National Newsticker 3,000th quilt sent out to residential school survivor May 11, 2023 580 views By Amanda Rabski-McColl Local Journalism Initiative Reporter What began as one woman’s decision to make 18 quilts has grown into…
National Newsticker Disaster risk profile warns Canada ill prepared for a major earthquake May 11, 2023 701 views By Mia Rabson THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- The first draft of a new national disaster risk assessment report warns that…
National Newsticker Haudenosaunnee Development Institute launches libel suit against Six Nations publication May 11, 2023 913 views By Lynda Powless Editor OHSWEKEN, ONTARIO, -The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Council’s business arm has launched a libel suit against a weekly…
National Newsticker ‘Unprecedented’: Bill Blair says military help on the way to battle Alberta wildfires, 9 First Nations under fire threat May 11, 2023 554 views By Bill Graveland THE CANADIAN PRESS Federal Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says Canadian Forces personnel are being deployed to…
National Newsticker How colonial racism fuels Saskatchewan’s criminalization of Indigenous men May 11, 2023 592 views By Kathy Walker ,Assistant Professor , Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan and Randy Morin, Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies,…
National Newsticker Indigenous advocates call for emergency declaration on missing and murdered women May 11, 2023 844 views By Evan Loree Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Indigenous advocates are pleading for the state to treat violence against Indigenous women…
National Newsticker Federal, Nunavut governments’ Inuit employment plans not meeting promises: arbitrator May 11, 2023 546 views IQALUIT, Nunavut- An arbitrator has sided with the organization representing Nunavut Inuit, ruling that plans by the federal and territorial…
National Newsticker New constitution for Mississaugas of the Credit a `declaration’ of First Nation’s `inherent right to determine our future’ May 11, 2023 606 views By J.P. Antonacci Local Journalism Initiative Reporter When R. Stacey Laforme won his first of four elections as chief of…
National Newsticker B.C.’s Elephant Hill wildfire results in losses of $1B per year: Indigenous report May 11, 2023 589 views By Brieanna Charlebois THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER- An Indigenous-led report into a massive wildfire nearly six years ago that…
National Newsticker Evacuee numbers fall in Alberta wildfires as firefighters brace for hot weather May 11, 2023 937 views By Ritika Dubey and Angela Amato THE CANADIAN PRESS The number of Alberta wildfire evacuees dropped Wednesday, but thousands remain…
National Newsticker Toilet paper reference to Whitecloud an insult to Indigenous people May 10, 2023 734 views By Dave Baxter Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Geraldine Shingoose still remembers the jokes and the ridicule she would often face…
Read more National Newsticker Three charged after Six Nations Police seize drugs in traffic stop May 10, 2023 1197 views OHSWEKEN, ON The Six Nations Police have charged three after conducting a traffic stop on a local taxi resulted in…
National Newsticker ‘Not on my watch’: Seamus O’Regan rejects Liberals’ disinformation resolution May 10, 2023 447 views OTTAWA- Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan says the Liberal government is keen to tackle the problem of disinformation, but that will…
Read more National Newsticker Brantford Police seeking public’s help in identifying suspect in hate-motivated incident May 10, 2023 689 views BRANTFORD, ONT-The Brantford Police Service are continuing to investigate a report of a hate-motivated incident and are asking the public…
National Newsticker OPP charge driver with impaired driving May 10, 2023 973 views HALDIMAND COUNTY, ON – On Monday, May 8, 2023, at approximately 11:06 p.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Haldimand…
National Newsticker Inquest hears recommendations to improve mental health after Indigenous man’s death May 10, 2023 1136 views An inquest into the death of an Indigenous artist who died by suicide in a Thunder Bay, Ont., jail is…
National Newsticker Cree Nation pushes for more representation at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues May 10, 2023 3588 views By Patrick Quinn Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Cree Nation played a prominent role at this year’s United Nations Permanent…
Read more Local NewsNational News Who has a say in Six Nations billion dollar land case being played out in court intervention May 10, 2023 1431 views By Lynda Powless Editor TORONTO- In an opening salvo to the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC)’s move to reject the…
National Newsticker Senate inquiry to highlight Indigenous contribution to Canada’s economy May 10, 2023 620 views By Shari Narine Local Journalism Initiative Reporter An inquiry launched May 3 by independent Saskatchewan Senator Marty Klyne aims to…
National Newsticker Indigenous guardians help restore nature and community May 10, 2023 637 views By Mia Rabson THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- On the shores of the eastern arm of Great Slave Lake in the…