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April 6 In 1909, the North Pole was apparently reached by American Robert Peary. He began his sixth attempt to reach the Pole at Ellesmere Island, and was joined later by aide Mathew Henson and four Inuit. They spent nearly 30 hours at the spot scores of explorers had sought to reach. But Peary’s claim to be the first one there is still disputed. Another explorer, Dr. Frederick Cook, said he got there in 1908 but the U.S. Congress rejected his claim. April 7 In 2008, the federal government signed a deal with the Dene and Metis to create a national park around the headwaters of the South Nahanni River in the Northwest Territories. It would be called the Naats’ihch’oh National Park Reserve. April 9 In 2019, Prime Minister Justin...
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Gane’ Yohs Health Centre mold remediation begins
By Joshua Santos Writer Demolition crews began tearing down interior walls and ceilings at the Gane’ Yohs Health Centre launching a critical mold remediation project by the Six Nations to address health and safety concerns at the facility on March 24. The health centre has been plagued by mold for the past year. Remediation efforts, conducted in collaboration with Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), follows an engineering assessment to evaluate the extent of the damage caused by water infiltration. The pharmacy at the front of the building and the mental health and addictions office at the rear remain unaffected while the public health office in the middle section of the facility is undergoing remediation. “Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) is supporting Six Nations of the Grand River in their work to assess...
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Rebels prepare for regular season opener following pre-season tournament
By Sam Laskaris Writer Blue Hill now has a much better indication of what his roster will look like this season. Hill is entering his first season as the head coach of the Six Nations Rebels Junior B lacrosse squad. The Rebels played three games in a pre-season tournament they hosted this past Saturday at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena (ILA). The Rebels utilized 32 players in their weekend tourney. And Hill said he wasn’t overly concerned about the results in those matches. Six Nations registered a victory over the Welland Generals but was beaten in its two other outings by the Kahnawake Hunters and Halton Hills Bulldogs. “The wins and losses for that day didn’t really matter,” Hill said. “I just wanted to get a look at the players and...
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Six Nations goalie stars for Flamborough hockey squad
By Sam Laskaris Writer Thanks in large part to a Six Nations member, a Flamborough-based boys’ minor hockey squad exceeded expectations this season. Katsienhiio Squire was a star goaltender for the Flamborough Sabres’ Under 15 AA club. Squire and his teammates would prefer to still be playing this season. But their 2024-25 campaign came to an end when they were edged 4-3 in a shootout by the Milton Winterhawks in their Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) championship final held Mar. 30 in Whitby. The OMHA final against Milton was a marathon match. The two squads were deadlocked at 3-3 following three periods (15 minutes each) of regulation time. The Sabres and Winterhawks then played three scoreless 10-minute overtime periods. The game then moved on to a shootout to determine a...
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Six Nations lacrosse players have a league of their own
By Sam Laskaris Writer Mia Martin just wanted to continue playing lacrosse in her home community. So, the Six Nations member did something about it. She created a league, which will primarily feature other local adults who were also keen to take to the field. The result is the Womens Lacrosse League (WLL), which will kick off on May 18. All WLL matches will be staged at the Blue Track at the Six Nations Sports & Cultural Memorial Centre. Martin was blown away by the interest in the new circuit. She had to cap off the registrations at 84 players. The inaugural season will feature four squads. Each team will have 21 players on its roster. The clubs are simply called different colours – Blue, Purple, Green and Pink. Martin,...
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York-Durham: A new federal riding brings changes for local voters
By Darryl Knight, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With Canadians set to go to the polls on Monday, April 28 to elect a new Parliament, many residents should take note that they are now part of a newly restructured riding. For the past few elections, Uxbridge Township voters were part of the Pickering-Uxbridge riding, which stretched in an elongated shape from Pickering’s shoreline up to Uxbridge’s northern boundary. Meanwhile, Scugog voters belonged to the Durham riding. However, following the 2022 electoral redistribution, Durham has been divided, with Clarington and Oshawa portions forming the new Bowmanville—Oshawa North riding, while Scugog has been incorporated into York-Durham. Similarly, Brock voters, who were long part of the Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock riding, are now included in York-Durham as well. The newly created York-Durham riding is significantly larger...
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Aboriginal housing project seeking artist for mural
By Alexandra Noad, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Aboriginal Housing Society will be opening their Iinii’toyis-Buffalo Lodge multi-unit housing unit and are putting a callout for artists to be part of a mural project. Aboriginal Housing Society provides sustainable housing solutions built on a cultural basis. Melissa Many Fingers, vice chair and treasurer for the society, says Aboriginal Housing provides support for Indigenous people who need to move from reserve to more urban settings for economic reasons such as work or school, which can be challenging. “We just want to be able to give that equal opportunity and gear our housing needs more cultural based, so that way we’re serving our clients in the best way we can.” Aboriginal Housing offers a graduate-style program where people who are struggling are...
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Thieves boost eight pickup trucks in one night from same property in rural Norfolk
By J.P. Antonacci, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The thieves came and went over the course of two and a half hours, returning “multiple times” to a rural property in Norfolk County to steal eight pickup trucks in one night. Norfolk County OPP say three or four suspects made several trips to the property on Concession 3 Townsend in Wilsonville between 1:40 a.m. and 4:10 a.m. on Monday. The pack of thieves allegedly made off with eight pickups trucks which had been parked on the property. The theft was discovered later that morning. Two of the stolen trucks were later recovered at the intersection of Concession 3 Townsend and Cockshutt Road. Police say the vehicles were “extensively damaged and deemed beyond repair.” The other six trucks were found in various locations...
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Chief of Champagne and Aishihik First Nations glad to see bear hunt measures in place
By Talar Stockton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Chief Barb Joe of Champagne and Aishihik First Nations said she’s happy to see the Yukon government ban grizzly hunting in proximity to the traditional village of Klukshu. The ban was announced on March 31 alongside other changes to territorial hunting and fishing regulations. For the 2025-26 hunting season, hunters will not be able to kill grizzlies within 100 metres of the Haines Road corridor from Gribbles Gulch to Unnamed Creek No. 1. Previous restrictions on hunting were already in place on the west side of the road, as it falls within the boundaries of Kluane National Park (hunting is generally banned in national parks). Now, the prohibition will also apply to the east side of the road, where grizzly hunting was previously...
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Six Nations Police charge woman with impaired driving
OHSWEKEN, ON- An Ohsweken woman is facing impaired driving and child abandonment charges after Six Nation Police (SNP) received a complaint of impaired driving Friday, Feb. 21, 2025 . SNP received an impaired driving complaint at about 10:04 p.m. Advising police of a vehicle in the area on Sixth Line and Tuscarora Road driving erratically. SNP said they were advised by the witness that the vehicle had pulled into a local business on Chiefswood Road. Upon arriving police were directed to the vehicle involved by the witness. Police spoke with the female driver and said signs of impairment were detected on the driver. Police said there was also a child in the vehicle. As a result of the investigation, police have arrested and charged a female from Ohsweken, Ontario with...
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More than a department store: The long, complicated legacy behind Hudson’s Bay Company
By Heather Whiteside, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo The bankruptcy of the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) is often framed as the fall of “Canada’s oldest company.” Media narratives typically treat HBC as if it were a straightforward retail firm, albeit one with an exceptionally long history. But HBC was always more than a hinterland mercantile fur trader in earlier centuries, just as it was more than a department store anchoring downtown shopping in the 20th century. Like the beaver it nearly wiped out, HBC made Canada into its home by fundamentally transforming its environment, and no bankruptcy court will liquidate that legacy. Still, that legacy is more complex than many might assume. HBC and the making of Canada HBC’s initials have sometimes been jokingly elaborated as “here...
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‘Just respect the fire’: Returning cultural burns to a parched Okanagan landscape brings risk and reward
By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews Growing up in the bush in the mountains around snpink’tn (Penticton) in syilx Okanagan territories, Charles Kruger’s family taught him how to start fires when he was no older than five. “Being able to start a fire really young was crucial,” said Kruger, who is of syilx Okanagan and Sinixt ancestry. “Because we live off the land — deer, moose, elk, grouse, stuff like that — being able to start a fire in the rain, in the snow, is super important. That’s a skill in itself.” Kruger comes from a long line of hereditary fire chiefs, stretching back “many hundreds of years,” he said. “My grandma would be the one to tell everybody when to burn. She was the fire-keeper, I guess...
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Showing Their Potential – Quebec Indigenous Science Fair fosters scientific innovation
By Patrick Quinn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Nation The Quebec Indigenous Science Fair (QISF) brought 80 students from 21 Indigenous communities to the Cree and Inuit communities of Whapmagoostui and Kuujjuaraapik March 18-20, an event co-hosted by the Cree School Board and Kativik Ilisarniliriniq. This year marked the event’s 25th anniversary, which has been organized by the Quebec Aboriginal Science and Engineering Association (QASEA) since 1998. The science competition aims to foster innovation and scientific interest among Indigenous youth while promoting public speaking. “I am really impressed by the quality of the projects,” said QASEA president Marc Lalande. “We see more and more projects related to culture and history. Students are proud to talk about their Elders’ knowledge. We need visibility for the good things happening in communities.” Each...
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YG introduces changes to hunting and fishing regulations for 2025-2026 season
By Talar Stockton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Yukon News Changes to hunting and fishing regulations in the Yukon are now in effect. The changes mostly address the number of deer permits and moose permit hunt authorizations available. Conservation measures are also being introduced. The number of deer permits now stands at 20, with two additional youth permits for hunters aged 14 to 15. There will now be 16 adult permits, not 10, split between two areas. The number of moose permit hunt authorizations will increase from seven to 15 in the Fish Lake and Mount Lorne Moose Management Unit areas. Each unit gets four new permits apiece. The Braeburn elk hunt will be closed for the 2025 to 2026 season to support population recovery, and the bison hunting season will...
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Sex abuse trial of former ‘Dances with Wolves’ actor in Nevada is again postponed
By Rio Yamat LAS VEGAS (AP) — The sex abuse trial of former “Dances with Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse in Nevada has again been postponed. A judge on Monday moved the start of the trial in state court in Las Vegas to Aug. 4. The 48-year-old had been scheduled to stand trial next week on charges that he sexually abused Indigenous women and girls for years in the Las Vegas area. Craig Mueller, Chasing Horse’s lawyer, said in a motion filed Friday that he needs more time to prepare and interview witnesses. It’s the latest in a series of delays since Chasing Horse was arrested and indicted in early 2023. Chasing Horse has pleaded not guilty to 21 felonies, including sexual assault of a minor under 16, kidnapping and...
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Government social services are ‘significant agent’ of colonialism, N.L. inquiry hear
-CP- A social worker with decades of experience working with the Innu in Newfoundland and Labrador has told a public inquiry that government social services that were supposed to help have in fact undermined and harmed Indigenous families. Lyla Andrew, who grew up in Toronto and attended university there, was fresh out of graduate school in the late 1970s when she began working in the Innu community of Sheshatshiu. She said she started her career with the commonly held — but incorrect — belief that she had something to give the Innu that they did not have. “The learning process was that my assumption was very wrong,” Andrew said in pre-recorded testimony played at an inquiry hearing in Sheshatshiu. “In fact, I don’t think what we were trying to share...
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Lax Kw’alaams elected, hereditary leaders sign accord ahead of historic referendum
By Radha Agarwal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince Rupert Northern View Indicating a united front before the Lax Kw’alaams votes on its landmark constitution, the hereditary leaders of the Allied Ts’msyen Tribes and the Lax Kw’alaams elected council have officially signed a Governance Accord. “Our Allied Tribes leaders have rightful authority, and we (the elected leadership) need to work closely together,” said Lax Kw’alaams mayor Garry Reece. Lax Kw’alaams consists of descendants from the Nine Tribes of the Ts’msyen, which include the Gitlaan, Gispaxlo’ots, Gilutz’aaẅ, Gitandoa, Gitnadoixs, Ginax’angiik, Gits’iis, Gitzaxłaał, and the Gitwilgyoots. It has approximately 4,150 members and is located on the northwest coast of British Columbia near Prince Rupert. The Lax Kw’alaams band council called a referendum on April 9 to vote on the proposed Da’ax Kw’alaams Man-Ayaawx...
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Barricaded person incident leads to charges
HALDIMAND COUNTY, ON – Haldimand OPP have one person in custody after an incident involving a barricaded person at a Fisherville home. The Haldimand Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an address on Erie Street, Fisherville April 6, 2025 at about 9:30 a.m leading to the area being contained and OPP West Region Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), Emergency Response Team (ERT), Canine Unit and Crisis Negotiators being brought in along with the Haldimand Haldimand OPP Major Crime Unit brought in to assist with the ongoing investigation. As a result a 47-year-old Cambridge resident has been charged with the following Criminal Code offences: Sexual Assault Forcible Confinement Assault With a Weapon Uttering threats – Cause Bodily Harm or Death Mischief Under $5000 Assault a Peace Officer The...
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UBC professors taking school to court over ‘political’ actions by administration
By Darryl Greer A group of professors at the University of British Columbia say the school is wrongfully engaging in “political activity” by using Indigenous land acknowledgments, promoting equity and inclusion initiatives and by taking positions on the Israel-Palestine conflict. A petition filed in B.C. Supreme Court alleges UBC is stifling academic freedom by making statements in support or condemnation of Israel or Palestine and requiring job applicants to agree with the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. The petitioners, which include philosophy professor Andrew Irvine, English professor Michael Treschow and others, say in the action that the university should be prohibited from declaring that it is on “unceded Indigenous” land. The court petition says the school is violating the University Act’s provision requiring it to be “non-political in principle”...
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