New Brunswick RCMP searching for suspect after one man killed at First Nation
RCMP in eastern New Brunswick are searching for a suspect after a man was found dead in Elsipogtog First Nation earlier today. The police force says officers discovered the body after receiving a report that a man had been shot outside a residence on Ball Park Street shortly before 2 a.m. The Mounties have confirmed they are investigating the case as a homicide. At around 2 a.m. this morning, an emergency alert message urged residents to lock their doors as police searched for a man described as armed and dangerous. RCMP sent another alert around 6 a.m. advising residents they could leave their homes and resume normal activities, adding there was no longer a threat to the community about 60 kilometres north of Moncton. Residents were told they could expect...
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Six Nations community members take long awaited stand as historic land claim case continues
By Barbara Latkowski Writer It’s not just about a parcel of land, it’s about relationships, for Phil Monture from Six Nations of the Grand River (SNGR). “It’s been over a 50-year journey. It’s about remembering those before us,” Monture said. “And I hope we get justice,” Monture said. Six Nations (SGNR) has waited over 31 years since suing Canada and Ontario over sold land and mismanaged trust funds spanning more than 150-years. Under the 1784 Haldimand Proclamation, the Crown granted 950,000 acres of land to SNGR in Ontario, known as the Haldimand Tract, in return for their alliance during the Revolutionary War. Monture took to the stand for the first time last Wednesday for the decades long land claim that finally went to trial on Monday in Toronto. Today, the...
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Modular home factory in Nunavut community would increase home prices, regional Inuit association told
By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News The Kitikmeot Inuit Association’s board of directors was told last week that building a modular home factory in Cambridge Bay would drive up housing prices. Delivering modular housing supplies to Cambridge Bay, assembling them and then shipping finished homes to other communities in the region would drive up costs compared with simply having the materials sent directly to the communities, the board of directors heard during the first day of the Kitikmeot Inuit Association’s annual general meeting. Brad Krizan, chief operating officer of the Kitikmeot Corporation, explained the issue to the board at the meeting in Cambridge Bay on Oct. 6. “You’re basically going to ship materials twice. You’re going to have to ship the homes twice. We’re really looking...
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TC Energy completes Indigenous investment deal in Coastal GasLink
By Lauren Krugel TC Energy Corp. says it has closed a deal that gives five First Nations an economic interest in the Coastal GasLink pipeline, which brings natural gas from northeastern B.C. to the LNG Canada plant and export terminal in Kitimat, B.C. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available. “This agreement turns years of partnership into long-term economic opportunity and shared prosperity,” François Poirier, president and chief executive of TC Energy, said in a news release Tuesday. Under the agreement with the FN CGL Pipeline Ltd. Partnership, the First Nations have obtained an economic interest in the entity that holds TC Energy’s limited partner interest in Coastal GasLink. Its members include the Haisla Nation, Halfway River First Nation, McLeod Lake Indian Band, Saulteau First Nations and West...
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NAPS outlines plan to eventually double staff
By Alicia Anderson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com More recruits are needed by the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service. That’s what Terry Armstrong, chief of police, said at the police service’s annual general meeting on Tuesday. “We’re on a trajectory to double the police force in the next probably seven to eight years, but what we’re looking at is a police service of 520 and close to 200 civilians in our service,” Armstrong said. “We’re on course.” The annual general meeting reflects on the police service’s previous year, and invites chiefs of the 34 First Nations to submit feedback. Currently, the police service receives 80 seats a year at the police college, which helps with recruitment, Armstrong said, noting they get up to 20 seats per class. “Another thing we’re seeing...
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Ontario to move northwest regions to permanent daylight time
By Liam Casey Ontario is set to move parts of the province’s northwest region to permanent daylight time in order to align with Manitoba, Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford told The Canadian Press. Rickford said there is overwhelming consensus among municipalities, First Nations and businesses to make the time change permanent. Rickford says the province intends to make a regulatory change in the Time Act on Nov. 1 to allow regions west of the 90th meridian to align with Manitoba. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew announced last month the province would stop twice-annual clock changes and stay on daylight time year-round in the central time zone, leaving it one hour ahead of the other Prairie provinces rather than aligned with them. “That put northwestern Ontario, who sits in the central standard...
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Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler says drug violence must end
By Alicia Anderson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY — Drug-related violence across Nishnawbe Aski Nation territories must end. That’s what Grand Chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), Alvin Fiddler, said during Nishnawbe Aski Police Service’s (NAPS) annual general meeting on Tuesday. “With that growth of our police service is also just the growth of drugs coming into our community and the violence that comes with it,” Fiddler said. The annual meeting connects police services with the chiefs of the communities they serve, so they can receive feedback. Fiddler said that despite the police force’s growth, more drugs are being smuggled into remote communities, leading to an increase in crime. “There’s a real demand on policing right now for public safety and community safety, and NAPS should be able...
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Ontario to move northwest regions to permanent daylight time
By Liam Casey Ontario is set to move parts of the province’s northwest region to permanent daylight time in order to align with Manitoba, Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford told The Canadian Press. Rickford said there is overwhelming consensus among municipalities, First Nations and businesses to make the time change permanent. The province intends to make a regulatory change in the Time Act on Nov. 1 to allow regions west of the 90th meridian to align with Manitoba, he said. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew announced last month the province would stop twice-annual clock changes and stay on daylight time year-round in the central time zone, leaving it one hour ahead of the other Prairie provinces rather than aligned with them. “That put northwestern Ontario, who sits in the central standard...
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Six Nations Police investigate fatal single vehicle collision
OHSWEKEN, ON, October 13, 2026 – An 18-year-old Ohsweken man has been killed in a single motor vehicle collision on Cayuga Road at Sixth Line that occurred at about 1:30 a.m. Monday Oct., 12. Six Nations Police Service (SNPS), the Six Nations Fire & Emergency Services and Six Nations Paramedic Services responding to the single motor vehicle collision found a pickup truck had struck a large tree. The driver, an 18 year old Ohsweken man, the only occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced deceased at the scene. SNPS closed the roadway for several hours while both SNPS and the OPP West Region Traffic Unit investigated the circumstances surrounding the collision. Anyone who may have witnessed the collision is asked to contact Six Nations Police at (519) 445-2811. ...
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Coroner’s inquest set to begin examining death of Toronto woman who fell from balcony
By Paola Loriggio A coroner’s inquest is set to begin today to examine the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a Toronto woman who fell from a highrise balcony while police were in her home more than six years ago. Korchinski-Paquet, a woman of Ukrainian, Black and Indigenous ancestry, died on May 27, 2020 after police responded to calls about a family dispute at the apartment. She was 29. Her death came on the heels of the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man from Minneapolis, spurring further protests amid growing calls to defund the police. It also cast a spotlight on how police interact with people experiencing mental health crises. Ontario’s police watchdog investigated the case and eventually cleared Toronto police of wrongdoing in Korchinski-Paquet’s death. The Special Investigations Unit...
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Shelter in place on New Brunswick First Nation ends after report of armed person
Residents of a First Nation in eastern New Brunswick were urged to lock their doors early Tuesday after a report of a person with a weapon. RCMP said officers were looking for a person who used a firearm at Elsipogtog First Nation, roughly 60 kilometres north of Moncton. An updated emergency alert said the police operation had ended and there was no longer a threat to public safety. Police did not immediately share further details about the matter but said officers remain in the area as part of the investigation. On its website, Elsipogtog First Nation says it is one of New Brunswick’s largest First Nations reserves. Leaders from the Elsipogtog First Nation did not immediately respond to a request for comment. This report by The Canadian Press was first...
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New Brunswick gets $219 million loan from Ottawa for hydroelectric dam repair work
By Eli Ridder The federal government says it will spend more than $260 million to help New Brunswick modernize a pair of energy projects. The bulk of the money is a $219-million loan from the Canada Infrastructure Bank to upgrade the province’s largest hydroelectric dam, located west of Fredericton on the Saint John River. New Brunswick’s electric utility is preparing the 672-megawatt Mactaquac Generation Station for a multibillion-dollar overhaul aimed at extending its operational life to 2068. Natural Resources Canada says the funding will support technical studies, regulatory reviews, First Nations engagement and planning. Crown-owned NB Power decided in 2016 to spend up to $3.6 billion to prolong the life of the dam, which would have otherwise been decommissioned by 2030 due to concrete swelling. Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson...
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Top court sets sentencing framework for cases involving Indigenous offenders, victims
By Jim Bronskill The Supreme Court of Canada says in cases where an Indigenous offender commits an offence against an intimate partner who is an Indigenous woman, a judge must apply sentencing principles related to both Indigenous offenders and victims of crime in a harmonious way. In a 5-4 judgment Friday, the top court provided guidance and set out a new framework for determining an appropriate sentence in such cases. The court said Indigenous people are disproportionately and excessively imprisoned, while Indigenous women and girls suffer from unacceptably high levels of violence and abuse. “Both of these pressing issues have been shaped by the experiences of colonization, and addressing them together is central to the ongoing process of reconciliation,” Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin wrote on behalf of the majority. Parliament has...
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Here’s what to know about flu, COVID-19 and RSV this respiratory virus season
By Nicole Ireland Respiratory virus specialists say Canadians should get their flu shot as soon as it becomes available in their area this fall. Most provinces will start providing the flu vaccine to the general public by the end of October and it will be free of charge. In Ontario, both the flu and COVID-19 shots became available on Sept. 28 for people age 65 and older, residents of long-term care or retirement homes and hospital patients and staff. The flu vaccine is recommended for everyone six months of age and older, said Dr. Winnie Siu, a senior medical adviser for the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), during an online briefing for health-care professionals on Tuesday. A higher-dose version of the flu shot is recommended for adults aged 65...
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Regional Inuit association spending $18 million to build childhood development and wellness centre in Nunavut community
By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News Early childhood development program Aboriginal Head Start and the Iglulik Wellness Committee will have a new home thanks to an $18.2-million investment from the Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA). The QIA is building a new Saviruut building to house both groups in Iglulik, Nunavut using $15 million from the federal Indigenous Community Infrastructure Fund and $3.2 million from the Public Health Agency of Canada, it was announced on Oct. 8. “This is how we build pride in our identity, build healthier families and stronger communities,” said QIA President Olayuk Akesuk. Materials for the building are expected to be delivered on the 2027 sealift, and Arctic Fresh Projects was selected to undertake construction. QIA said there has been a longstanding need in...
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Mayors oppose Oka mining project
By Marcus Bankuti, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door After speaking out against Nio Strategic Metals’ push for a new niobium mine in Oka, mayor Patrick Hardy has been joined by the mayors of St. Joseph du Lac and Pointe Calumet in opposing the project. “There is great solidarity at the MRC (municipal regional county) at the mayors’ council, and they proposed to me to send a joint press release to make our stance extremely clear to the claim owners,” Hardy said. Early in his tenure, he met proactively with representatives of the company, he said, telling them he did not think a mine was in Oka’s best interests. The claim owner, he said, has reached out to a number of local leaders. He disagrees with the rosy picture...
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Anti-datacentre rally in Edmonton emphasizes Indigenous rights
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News More than 100 people gathered outside the Legislative Assembly building in Edmonton to protest the provincial and federal governments’ permissive approach towards building AI data centres Oct 4. Elder Taz Bouchier opened the rally with a land acknowledgement before tying the proposed 7.5-gigawatt Wonder Valley data centre near Grande Prairie’s potential water usage to the oil industry’s plans to release treated tailings fluids into the Athabasca watershed. “When did people lose sight of how valuable water is to living? When money came into play. That’s all these data centers are about,” said Bouchier. Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is challenging the province’s decision to award a water license of 24-million cubic metres to the Municipal District of Greenview for Wonder Valley...
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Major government economic legislation C-39 clears first vote
By David Baxter and Craig Lord OTTAWA-A key piece of economic legislation, Bill C-39, has passed its first vote in the House of Commons and the 243-page bill will now be studied by a special committee. The bill proposes giving the government more powers to fast-track projects deemed to be in the “national interest” and making changes to the Canada Labour Code to reduce the number of labour disruptions in federally regulated sectors. The Conservatives voted with the Liberals on the legislation, though leader Pierre Poilievre said his party will table several amendments at committee. Poilievre said he wants the government to speed up the decision timeline on projects to between six months and a year, and to add measures to protect workers’ rights. NDP Leader Avi Lewis said earlier...
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Airlines warn against fee hikes in Ottawa’s airport privatization plan
By Christopher Reynolds Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon is promising to keep a lid on fees charged by airports under the government’s partial privatization plan, as airline executives insist the rules must be in place before investors make their bids. However, it remains unclear if the new approach will include across-the-board caps on landing fees and other charges or whether restrictions will be imposed on a deal-by-deal basis and in a more flexible fashion. “We will regulate through contract,” MacKinnon told reporters at an aviation conference in Ottawa on Thursday. “Those concessions will contain price moderation, if I can call it that, or fee moderation.” Under the plan, private entities from pension funds to First Nations would be bidding on leases to run the full gamut of airport operations, rather than...
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Cold Lake First Nations seeks judicial review of Pacific Link pipeline designation
By Alessia Passafiume Cold Lake First Nations filed an application for judicial review in Federal Court on Thursday challenging Ottawa’s decision to designate the Pacific Link pipeline as a project in the national interest. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced last week the pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia would be fast-tracked under the Building Canada Act. The goal is to complete the required reviews and consultations over the next year so that construction can begin next September. Cold Lake First Nations Chief Kelsey Jacko previously told The Canadian Press his community was left out of consultations on the pipeline designation, despite the fact that his community is situated in the oilsands region. In the application for judicial review, Cold Lake First Nations’ lawyers said the...
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