Prince Harry to visit veterans in Toronto today ahead of Remembrance Day
Prince Harry is set to meet with some of Canada’s oldest veterans today as part of his two-day visit to Toronto for events related to Remembrance Day. The Duke of Sussex, who served in Afghanistan as a member of the British military, will visit veterans at Sunnybrook Hospital’s veterans centre. The veterans centre is the largest of its kind in Canada, and it supports more than 300 veterans from the Second World War and the Korean War. The office of the Duke of Sussex says his visit comes at the invitation of the True Patriot Love Foundation, which supports Canadian military members, veterans and their families. Prince Harry is also scheduled to attend a dinner tonight organized by True Patriot Love before wrapping up his Toronto visit. His last visit...
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Kyle Edwards wins Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction
By Nicole Thompson Anishinaabe journalist Kyle Edwards’ novel about a high school hockey team in north-end Winnipeg has won the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction. “Small Ceremonies,” which is Edwards’ debut, is a coming-of-age story about Indigenous brothers finding their way in the world. The Canada Council for the Arts announced the seven winners this morning, each of whom receive $25,000. The non-fiction winner is Claire Cameron for “How to Survive a Bear Attack,” in which she draws parallels between a fatal bear attack that captured her attention in 1991 and the rare genetic mutation that led to her cancer diagnosis. The poetry award goes to Karen Solie for “Wellwater,” while “Rise, Red River” by Tara Beagan wins the drama prize and Jessica Moore’s translation of “Uiesh/Somewhere” by Joséphine...
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Indigenous leaders say federal budget falls short on health care, education
By Dylan Robertson The federal budget fails to offer the investments in health and education their communities desperately need, some Indigenous leaders said Wednesday, a day after the Liberals tabled the latest fiscal plan in the House of Commons. The budget froze annual base funding for Indigenous health and social services and for treaty work. Ottawa says that freeze amounts to a two per cent cut at a time when most federal agencies face a 15 per cent cut. Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said the freeze will have serious impacts on communities with high birthrates. She also said the budget offers no plan to close the education gap that holds back economic growth in Indigenous communities. “Sadly, yesterday’s budget did not include any generational investments...
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UBCIC declares ‘unwavering solidarity’ with syilx opposition to gold mine
By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews The Okanagan Indian Band has received “unanimous support” from the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) in its push to protect the nation’s watersheds from a gold mining operation. In a joint statement released Monday, the two groups said Indigenous leadership “voted unanimously” in support of the First Nation’s resolution opposing mining on its territories during UBCIC’s annual general assembly last month. UBCIC is a political organization that represents more than 100 First Nations across B.C. The resolution — titled “Opposition to Mining in Okanagan Indian Band Watersheds and Protection of syilx Water, Salmon, and Sacred Sites” — calls for the protection of the Browns Creek and Whiteman Creek watersheds “from proposed mining activity by Ximen Mining Corporation.” “These areas lie...
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Nunavut Child Benefit paid less than $700 per year on average in 2025: CRA
By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News The average payment from the Nunavut Child Benefit and the Nunavut Territorial Workers’ Supplement was a combined $694.08 from July 2024 to June 2025, the Canda Revenue Agency told Nunavut News. Nunavummiut families need more to survive than what the benefits are offering, according to Sindu Govindapillai, the clinical director at the Inuit children support organization Qupanuaq. “That’s not really substantially helping people afford the basics for their kids,” Govindapillai said about the benefit payments. The Nunavut Child Benefit is a top up to the federal Canada Child Benefit, which pays up to $8,000 per year for children under six-years-old and $6,700 for children between seven and 17-years-old. Nunavut’s top up to the federal benefit is $350 per child every...
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Researchers find microplastics in lobsters caught off the coast of Nova Scotia
A new study has confirmed the presence of microplastics in the tails of lobsters caught off the coast of Nova Scotia. Co-author Amber LeBlanc, a researcher at Dalhousie University in Halifax, says the study raises questions about the future of the lucrative industry and the long-term impact on human health. She says she and her colleagues found a variety of microplastics in edible meat pulled from all of the lobsters they studied. The researchers determined the plastics primarily came from polyester clothing, industrial adhesives and marine-grade plastics. LeBlanc says the study is a call to action for more research to determine how these microplastics are affecting lobsters and the people who eat them. The study says previous research has shown the intake of microplastics has increased mortality rates among other...
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Snuneymuxw First Nation enters into agreement to purchase River Rock Casino and Chances Casino Maple Ridge
By Hope Lompe, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Gabriola Sounder, Gabriola Sounder The Snuneymuxw First Nation announced on Thursday it is purchasing River Rock Casino Resort – the largest casino resort in Western Canada – and Chances Casino Maple Ridge from Great Canadian Entertainment, subject to regulatory approval. Petroglyph Development Group, a corporation owned by Snuneymuxw, purchase of the casinos it expected to make the nation one of the largest casino operators by revenue in British Columbia. “We are moving towards financial independence and sovereignty with steady, sustainable nation led revenue. We reinvest this revenue into what matters most, projects that strengthen our people, that honor our way of being and build opportunity for future generations,” said Chief Michael Wyse (Xum’silum). The nation entered into the gaming industry last year with...
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Eby, coastal First Nations call on Ottawa to maintain oil tanker ban
By Ashley Joannou British Columbia Premier David Eby and coastal First Nations have signed a declaration calling on the federal government to maintain an oil tanker ban off the province’s north coast. Eby said Wednesday that one oil spill in the area would destroy billions of dollars in economic activity along the coast, with no technology available to clean it up. “We call on the federal government to recognize what generations of leaders have. We need to protect our coasts in order to grow our economy,” he said. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wants the tanker ban to be repealed as part of her government’s proposal to build an oil pipeline to the B.C. coast. Chief Marilyn Slett, president of the Coastal First Nations, said the ban is a result of...
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Police training program opens in Cornwall
By Phillip Blancher, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Morrisburg Leader CORNWALL – The provincial government has expanded its Basic Constable Training program to a temporary site located at the DEV Centre in Cornwall. The move is to add more new recruits to Ontario’s police services faster. “By expanding training this fall in Cornwall, our government is supporting police services and their recruitment efforts, ensuring they have the additional constables needed to protect our communities,” said Solicitor General Michael Kerzner. The expansion will train 121 additional recruits for this intake window, increasing the total police recruits to 641 this fall. Police recruits, whether for a municipal or the Ontario Provincial Police, are normally trained at the Ontario Police College in Aylmer. “By expanding basic constable training, our government is adding more...
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Infants Bear the Brunt of RSV Hospitalizations, UBC Study Finds
By Michelle Gamage, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Tyee Infants younger than six months old get hit the hardest with respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, making up almost half of all patients hospitalized for the illness in Canada, according to a new study from the University of British Columbia. The peer-reviewed study, published recently in the Lancet Regional Health: Americas journal, found that infants under six months made up 45 per cent of the almost 29,300 patients hospitalized for RSV in Canada from 2017 to 2023. That’s because infants’ immune systems are still developing, their bodies are very fragile and they don’t have any antibodies to fight off the virus, study lead author Nirma Khatri Vadlamudi told The Tyee. Vadlamudi led the study during her post-doctoral research at UBC’s faculty...
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Marchers call for end to police brutality in Nunavik
By Dominique Gene, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News More than 40 people took to the streets of Kuujjuaq on Tuesday demanding an end to what they say is police brutality in Nunavik. Holding the march on Tuesday was significant — Nov. 4 marks one year since Joshua Papigatuk died and his twin brother Garnet Papigatuk was badly injured in a confrontation with police as officers in Salluit responded to a report of an impaired driver. Since then, there have been two other police-involved deaths of Nunavik residents. “I want people to be able to feel safe to request assistance without the fear of being harmed,” said Mary Mesher, one of the volunteers who led the march in Kuujjuaq, in an interview. Marchers carried signs with messages such as “No...
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Eby, coastal First Nations call on Ottawa to maintain oil tanker ban
By Ashley Joannou British Columbia Premier David Eby and coastal First Nations have signed a declaration calling on the federal government to maintain an oil tanker ban off the province’s north coast. Eby says one oil spill in the area would destroy billions of dollars in economic activity along the coast, with no technology available to clean it up. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been calling for the tanker ban to be repealed as part of her government’s proposal to build an oil pipeline to the B.C. coast. Chief Marilyn Slett, president of the Coastal First Nations, says the tanker ban is a result of 50 years of advocacy by coastal communities and is “foundational” for keeping the coast healthy and the economy strong. Jason Alsop, president of the Haida...
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Your first look at what Canadian Tire is doing with the Hudson’s Bay stripes
By Tara Deschamps When Canadian Tire learned that it had come out on top of a bidding war to own the Hudson’s Bay stripes this summer, one of its marketing executives said the feeling was comparable only to the most magical time of year. “It was like Christmas, quite honestly,” Eva Salem recalled of the June moment when her company got court permission to buy a treasure trove of HBC’s intellectual property, including the multicoloured motif, the HBC name and other slogans and trademarks from the defunct retailer for $30 million. “We were so excited.” But the joy quickly evolved into a reminder that owning one of the oldest and most venerable symbols of Canadiana comes with enormous weight. The motif hearkens back to a painful past when the fur...
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Indigenous leaders say federal budget falls short on health care, education
By Dylan Robertson Some Indigenous leaders say Tuesday’s federal budget lacks the investments in health and education their communities desperately need. The budget froze annual base funding for Indigenous health and social services and for treaty work, which Ottawa says amounts to a two per cent cut at a time when most federal agencies face a 15 per cent cut. National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak of the Assembly of First Nations says the freeze will have serious impacts on communities with high birthrates and the budget offers no plan to close the education gap that holds back economic growth in Indigenous communities. The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami is praising the budget’s promises of investments in the Arctic, and particularly its support for an Inuit university. But the group says it’s troubled...
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Federal budget ‘really met the mark’ for northern Ontario: Hajdu
By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY — Northern Ontario has a lot to gain in the federal budget tabled by the Mark Carney government says one of the Thunder Bay area’s Liberal MPs. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne presented the first federal budget under Carney’s leadership Wednesday afternoon. It projects a $78 billion deficit, while targeting spending to boost investment and domestic productivity amid cuts to federal programs and the civil service. Thunder Bay-Superior North MP and Liberal cabinet minister Patty Hajdu said the budget’s commitment to building more — with over $50 billion committed to infrastructure spending “in a very short time” — will help northern Ontario. “For northern Ontario, it really met the mark, in particular in the space of investment and community infrastructure,” Hajdu...
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MCFN human rights case could lay foundation for First Nations education claims
By Carly McHugh Writer The Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (MCFN) human rights hearing into whether the federal government is upholding it educational equality for First Nation children has begun. The hearing began at MCFN last week . The hearing will address the long-standing systemic underfunding and inequity of education for First Nations children. The case opened before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) on Oct. 27 and is scheduled to take place over 15 days. By bringing it before the tribunal, the MCFN aims to ensure the federal government upholds its obligations to ensure First Nations students in Ontario have access to the same quality of education and educational funding as other children in Canada. “For far too long, First Nations students have faced barriers that no child...
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Six Nations Elected Council updating community plan
Six Nations will explore options for updating the community’s 2019 Community Plan. The Lands and Resources, Wealth and Economy Committee brought forward a resolution at the October 28 General Council meeting and Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) passed a motion to look into funding and resources to update the plan as well as hire both a community planner and land use planner. The Comprehensive Community plan, developed in 2019 guides development, land use, and community priorities across the territory. Councillor Alaina VanEvery said that while the plan is a “living document,” it has not been updated since 2019, and an update would help ensure Six Nations’ interests are reflected in future decision-making. Particularly as the community prepares for upcoming land claim litigation in 2026. Councillor Dayle Bomberry raised the question...
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Six Nations Police charge two with drug trafficking related charges
OHSWEKEN, ON- A Six Nations Police Drug Enforcement Unit investigation has resulted in police seizing bulk cocaine, oxycodone and laying trafficking charges. Six Nations Police executed warrants Tuesday, October 21, 2025, as part of a drug trafficking investigation at residence on Fourth Line near Cayuga Road. As a result of the Section 11 Controlled Drugs & Substances Act search warrants five persons were arrested and taken into custody, two of which had outstanding warrants with Six Nations Police. One individual was released from police custody unconditionally. A search was conducted resulting in the seizure of bulk cocaine, oxycodone, currency, a cell phone and drug packaging materials. As a result of the investigation, Robbe Beaver, 50, and Mackenzie Bomberry-Whitlow, 24, both of Ohsweken were arrested and charged with: Possession for the...
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Haudenosaunee deer harvest underway
The 14th annual Haudenosaunee deer harvest on Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) area lands began this week. The hunts are being held under the Nanfan Treaty. The Haudenosaunee Wildlife and Habitat Authority (HWHA) and the HCA meet annually to address any issues and have reached a Specific Agreement for the 2025 season. The hunt is based on the existing Protocol to address the Treaty Rights of the Haudenosaunee on HCA-owned lands. Deer harvesting for the 2025 season will be conducted in two areas of the Dundas Valley Conservation Area. For November and December 2025, harvesting will occur concurrently on HCA-owned lands between November 3 and December 4, 2025. The number of deer to be harvested is limited to 60 deer. Hamilton Police Services, the City of Hamilton municipal law enforcement and...
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