National News
Chatham-to-Lakeshore power upgrades completed a year early
By Pam Wright, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Hydro One’s new Chatham to Lakeshore Transmission Line has plugged in a year ahead of schedule. Energized last month, the new line adds approximately 400 megawatts to the grid – enough to power the City of Windsor – in support of Southwestern Ontario’s agri-food and manufacturing industries. Ontario Minister of Energy and Electrification Stephen Lecce, along with other dignitaries, made a special trip to Chatham-Kent to unveil the $237-million line, pointing out its…
Six Nations News
No:ia, No’:yah!
No:ia, No’:yah! Six Nations community members like Colton and Oaklin Martin joined in welcoming 2025 with…
Sports News
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RiverWolves register lopsided victory over Bears
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Junior lacrosse teams join forces to stage local training camp
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Local students attend Toronto Raptors’ Indigenous Heritage Game
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Snipers down visiting Peterborough squad in Arena Lacrosse League match
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2024 Review of Sports Headline Makers
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Chiefs’ players now starring again in the National Lacrosse League
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Pro teams hosting upcoming Indigenous heritage games
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SPORTS BRIEFS
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Snipers beat visiting Outlaws in their home opener
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Arrows the newest entrant in the Women’s Arena Lacrosse League
Editorial
2025 and SNEC is travelling
We are off to a new year and already things are heating up . Prime Minister…
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
TURTLE ISLAND NEWS SPECIAL EDITION: Truth and Reconciliation…the searches go on
Survivors’ Secretariat holding hope for missing children By Austin Evans Writer One hundred children…so far. Children…
Orange Shirt Day - Advertiser's Special
Special Reports
Historical stereotypes challenged in reconstruction of Haudenosaunee armour
By Lisa Iesse Writer HAMILTON – A Six Nations man’s reconstruction of 400-year-old Haudenosaunee armour speaks…
Press Releases
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…
National Indigenous People's Day
Statement from Ministers Vandal, Anandasangaree, and Hajdu on the passing of Grand Chief Cathy Merrick
OTTAWA, ON, Sept. 6, 2024 – Today, Ministers Vandal, Anandasangaree, and Hajdu issued the following statement: “We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Cathy Merrick Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC). Grand Chief Merrick was a trailblazing leader, as the first female Chief of the AMC, and a cherished member of the Pimicikamak Cree Nation. On behalf of the Government of Canada, we extend our heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, community of Grand Chief Merrick, and all Manitobans. Grand Chief Merrick dedicated her life…
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World News
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter,the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, roughly 22 months after entering hospice care, at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023, spent most of their lives, The…
Covid-19
Meet the Chiefs: Delaware Nation/EELÜNAAPÉEWI LAHKÉEWIIT Chief Denise Stonefish: 90% of community vaccinated
By Victoria Gray Writer The Delaware Nation at Moraviantown has fared pretty well through the COVID-19…
From our Blog
Chatham-to-Lakeshore power upgrades completed a year early
By Pam Wright, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Hydro One’s new Chatham to Lakeshore Transmission Line has…
Franklin the tortoise moving out of refrigerator after chilling since October
KAMLOOPS B.C-(CP)-It’s a big day for Franklin the marginated tortoise who is being brought out of…
Clark, Champagne drop out, Gould plans to join Liberal leadership race
(CP)-The race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader shifted again on Tuesday when…
Jaime Battiste first Indigenous candidate to join Liberal leadership race
OTTAWA-(CP)Jaime Battiste says that if he can’t be the most powerful and wealthy candidate in the…
Three facing charges in Simcoe break and enter
NORFOLK COUNTY, ON – Three people are facing charges after Norfolk County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)…
Norfolk County OPP asking for public’s help in locating two stolen trucks
NORFOLK COUNTY-Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are seeking the public’s help after two pickup trucks were stolen…
Freeland to announce Liberal leadership bid within the next week
(CP)-Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland will announce her intention to run for the Liberal party leadership…
Panellists named for teacher disciplinary matters
By Maggie Macintosh Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A POLICE officer, a First Nations lawyer and a…
Ecotour grizzlies less likely to encounter conflict with humans, B.C. study suggests
(Canadian Press) Grizzly bears that visited ecotourism areas along a river on the province’s central coast…
Nunavut’s new senator sets her priorities
By Kira Wronska Dorward Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A year after the retirement of former Nunavut…
One in 10 Canadians live in places susceptible to green transition disruption: report
(CP)-One in 10 Canadians live in communities susceptible to workforce disruption from the transition to a…
Liberal leadership race: A look at the potential candidates
(CP)-The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade to replace…
Mi’kmaw MP Jaime Battiste may kickstart campaign to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
NOVA SCOTIA-Sydney-Victoria Liberal MP Jaime Battiste, Canada’s first Mi’kmaw MP, may be making history…again. Battiste announced…
NAN, Hajdu push toward massive child welfare deal
By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Thunder Bay Source THUNDER BAY – Indigenous Services Minister…
2023-2025 Essex County OPP Detachment Action Plan outlined
By Sylene Argent Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Essex County OPP Superintendent Mark Loucas reviewed the 2023-2025…
No police liaisons could soon mean no job for SD61 board members
BC- Nine school board members elected to the SD61 school board a little over two years…
Closing of Manitoba vet clinic highlights need for reliable services in the north
Canadian Press-Whenever Sarah Driediger’s dog Hero needs medical attention, the Thompson, Man., woman will now have…
Driver for drug trafficker sentenced to two years less a day in the community
Local Journalism Initiative A Provincial Court judge sentenced a Prince George woman on Wednesday, Jan. 8…
Prorogation means uncertain fate for many bills: Yukon MP
By Talar Stockton Local Journalism Initiative Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article stated the…
The Latest: Judge sentences Donald Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment
President-elect Donald Trump was formally sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined…
