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Rain didn’t stop the Mississauguas of the Credit First Nations’ Three Fires Homecoming Powwow and Traditional Gathering Tomahawks capture B Division at season-ending tournament Woodland Cultural Centre’s annual Smoke Dance competition heats up the crowd Chiefs face familiar foe in MSL final “Bait And Switch”: New Provincial Residential School Survivor Funding Is Not What It Seems Rivermen deadlocked with Merchants in league final Six Nations Firefighters beat the heat with Sunset Splash Three-time national Mann Cup champs commence playoffs It was Pow Wow time at Six Nations Over 100 people took to the Rainbow Bridge this past weekend

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The CRTC will go ahead with Cancon rules the U.S. opposes. What will that look like?

By Anja Karadeglija The federal broadcast regulator says it will go ahead with the process to put rules in place around Canadian content on streaming services, after such efforts played a role in ending trade talks with the U.S. Here’s what you need to know about what those requirements might look like and what happens next. Why is the CRTC mandating Canadian content be available on streaming? The 2023 Online Streaming Act passed by the Liberal government says streamers should…

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So…it was a secret. And once it came out it became apparent why it was kept…

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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…

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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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The CRTC will go ahead with Cancon rules the U.S. opposes. What will that look like?

By Anja Karadeglija The federal broadcast regulator says it will go ahead with the process to…

Women’s fundraising efforts dedicated to education and healing

By Emily Plihal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, South Peace News Two Peace River women are about…

N.B. to review ban on fracking amid U.S. tariffs, premier says

By Eli Ridder New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says her government is launching a review of…

Montana agrees to accountability for Indigenous education

By Nora Mabie/montana Free Press A group of Montana students, families and tribes has reached a…

Six Nations/Brantford lands MOU raises community ire

By Lynda Powless Editor After facing a storm of community anger Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC)…

Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council says agreement belittles Haudenosaunee lands and treaty value

By Lynda Powless Editor The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC) says a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)…

Gihekdagye Friendship Centre Opens Permanent Facility

By Alex Murray Writer It’s been a “torturous” process, but Gihekdagye Friendship Centre finally has a…

She didn’t just break a nail…

So…it was a secret. And once it came out it became apparent why it was kept…

Today in History

Aug 23 In 1691, First Nations people in Saskatchewan allowed explorer Henry Kelsey to become the…

Six Nations Language Commission gets $1 million in funding from Six Nations Elected Council

The Six Nations Language Commission (SNLC) will receive $1,096,400 in funding for the 2026–27 fiscal year…

Six Nations Elected Council Briefs: Six Nations Fair gets funding

Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) has approved four amendments to its Comprehensive Funding Agreement with Indigenous…

Tomahawks capture B Division at season-ending tournament

By Sam Laskaris Writer Despite dropping their first game at their season-ending provincial tournament, the Six…

Rivermen preparing to compete at Presidents Cup

By Sam Laskaris Writer The Six Nations Rivermen are about to find out whether they do…

Powless joins Rebels’ organization

By Sam Laskaris Writer One of the busiest men in the local lacrosse community is getting…

Recovery Alberta closes Edmonton addiction treatment program, drops nearly 600 people from wait list

By Brett McKay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Investigative Journalism Foundation Recovery Alberta is closing the addiction…

Tsawwassen First Nation returns to the water after 10 years for 25th annual Pulling Together Canoe Journey

By Radha Agarwal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Delta Optimist For the first time in nearly a…

Rosalyn Bird latest MLA to quit B.C. Conservatives, warns against racism, homophobia

By Ashley Joannou On Tuesday morning, B.C. Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay acknowledged that more legislators could…

PBCN signs historic employment agreement with Federal Government

By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince Albert Daily Herald Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN)…

B.C. First Nations Elders Gathering reaches 50-year milestone

By Nora O’Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ha-Shilth-Sa Vancouver, BC – Elders from First Nations across…

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