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January 22, 2020 19 views

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Huge Barn Fire Kills Dairy Cattle

January 22, 2020 45 views

A total 150 cows were killed in a Haldimand County barn fire on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (Courtesy OPP) …

Indigenous LNG supporters chide human rights advocates over pipeline comments

January 21, 2020 56 views

BURNS LAKE, B.C.- A collective of First Nations who support the liquefied natural gas industry in British The First Nations LNG…

OLG MAKES THIRD-QUARTER PAYMENT TO BRANTFORD

January 21, 2020 183 views

SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has issued a third-quarter (October 1 to December 31,…

Failed residential school claim ‘appalling,’ highlights pattern, Angus says

January 21, 2020 81 views

By Teresa Wright THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- A woman who alleges she was raped at age 15 while being transported…

Brantford Police Investigating Two Armed Robberies

January 21, 2020 200 views

BRANTFORD, ONT-The Brantford Police services are investigating after two armed robberies occurred at businesses on King George Road in the…

Nine times lucky? Alberta’s Northern Cree takes another shot at Grammy gold

January 21, 2020 66 views

By David Friend THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ Even the biggest pop stars might want to clear the…

Teen activist Autumn Peltier appears at Davos with criticism for feds

January 21, 2020 71 views

TORONTO _ Teenage Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier says she doesn’t feel the country’s federal politicians are focused enough on…

B.C. and Alberta Indigenous leaders demonstrate against major oilsands project

January 21, 2020 50 views

VANCOUVER- Indigenous leaders from British Columbia and Alberta who oppose Teck’s Frontier mine say its impact will be felt by…

Rejected residential school claim ‘appalling,’ highlights pattern, says NDP MP

January 20, 2020 62 views

OTTAWA _ A woman who alleges she was raped at age 15 while being transported to a residential school has…

Trucks lined up Friday on Second Line past Onondaga Road to dump dirt at a local residence until stopped by Six Nations people. In the 1980s the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council agreed there would be no dumping at Six Nations. (Photo by Justin Lethbridge)

Six Nations people stopped trucks dumping fill on Second Line

January 17, 2020 676 views

Controversial fill dumping on Six Nations rears its head again By Justin Lethbridge Writer SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND-A convoy…

Ottawa to avoid selling Trans Mountain pipeline so long as risks remain

January 17, 2020 85 views

Second Transmountain Pipeline will carry diluted bitumen By Mia Rabson THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- The federal government is studying the…

Brantford Police Seize Firearm and Drugs In Multiple Arrests

January 17, 2020 245 views

BRANTFORD, ONT-Three men are facing drug related charges after the Brantford Police Service launched a major drug trafficking investigation in…

Weather: All Grand Erie Schools, and Board Facility Sites closed Saturday

January 17, 2020 188 views

January 17, 2020 Inclement Weather Notification: ALL Grand Erie Schools and Board Facility Sites will be CLOSED tomorrow – Saturday,…

Hereditary Chiefs well within their rights to protest Coastal GasLink project says UNBC professor

January 17, 2020 228 views

RCMP officers switch between shifts near their roadblock as supporters of the Unist’ot’en camp and Wet’suwet’en First Nation gather at…

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Family of Indigenous woman critical of Winnipeg police probe into her death

January 17, 2020 153 views

Jaeda Vanderwal’s family members including grandmother Linda Beaulieu are calling on Winnipeg police to do a more thorough investigation after…

Supreme Court dismisses B.C.’s appeal in Trans Mountain pipeline case

January 17, 2020 179 views

By Mia Rabson THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA-The Supreme Court of Canada has shut down British Columbia’s attempt to regulate what…

BMO creates Indigenous Advisory Council after Indigenous grandfather and granddaughter accused of fraud by BMO worker

January 16, 2020 173 views

TORONTO- Jan. 16, 2020 – The BMO Financial Group has created its own eight member Indigenous Advisory Council after an Indigenous…