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Kanesatake Perimeter Security to get federal funds again

By Hadassah Alencar, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door The federal government has agreed to extend funding for the Kanesatake Perimeter Security (KPS) team for a few more months, according to Quebec vice-premier Ian Lafrenière. “The issue of safety in Kanesatake has been a major concern of mine for several years. Organized crime operates openly and without restraint. Community members are fed up – and rightly so. We recognize the work of the Kanesatake Perimeter Security Team, which has…

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Editorial: Finger pointing…really!

A spat between Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC and now the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs’ Council (HCC)…

Editorial: Haudenosaunee men…stand tall…

Editorial: Six Nations Fire Department 60 years and counting…

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The Feather Report – Black & White and Red All Over

Black & White and Red All Over Photos by Carl Pascoe & Rachel A. Powless By…

The Feather Report Summer Blues

MEET THE CHIEF: Garden River Chief Andy Rickard and council work to keep community COVID-19 safe

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City launches Digital Service Squad to help small businesses adopt online technologies

Brantford, ON – In partnership with the Downtown Brantford BIA, the Brantford-Brant Business Resource Enterprise Centre…

New First Nations Report Details Groundbreaking Dialogue around Native Stewardship of Lands, Natural Resources and Sacred Sites

Statement by Minister Wilson-Raybould on the accomplishments of 2016

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Kanesatake Perimeter Security to get federal funds again

By Hadassah Alencar, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door The federal government has agreed to…

Manitoba Métis Federation buys National Research Council property in Winnipeg

The Manitoba Métis Federation says it has acquired a sizable property in downtown Winnipeg from the…

Oka gas station to fight for revoked tax exemption

By Hadassah Alencar, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door OKA-The owner of the Belisle Gas…

Kanesatake financial statement finally released

By Hadassah Alencar, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK)…

B.C. First Nation challenges dredging plan to accommodate larger tankers in Vancouver

A British Columbia First Nation says it has launched a legal challenge against a plan by…

‘Like a Biblical event’: Raging wildfire destroys buildings near Boston Bar, B.C.

By Darryl Greer Shayne Findlay, the owner of Blue Lake Resort, near Boston Bar, B.C., says…

BC chief raises concerns over port expansion and pipeline plans

By Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer A BC First Nation chief is…

Blowing in the Wind – Cree Development Corporation launching wind power consultations

By Patrick Quinn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Nation As Quebec aggressively scales up its wind…

Reviewing the Alberta referendum questions: Can Alberta get justice and senate reform?

By David Boles, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, St. Albert Gazette As the days count down to…

Indigenous lobster fishing: N.S. judge says dispute must be handled by Ottawa

A lobster fishing group in Nova Scotia has failed in its bid to persuade a judge…

Viral Success and Ribbon Skirts: How One Designer Turned Culture Into Confidence

By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News For Doneese of Bull-Buffalo Designs, a…

Pathologist Kona Williams appointed to the Order of Canada

By Lucas-Matthew Marsh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Iori:wase Doctor Kona Williams was named to the Order…

New ‘Little House’ series explores complicated history but keeps heart, community at the center

By Alicia Rancilio It’s a story with covered wagons and one room schoolhouses, but showrunner Rebecca…

Indigenous fisherman guilty of defying sockeye fishery closure

By Bob Mackin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince George Citizen An 81-year-old Alexandria First Nation member…

Data centre capacity could soar to 20 GW in planned projects: government document

By Anja Karadeglija A document prepared for the federal artificial intelligence minister to use when pitching…

Winnipeg cops unveil ‘reconciliation’ cruiser — but critics are unimpressed

By Crystal Greene, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews The Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) proudly showed off…

Officials fear winds will fan out-of-control Brunswick Complex fire near Boston Bar

Officials say strong winds through British Columbia’s Fraser Canyon northeast of Vancouver could further fuel two…

Late-June Somass River sockeye run brings abundance to First Nations

By Nora O’Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ha-Shilth-Sa Port Alberni, BC – Canning jars are filled…

U.S. approves relocation of Marineland belugas

By Dominique Gené, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Thirty beluga whales stranded at the now-defunct…

‘A wound that cannot be repaired’: Two fallen N.W.T. wildfire fighters identified

Two of the three people who died after a plane fighting wildfires in the Northwest Territories…

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