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Haida documentary links basketball to sovereignty and identity

By Aaron Walker , Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com A new feature documentary from Haida filmmaker Patrick Shannon is drawing a direct line between a village basketball team and the Haida Nation’s long fight over title of its lands and waters. Saints and Warriors follows the Skidegate Saints through the 2023-24 basketball season as the team tries to defend its dominance at the All Native Basketball Tournament while key players are also leading political and legal efforts to secure acknowledgement…

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Haida documentary links basketball to sovereignty and identity

By Aaron Walker , Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com A new feature documentary from Haida filmmaker…

Plan to boost northern port features in Manitoba government’s throne speech

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Toronto City Hall raises Palestinian flag, joining other cities across Canada

By Cassidy McMackon The mood was celebratory on the rooftop of Toronto City Hall on Monday…

Manitoba police officer shot in foot by fellow officer during confrontation with dog

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BC transmission line risks repeating Site C failures: critics

By Rochelle Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer The rush to develop BC’s $6-billion…

TD Bank settles human rights complaint by B.C. Muslim-Indigenous man

By Brieanna Charlebois A human rights complaint has been settled between the TD Bank and a…

Vote count resumes without electoral officer

By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Brandon Sun SIOUX VALLEY DAKOTA NATION — Three ballot…

Calls for justice system reform follow release of man who killed two Indigenous women

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B.C. wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first possible tool use by species

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Eby says B.C. is at a ‘pivot point’ as he promises future based on natural resources

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Inside the Labour Struggle at Massy Books

By Isaac Phan Nay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Tyee After opening her bookstore eight years…

Alberta wants to release treated oilsands waste into the Athabasca River. Mikisew Cree First Nation says it’s ‘unacceptable’

By Carl Meyer, The Narwhal Seven months after the Liberal Party vowed to “immediately introduce and…

Federal and Manitoba governments announce more steps toward port project

By Steve Lambert One of the federal government’s proposed nation-building projects — the expansion of the…

TD Bank settles human rights complaint by B.C. Muslim-Indigenous man

By Brieanna Charlebois A human rights complaint has been settled between the TD Bank and a…

Six Nations Police lift Ohweken Shelter-In-Place

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There’s work to be done before Ring of Fire gets a spot on Major Projects list: Hajdu

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Prime Minister Mark Carney in Winnipeg for Grey Cup, Louis Riel ceremony

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Federal and Manitoba governments announce more steps toward port project

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