The cup will be on display after a short parade down Chiefswood Road to the Six Nations arena along with all the security needed to keep both the cup and Brandon from getting swamped. Once there Six Nations community members lined up to see it will get a chance to take a quick photo congratulate Brandon and move on quickly to accomodate the crowd. And then it will be on its way to another...
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Six months after car abduction local man charged
By Austin Evans Writer Six months after a car theft and abduction, Six Nations Police helped Niagara police catch their suspect. Police officers from Niagara and Niagara-on-the-Lake responded to a reported abduction and motor vehicle theft at the Embassy Suites in Niagara Falls at 11:30 pm on January 14, 2024. The officers said an adult male had exited a grey Dodge Durango to check into the Embassy Suites hotel when an unknown man jumped into the vehicle and drove away. At the time, a woman and a young child were in the vehicle when the man took off with the car. The man returned to the hotel parking lot and forced them out before fleeing the area again. The victims did not sustain any physical injuries as a result of...
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Six Nations man facing impaired driving charges
OHSWEKEN-A 44-year-old Six Nations man is facing impaired driving charges after police spotted a person driving erratically. Six Nations Police said they arrested and charged the man after a traffic stop in Haldimand County. On Saturday, July 20th, 2024, at approximately 1:00 a.m. while on general patrol, the Six Nations Police officers noticed a vehicle making erratic driving maneuvers. Officers conducted a traffic stop to check the sobriety of the driver. Police approached the vehicle and spoke with the male driver and detected signs of impairment on the driver. As a result of the investigation, police have arrested and charged Michael Porter, 44, of Caledonia, ON with the following criminal offences: – Impaired Operation – Alcohol per se Offence “80 plus” The vehicle was impounded for 7 days, and the...
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Six Nations Marathoner runs, swims and bikes the Ironman
By Austin Evans Writer Boston marathon qualifier and Tom Longboat descendant Kristian Jamieson completed his first ever triathlon at Muskoka Ironman in less than six hours. Not even a full month after his sub-3 hour finish at the Niagara Ultra marathon, Jamieson completed his first ever triathlon on July 7th with a final time of 5 hours and 10 minutes. “This triathlon experience was unlike anything I had encountered before,” he said. “I was a rookie, competing against seasoned racers with a lot more experience than myself.” While Huntsville’s Muskoka Ironman triathlon only had half of the running of the Niagara Ultra marathon, it came after a 1.9 kilometre swim and a 90 kilometre bike ride, for a total distance of 112 kilometres. Jamieson has trained as a runner for...
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Anderson to continue hockey career in university ranks with Laurier Golden Hawks
By Sam Laskaris Writer His junior hockey career came to an end a few months ago. But 21-year-old Six Nations member Brenden Anderson is now preparing to further his career at the university level. Anderson has agreed to join the Waterloo-based Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks squad for the coming season. Anderson had visited the university this past February. Golden Hawks’ head coach Kevin Forrest had invited him for a school visit after watching him in action with the St. Catharines Falcons, members of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. Anderson had begun the 2023-24 season with the Toronto Jr. Canadiens, members of the Ontario Junior Hockey League. But after playing 10 games with the Jr. Canadiens he joined the Falcons’ organization. A couple of other Ontario university clubs had...
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As N.S. jail death toll mounts, father grieves son and calls for corrections reform
The Canadian Press 24/07/2024 A memorial plaque with a laser-etched image of Christopher Young wearing a Santa hat sits on a shelf at his father’s Halifax home. “That’s how I’ll always remember my son, as a happy guy,” said Gerry Young, 61. However, the grieving parent said his 33-year-old son’s suicide on April 26 — the fifth of six deaths in Nova Scotia jails in the past 18 months — should be remembered as an example of how the provincial corrections system is failing to protect inmates’ lives. “I guarantee you this could have been prevented,” he said during a recent interview in his home. Young said his son had tried and failed to kill himself years ago at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility — commonly known as Burnside...
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Physicality and endurance win the World Series of perhaps the oldest game in North America Slugline: US-Stickball-America’s-Oldest-Game
The Associated Press 24/07/2024 00:10 CHOCTAW, Miss. (AP) — As the drummers walk onto the field, the players behind them smack their hickory sticks to the beat. The rhythm envelops the stands and a palpable sense of anticipation flows through the crowd. Indigenous peoples have been playing stickball for hundreds of years, and every summer since 1975, teams have competed in Mississippi to become champion of perhaps the oldest game in North America. A game of physicality and endurance, stickball is often referred to as the grandfather of field sports and the annual tournament in Mississippi is the game’s premier event. The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has been producing some of the country’s best players for generations. A team from Mississippi will almost certainly be the one to beat...
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Manitoba Chiefs decry reduced federal funds for residential school searches
The Canadian Press 23/07/2024 15:45 The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is criticizing the federal government for reducing funds to search the grounds of former residential schools, saying they are profoundly disappointed and outraged. Communities could previously receive up to $3 million through the Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support Fund, but funding will now be capped at $500,000. Deputy Grand Chief Betsy Kennedy says the decision to cut back funding is not only disheartening, but disrespectful to the survivors and families affected by the system. Ottawa says the adjustment in funding was made in order to take a “sustainable approach” that provides money to as many community-led projects as possible. In a statement, Crown-Indigenous Relations says the funding adjustments will not apply to previously signed agreements, and highlighted the $216...
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The Haida-B.C. agreement was a landmark deal, but where was Canada?
By Ted Palys, Professor of Criminology, Associate Member of Dept. of Indigenous Studies, Simon Fraser University; and Michaela M. McGuire, PhD Candidate, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University The Haida Nation and government of British Columbia recently signed the Gaayhllxid/Gíihlagalgang “Rising Tide” Haida Title Lands Agreement, which recognizes and affirms the Haida Nation’s title to the archipelago of Haida Gwaii. Indigenous scholars have described the agreement as “historic” and “an inspiration to Indigenous Peoples across Canada and around the world.” It’s approach to title departs from the racist assumptions underlying colonization. However, while this agreement between the Haida Nation and B.C. is laudable, we cannot help but wonder: why has Canada been so slow to get on board? Undermining Indigenous nationhood Early European explorers and settlers in what is now...
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Family members of 1998 Utah murder victim want ‘an eye for an eye’
The Associated Press 23/07/2024 13:51 Family members of a woman killed in a 1998 murder pressed Utah officials Tuesday to carry on with the perpetrator’s scheduled execution during emotional testimony about a crime that still traumatizes their close-knit Native American community. Taberon Dave Honie is asking Utah’s parole board to commute his death sentence to life in prison. He faces execution by lethal injection on Aug. 8. Relatives described the 49-year-old victim, Claudia Benn, as a pillar in their family and community — a tribal council member, substance abuse counselor and caregiver for her children and grandchildren. “Taberon, you robbed us,” said her cousin, Betsy China. “Twenty-five years of missing out on her knowledge, her ability to read at a higher level and comprehend and help us.” Honie, who had...
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Dryden OPP officer wins an award and gets promoted
By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter DRYDEN – Receiving the Jim Potts Award was both an honour and a reflection of the valuable work of many collaborators, Sgt. Brittany Bembeneck says. Bembeneck said Monday in an interview that she feels “very honoured to be recognized for the work that I’ve done” and she appreciates her nominators “for taking time to recognize the work that I’ve done.” Award recognition is “honestly not my most favourite thing in the whole world,” she said. “I’m very fortunate that after starting my career in Sioux Lookout I was able to come back home to Dryden,” she continued. “And since coming home to Dryden, I’ve been able to, you know, be involved in the community and give back to the community that’s given me...
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Shovels in the ground as work begins on new $800-million arena for Calgary Flames
The Canadian Press 22/07/2024 17:58 Construction has begun on the new $800-million arena for the NHL’s Calgary Flames. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek joined others Monday picking up a chrome shovel to symbolically turn the sod to launch the multi-year process to replace one of the NHL’s oldest arenas. The new building – to be named Scotia Place — is being built in the shadow of the Saddledome and its iconic saddle-shaped concave roof. “Today is a big day for Calgary. After a decade of talking, Calgary is breaking ground on a new events centre…a project that promises to become a cornerstone of our sports and entertainment district,” said city councillor Sonya Sharp, the chair of the committee overseeing the project. “This is a place where...
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Microsoft Crash Throws BC Health Authorities Back to Analogue Age
By Michelle Gamage Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On Friday computers around the world running the Microsoft operating system Windows 10 suddenly faced what is colloquially known as the “blue screen of death” before having their computer systems turn off and then slowly reboot. This was not a cyberattack but a major tech failure. That same day, cyber-security company CrowdStrike said an update it made to its antivirus software for Microsoft Windows caused the crash. Many B.C. health authorities, hospitals, labs and urgent and primary care centres, were affected. B.C.’s emergency dispatch system, as well as paramedic, wildfire and police services were not impacted, Premier David Eby said at a press conference Friday. Health Minister Adrian Dix said most systems were back online by midday, though he added it might take...
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Documentary sparks conversation about Indigenous-led wildfire resilience
By Dionne Phillips Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A new documentary film, The Test, explores how the community of Logan Lake’s wildfire preparations were tested in 2021. A recent screening and panel discussion hosted in Williams Lake sparked more conversations about Indigenous-led wildfire resilience. Logan Lake began its fire mitigation decades ago, becoming the first official FireSmart community in Canada in 2013 by setting in motion a series of measures to help protect infrastructure and homes from wildfire damage. The Test shows how community leaders assessed forested areas for wildfire risk and employed youth to thin it out, piling twigs and dead branches on the forest floor to burn in the fall. Homeowners also mitigated wildfire risks by cleaning gutters and keeping firewood away from their homes. Just weeks after wildfire...
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WorkSafe investigating after death at turbine project near Sussex
By Andrew Bates Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 22/07/2024 WorkSafeNB is investigating after a person died Thursday at a construction site for a turbine project east of Sussex. A subcontractor working on the Neweg Energy Project, 29 kilometres east of Sussex, died following an incident on July 18, according to Amy Pellerin of Natural Forces, a Halifax-based private power company. Construction work on the six-turbine project was halted immediately and reopened Monday following approval from WorkSafeNB, Pellerin said Monday. “Neweg Energy Limited Partnership was made aware of the terrible incident after the emergency services were contacted and we offer our most sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the individual who has passed,” Pellerin, the company’s director of Canadian development, wrote in a statement. WorkSafeNB communications manager Lynn Meahan-Carson...
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University of Regina partners with tribal council to deliver camp for elite athletes
Local Journalism Initiative 23/07/2024 00:22 From Alex Decoteau, Sasktchewan’s first Olympian; to the trailblazing hockey career of Fred Sasakamoose; to current athletes like Brigette Lacquette, the first Indigenous woman on Canada’s Olympic hockey team; there’s a rich history of Indigenous athletic success in in the province and a new training camp aims to continue that excellence. The University of Regina (U of R) in partnership with the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council (FHQTC) created a new coaching and performance camp, designed to give athletes from the 11 FHQTC First Nations access to top athletic coaching and development. “I think the biggest thing is creating opportunities in sport and recreation for Indigenous athletes, especially those who don’t have access to these facilities and coaches,” said Jordynn Pewapsconias, KHS Indigenous...
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Fuel spill sparks evacuation worries for Nunavut community
The Canadian Press 22/07/2024 A gasoline spill in Nunavut prompted what some officials characterized as an evacuation, although the territory’s government says no evacuation was ordered. The Department of Community and Government Services says an estimated 5,000 litres of fuel spilled because of a tank overfill Monday afternoon in Sanikiluaq, an island community of about 1,000 people in southeast Hudson Bay. The department says the risk to the community is minimal and no fumes were detected beyond the facility’s containment area. Nunavut MP Lori Idlout said on Facebook she hoped “the gas leak they experienced forcing them to evacuate” was addressed safely. But the Nunavut government says it has not issued any form of evacuation notice regarding the leak. A First Nation in northern Quebec that had been prepared to...
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K’omoks First Nation signs draft treaty with B.C., federal governments
The Canadian Press 22/07/2024 Officials with the K’omoks First Nation and the B.C. and federal governments have signed a draft treaty in a step toward the nation’s self-governance. K’omoks Chief Ken Price says it was an “exciting, memorable, and emotional day” for the community on Vancouver Island as it marked another step toward a treaty. Price says in a statement that many K’omoks leaders have been part of negotiations over the last 30 years aiming to “build the best treaty possible.” He says treaties are “the highest form of reconciliation between nations.” The draft treaty must still be ratified by a vote among K’omoks members, and Price says the next step is to ensure questions are answered to ensure their community members feel they are making an informed decision. A...
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Manitoba First Nation says members without health care due to nursing shortage
The Canadian Press A First Nation in northern Manitoba says many of its residents, including infants, elders and people with chronic health conditions, are going without basic health care because of a nursing shortage in the community. Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation’s nursing station has been open only for medical emergencies since last year because the community has just two nurses to service its 3,500 citizens. Chief Angela Levasseur says members are forced to travel outside the community to get basic care like bloodwork or medication refills. She is calling on the federal government to provide funding for an additional three nurses for the nation. Government data shows that nursing stations in remote First Nations communities in Manitoba were facing a 67 per cent operational vacancy in the last fiscal year. Levasseur...
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