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Canada’s gender-based violence laws are improving. Frontline worker conditions are not

By Alice Mũrage and,  Julia Smith The Conversation When it comes to gender-based violence (GBV) Canada has made legal and policy strides over the past decades, and indeed the past few years. Once viewed as a domestic matter, GBV is increasingly recognized as a public safety, public health and human rights issue. In 2022, for example, the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence provided a shared framework to guide a co-ordinated national response with provinces and territories. Coercive control…

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Editorial: It’s about integrity

One thing has become clear with the current Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC). It is in…

Editorial: Conflict of interest, declare it, move on!

Editorial: Six Nations sovereignty versus Ontario

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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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Canada’s gender-based violence laws are improving. Frontline worker conditions are not

By Alice Mũrage and,  Julia Smith The Conversation When it comes to gender-based violence (GBV) Canada…

Judge keeps Nunavik detention class action in Montreal

By Dominique Gené, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News A Quebec Chief Justice has ruled that…

Youth learn emergency skills at paramedicine summer camp

By Maya Ekman, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, NWOnewswatch.com KENORA – “Kids can do hard things when…

Lawsuit claims Manitoba Hydro outage not caused by shotgun damage

By Steven Sukkau, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Sun The Cross Lake Band of Indians has…

More than 80 wildfires extinguished in Ontario in past two weeks: minister

By Kathryn Mannie The wildfire situation in northern Ontario is moving in a reassuring direction as…

Province takes next step toward nuclear power in Nanticoke

By J.P. Antonacci, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Hamilton Spectator The province is “seriously considering” a…

New Indigenous languages commissioner says her job is to support incoming leadership

By Alessia Passafiume The interim head of the Indigenous languages commission, which is now facing a…

Scuba diver maintains new bubbler in Shoal Lake

By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Brandon Sun SHOAL LAKE — The new aeration system…

New Indigenous languages commissioner says her job is to support incoming leadership

By Alessia Passafiume The interim head of the Indigenous languages commission, which is now facing a…

Dene Nation and Alberta Treaty 8 First Nations unite to defend water rights

By Kody Ferron, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Yellowknifer The Dene Nation and Alberta Treaty 8 First…

N.B. RCMP admit to unintentionally starting house fire with tear gas caniste

By Eli Ridder New Brunswick RCMP say they unintentionally caused a house fire during a standoff…

Nunavut does not have its own immigration pathway, despite acute labour shortages

By Shilpashree Jagannathan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, New Canadian Media Unlike every other jurisdiction in Canada,…

Six Nations Police seize cocaine, two facing charges

  SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER-Six Nations Police (SNP) have arrested a Six Nations man…

More than 80 wildfires extinguished in Ontario in past two weeks: minister

Natural Resources Minister Mike Harris says the wildfire situation in northern Ontario is moving in a…

Manitoba First Nation takes province, Canada to court following power outage

By Brittany Hobson Hundreds of people remain displaced more than six months after some residents of…

Province cites ‘lack of stable housing’ in Squamish following concerns about overstaying campers on Crown land

By Ina Pace, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Squamish Chief The SLRD had requested ‘enhanced provincial…

Bearspaw First Nation looking to strengthen relationship with Calgary

By Leah Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Rocky Mountain Outlook ÎYÂRHE NAKODA – Bearspaw First Nation…

Residents seek moratorium on Toronto data centres, as Mississauga approves pause

By Elissa Mendes Some Toronto residents are demanding a one-year moratorium on two proposed data centre…

Alberta ‘settled on Ontario-like structure’ for online gambling, says industry analyst

By David Boles, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, St. Albert Gazette Alberta’s regulated online gambling market is…

$7 million worth of federal renewable energy funding going to projects in six Nunavut communities, one in NWT, and two in Yukon

By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News The federal government is putting $7…

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