National Newsticker Manitoba advocate says progress has stalled on curbing sleep-related infant deaths October 11, 2024 271 views A new report says Manitoba has made little progress in reducing the number of sleep-related infant deaths and must do…
National Newsticker Chiefs of Ontario to vote in favour of $47.8B child welfare agreement with Canada October 11, 2024 266 views Chiefs in Ontario have voted in support of a landmark $47.8-billion child welfare reform agreement with Canada. Regional Chief Abram…
National Newsticker ‘Libraries are the hubs of communities’: First Nations libraries get funding boost October 10, 2024 309 views MATTAGAMI FIRST NATION – A recent provincial funding boost is set to help a northern First Nation’s library open up…
National Newsticker ‘Take these storms seriously’: Canadians in Florida advised caution post-Milton October 10, 2024 288 views As multiple deaths were reported in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton and millions in Florida were left without power, a…
Read more National Newsticker Brant County OPP lay charges in collision, stunt driving and break and enter October 10, 2024 367 views By Austin Evans Writer The Brant County branch of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigated three incidents over the weekend…
National Newsticker Hajdu, Woodhouse Nepinak urge MPs to drop politics, support First Nations water bill October 10, 2024 294 views Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu and Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak are urging MPs across party…
National Newsticker Manitoba advocate says progress has stalled on curbing sleep-related infant deaths October 10, 2024 252 views A new report says Manitoba has made little progress in reducing the number of sleep-related infant deaths and must do…
National Newsticker Nunavut MP on ‘inhumane’ Labrador food prices: Complain directly to Northern Affairs October 10, 2024 246 views A Nunavut MP is urging people in northern Labrador to complain directly to the federal government about food prices that…
National Newsticker Crown plans to downgrade murder charge for suspect in Alberta roadside shooting October 10, 2024 213 views The Crown will be downgrading the murder charge for one of two men arrested after a deadly roadside shooting near…
National Newsticker Iqaluit council approves $5.4M Inuit food voucher program October 10, 2024 255 views By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Iqaluit city councillors were eager to cast their unanimous votes Tuesday night to…
National Newsticker Peter Clarkson running for mayor of Inuvik October 10, 2024 242 views By Aastha Sethi Local Journalism Inititative Reporter Peter Clarkson is challenging incumbent Clarence Wood for the title of Inuvik’s mayor…
National Newsticker Boissonnault appointed to lead federal government’s effort to rebuild Jasper October 10, 2024 301 views Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault has been tasked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to lead the federal government’s share of the…
National Newsticker Dryden mill receives ‘clean and green’ energy funding October 10, 2024 207 views By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter DRYDEN – The pulp mill in Dryden is receiving money from a “green”…
National Newsticker Conor Kerr, Anne Fleming among five authors shortlisted for Giller Prize October 10, 2024 162 views Conor Kerr was bird hunting in rural Saskatchewan when he learned his book, “Prairie Edge,” had been shortlisted for the…
National Newsticker Iqaluit mayor, councillor again call for increased RCMP patrols for public drinking October 10, 2024 187 views By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Iqaluit Mayor Solomon Awa and Coun. Kyle Sheppard say they want to see…
National Newsticker Boissonnault appointed to lead federal government’s effort to rebuild Jasper Slugline: Alta-Wildfires October 9, 2024 254 views Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault has been tasked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to lead the federal government’s share of the…
National Newsticker Ontario launches review following Ford criticism of children’s aid societies October 9, 2024 312 views The Canadian Press TORONTO-Ontario launched a review of the province’s 37 non-Indigenous children’s aid societies Wednesday after Premier Doug Ford…
National Newsticker Choose Life supports youth in northern FirstNations October 9, 2024 251 views By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In the year or so that she’s worked with Nishnawbe Aski Nation’s Choose…
National Newsticker Quebec court grants injunction to stop illegal dumping in Kanesatake October 9, 2024 250 views The Canadian Press St-Jérôme, Que (CP)-Quebec court has granted a temporary injunction against several residents of the Mohawk community of…
National Newsticker Sinixt expansion ‘risks opening a Pandora’s box of transborder claims,’ says Okanagan chief October 8, 2024 264 views By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter IndigiNews Leaders from the syilx Okanagan Nation are raising concerns about the “ever-expanding…
