Brantford Police investigate “targeted” shooting
BRANTFORD, ONT-Brantford Police are investigating what they are describing as a “targeted” shooting after a man was found suffering from a gunshot wound Sunday, July 28, 2024. The Brantford Police Service said they responded to the Colborne and Alfred Streets area at about 5 am. after receiving a call of a 33-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound. Police located the man who was suffering non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The man was transported to an area hospital and is receiving treatment for his injuries. Brantford Police said they believe the shooting to “be a targeted incident and not a random act of violence.” BPS said there is “no concern for public safety at this time.” Anyone with information is urged to contact the Brantford Police Service at 519-756-7050. Tipsters who wish...
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Shame on Trudeau!
It’s a low blow…It’s shameful! And the Trudeau government has to wear the shame. The federal government has the audacity to announce it is reducing funds to search grounds of former residential schools for missing children. And on top of that is cutting much needed community support funds. Funds, survivors of the atrocity created by Canada, need to help each other cope with the effects of those schools. Affects that continue to haunt them even creating their own unique form of post-traumatic stress disorder called “residential school syndrome”. Statistics have shown survivors, OUR PEOPLE, are suffering from a from a form of PTSD. Diagnostic statistics have shown 64.2 percent of survivors suffer from PTSD, an estimated 26.3 per cent suffer abuse disorder, major depression has hit 21.1 percent, dysthymic disorder...
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Ashley Callingbull becomes first Indigenous woman to win Miss Universe Canada
Ashley Callingbull has become the first Indigenous woman to win Miss Universe Canada. The 34-year-old model, actress and television host from Enoch Cree Nation, Alta., was crowned in Windsor, Ont., on Saturday. Callingbull is currently an in-game host for the National Hockey League, Canadian Football League, and the National Lacrosse League. She has acted in APTN series “Blackstone” and “Tribal,” and received awards and recognition for her community work and activism. Callingbull previously broke barriers when she became the first Canadian and Indigenous person to win Mrs. Universe in 2015 and the first Indigenous woman to appear as a “Sports Illustrated” model in 2022. She will compete for the title of Miss Universe in Mexico in November. “This is the most surreal feeling. I’ve been chasing this dream for years...
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Former judge with disputed Cree heritage likely has Indigenous DNA: report
A DNA test shows a former judge and Order of Canada recipient accused of falsely claiming to b Cree “most likely” has Indigenous heritage, a report from the Law Society of British Columbia revealed Thursday. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond previously served as B.C.’s representative for children and youth, and was well known as a lawyer on Indigenous rights. Her Indigenous identity was the subject of a 2022 CBC News investigation, which called into question her heritage, including claims her father was Cree. It also found Turpel-Laford misrepresented her credentials. The law society confirmed Thursday she did misrepresent certain credentials, and ordered her to pay $10,000 to a non-profit organization that supports Indigenous justice. But as part of its investigation, the law society says an independent geneticist found Turpel-Lafond most likely has...
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Six Nations Tourism co-hosts Two Nations Paddle
The two largest Indigenous tourism groups have joined forces for an event this week. Six Nations Tourism and Wikwemkong Tourism will be co-hosting the Two Nations Paddle on Thursday. The event will be staged at Point Grondine Park in Killarney. The park is owned and operated by the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory. The Two Nations Paddle is a cultural experience being held to showcase the cultures of the Six Nations and Wiikwemkoong nations. Visitors will paddle in big canoes while guides explain the histories of the two nations. Guests will also be served with Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe foods. Six Nations tourism reps have also been invited to attend the Wiikwemkoong Arts and Music Festival, which will be held this Friday and the Wiikwemkoong Annual Cultural Festival, which takes places on Saturday....
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Chiefs kickoff their playoff run with win over visiting Kodiaks
By Sam Laskaris Writer After almost a three-week layoff the Six Nations Chiefs returned to action again on Sunday. The Chiefs downed the visiting Cobourg Kodiaks 13-7 in a match held at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena (ILA). That contest was Game 1 in a best-of-seven Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) semi-final series. For the Chiefs it was their first contest since July 9, when they wrapped up their regular season with a 12-7 triumph over the Peterborough Lakers. While the six other MSL entrants competed in their best-of-five, quarter-final series, the Six Nations squad was patiently sitting on the sidelines for those series to wrap up. That’s because the Chiefs, who posted a perfect 11-0 regular season record, were awarded an opening-round playoff bye and a direct berth into the semi-finals....
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Six Nations sisters compete in fastpitch softball championships
By Austin Evans Writer Sisters Tess and Tenley Squire are both competing in their brackets’ fastpitch softball championships next month. Tess will be playing with her Under-17 team on August 3 and Tenley’s Under-15 team will play their championship games on August 12. Tess and Tenley Squire have both played softball since they were young, with Tess playing tee ball as early as three years old. Since Tenley started playing as well, the sisters have practiced together. “My sister and I practice outside in our garage,” said Tenley. “We’ve definitely gotten closer when we started practicing, and I’ve had some of the best games I’ve been playing since we started.” “We’ve always bonded over sports, our whole family,” said Tess. “It helps that she’s a good ball player, it’s good...
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Smith hoping to help lead Allegany Arrows to Presidents Cup
By Sam Laskaris Writer Layne Smith’s eventual goal this season has remained the same. Smith, a 27-year-old Six Nations member, is hoping his lacrosse squad can qualify for and win this year’s Presidents Cup, the national Senior B tournament. Smith had started the 2024 campaign with his hometown Six Nations Rivermen. His father Jay is the general manager and also an assistant coach with the Rivermen, who compete in the Ontario Series Lacrosse (OSL). Early on in the season, however, the younger Smith opted to leave the Rivermen and take his talents to the United States. He joined the Allegany Arrows, members of the Can-Am Lacrosse League. Even though the majority of teams in the Can-Am circuit are based in the U.S., the league champs do advance to compete in...
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Navajo Nation plans to test limit of tribal law preventing transportation of uranium on its land
The Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Navajo Nation planned Tuesday to test a tribal law that bans uranium from being transported on its land by ordering tribal police to stop trucks carrying the mineral and return to the mine where it was extracted in northern Arizona. But before tribal police could catch up with two semi-trucks on federal highways, they learned the vehicles under contract with Energy Fuels Inc. no longer were on the reservation. Navajo President Buu Nygren vowed to carry out the plan to enact roadblocks while the tribe develops regulations over the first major shipments of uranium ore through the reservation in years. “Obviously the higher courts are going to have to tell us who is right and who is wrong,” he told The Associated Press....
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B.C. First Nations claim fish farm licences infringe upon Aboriginal fishing rights
The Canadian Press British Columbia’s ‘Namgis and Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nations accuse Canada’s fisheries department of being “beholden” to the salmon farming industry, as they gear up for yet another showdown in court with the federal government. The nations announced Tuesday that they are taking the federal government and two fish farm companies to court trying to overturn a decision that allows the farms to continue to operate off B.C.’s coast for another five years. ‘Namgis Chief Victor Isaac said at a news conference Tuesday that by renewing the licences, the fisheries department “has shown, once again, no respect for our territories.” “Everything we do is about salmon,” Isaac said. The fisheries department had been phasing out fish farms, he said, but last month the fisheries minister extended licences for...
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First Nations in northern Manitoba send residents south due to wildfire smoke
The Canadian Press More than 1,000 vulnerable residents in northern Manitoba have been sent south as wildfire smoke encroaches on some First Nations communities. Smoke from an out-of-control fire in northeastern Manitoba has created issues in Red Sucker Lake, Wasagamack and God’s Lake First Nations. The province said fire is not threatening the communities, but smoke is a health risk for the elderly, young children and people with respiratory issues. “The direction of the wind and the humidity could allow the smoke to stay closer to the ground and be trapped in some of those communities,” said Earl Simmons, the provincial wildfire service director. “We’re sending water bombers, and our crews are out there trying to prevent that fire from reaching any of those communities and the hydro line.”...
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Ohsweken man facing impaired driving charge
(OHSWEKEN, ON)- A 46-year-old Ohsweken man is facing impaired driving charges after a Six Nations Police officer spotted a driver failing to stop at the intersection of Onondaga Road and Fifth Line Road. Six Nations Police Service said, while on general patrol Thursday, July 25, 2024, at about 10:05 PM, a Six Nations Police officer saw a motor vehicle fail to stop at the intersection. Police said the officer began to follow behind a vehicle that was being driven erratically when the officer activated emergency equipment to conduct a traffic stop. The vehicle pulled into a private residence. The officer approached the vehicle and observed the male driver showing signs of impairment. As a result of the investigation, police have arrested and charged Kenneth Anderson, 46, of Ohsweken, ON with...
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Man facing impaired driving charges
(HALDIMAND COUNTY, ON) – A Jarvis man is facing impaired driving charges after OPP stopped a vehicle on Richert Road near Kohler. Police said on July 28, 2024, at about 1:00 a.m., a member of the Haldimand detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on patrol and saw a vehicle operating in an erratic manner. The officer conducted a traffic stop and upon speaking with the driver, OPP said the officer had reason to believe the driver had consumed alcohol. The driver was placed under arrest and transported to the OPP detachment for testing. As a result of the investigation, 45-year-old Timothy Smuck of Jarvis has been charged with the following offences: Operation While Impaired Failure or Refusal to Comply with Demand Drive Motor Vehicle – Perform Stunt The accused...
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One of Canada’s longest boil-water advisories has come to an end
By NC Raine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 30/07/2024 Safe drinking water is an expectation, especially in Canada, but for the Star Blanket Cree Nation it is a life-changing event worth celebrating. Thanks to a new $10.5 million water treatment station all 112 homes on Star Blanket Cree Nation (SBCN) and neighbouring reserves finally have access to clean, drinkable water. “The water now tastes phenomenal,” said SBCN Councilor Matthew Nokusis. “It’s like drinking store-bought water.” For 17 years, clean drinking water was a luxury for hundreds living on the First Nation. “I didn’t trust it because it didn’t look right,” said Nokusis about the water before the construction of the water treatment station. “I didn’t even let my dog consume the water because it was brown. I’d rather let him drink from...
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Six Nations Post-Secondary gets million-dollar contribution for scholarships
Six Nations post secondary scholarship funds are seeing a $50,000 a year increase after the Six Nations of the Grand River Development corporation (SNGRDC) wo pledged a total of $1 million in funding to students over the next two decades The funding will go to the Grand River Post Secondary Education Office’s general scholarship fund. SNGRDC’s total contribution could hit $2.48 million over the 20 years. “We are happy to further our commitment to education within Six Nations for the next 20 years alongside GRPSEO, knowing that this contribution will help pave the way for a brighter future for students of the Six Nations community,” SNGRDC president and CEO Matt Jamieson said in a press release. The GRPSEO is a federally sanctioned local body that provides financial and administrative support...
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Alexander First Nation members now eligible for water advisory compensation
By Jeremy Appel Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 30/07/2024 (AAA) Alexander First Nation has been newly added to a list of First Nations eligible for compensation for having a drinking water advisory that lasted at least a year from Nov. 20, 1995 to June 20, 2021. The advisory on the Alexander 134B reserve, a 3.4-hectare land 36 km northwest of Barrhead, lasted more than four years — from June 16, 2017 to June 20, 2021. Members of the newly added First Nations, which also include the Lower Similkameen Indian Band, Nee Tahi Buhn Indian Band and Skin Tyee First Nation in British Columbia, Dakota Plains Wahpeton Nation in Manitoba and Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation in Ontario, have until Sept. 17 to submit their compensation claims. To qualify...
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Privy Council to continue anti-racism efforts, clerk says after report release
The Canadian Press 30/07/2024 16:12 The head of the federal public service says he is personally committed to “continuous action” to address racism and discrimination in the workplace, following the public release of an internal report that details employees’ troubling experiences on the job. Privy Council clerk John Hannaford says the department has put a number of initiatives in place, including an office led by a chief diversity officer, which is developing an anti-racism and equity plan. His comments come after the Coalition Against Workplace Discrimination publicly released a report Monday that details discrimination and racism faced by employees in the Privy Council Office. The coalition obtained the report through the Access to Information Act. The report shows Black and racialized employees described being passed over for opportunities given to...
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Investigation finds at least 973 Native American children died in US government boarding schools
The Associated Press 30/07/2024 16:15 BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — At least 973 Native American children died in the U.S. government’s abusive boarding school system, according to the results of an investigation released Tuesday by officials who called on the government to apologize for the schools. The investigation commissioned by Interior Sec. Deb Haaland found marked and unmarked graves at 65 of the more than 400 U.S. boarding schools that were established to forcibly assimilate Native American children into white society. The findings don’t specify how each child died, but the causes of death included sickness and abuse during a 150-year period that ended in 1969, officials said. Additional children may have died after becoming sick at school and being sent home, officials said. The findings follow a series of listening...
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Firefighters holding wildfire near Water Valley in MD of Bighorn
By Jessica Lee Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 30/07/2024 A wildfire in the northeastern reaches of the MD of Bighorn is now classified as being held. After a week of battling the blaze 25 kilometres west of Water Valley with the help of firefighters, engines, helicopters, air tankers and heavy equipment to establish a fire guard, wildfire officials now expect the fire to stay contained at 65.4 hectares. “This means that given the current resources and anticipated weather, the wildfire is not expected to grow beyond pre-determined boundaries,” states the latest update from Alberta Wildfire and the MD. “Active suppression will continue on this wildfire in the coming days.” As of Sunday morning (July 28), 90 per cent of the wildfire’s perimeter was contained using a combination of water hose line...
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