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Canadian Heritage aware of turmoil in Indigenous languages office months before audit

By The Canadian Press Staff Documents show the Canadian Heritage department was aware of internal strife at the Indigenous languages office for months before it launched a financial audit of the organization. Half a dozen sources, including former employees, told The Canadian Press that over the five years of its existence, the arm’s-length Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages has failed to move the needle on strengthening Indigenous languages and supporting research. Instead, they say, the office has focused…

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Editorial: SNEC just walking away from cannabis?

Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) has a lot of explaining to do. And a simple post…

Editorial: What were they thinking?

Editorial: Bureaucratic management has descended

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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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Canadian Heritage aware of turmoil in Indigenous languages office months before audit

By The Canadian Press Staff Documents show the Canadian Heritage department was aware of internal strife…

Documentary about Treaty 8 to be screened in Fort St. John

By Energeticcity.ca Local Journalism Initiative Reporter FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — A screening of a documentary…

Federal government announces mining workforce alliance to build ‘talent pipelines’

By Michael MacDonald The federal government has announced a new industry-led alliance aimed at growing the…

AFNQL urges the provincial government to abandon Bill 1

By Lucas-Matthew Marsh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Iori:wase The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) is…

A lawsuit challenges Hawaii homestead leases limited to those with 50% Hawaiian blood

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher HONOLULU (AP) — A lawsuit filed this week in U.S. court in…

Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre in Iqaluit receives another $5 million from Inuit association

By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News The Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) has…

B.C. extends pause on new mineral claims in northern regions to 2027

The British Columbia government has extended its pause on new mineral rights claim registrations in the…

Mounties in Saskatchewan resume hunt for suspect in deadly shooting

The hunt is back on for a suspect in a deadly shooting this week at a…

Minister says Canadian forestry crisis goes beyond Trump tariffs

By Wolfgang Depner Canada’s forestry sector is the trade “canary in the coal mine” as it…

Conservative MP says First Nations votes will be critical in Alberta referendum

By Sarah Ritchie Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Conservative members of Parliament are set to spend…

CP NewsAlert: Mounties in Saskatchewan resume hunt for suspect in deadly shooting

Police say the hunt is back on for a suspect in a deadly shooting this week…

Minister won’t say when he ordered audit of Indigenous languages office

By The Canadian Press Staff Canadian Heritage Minister Marc Miller won’t say when his department ordered…

Mary Simon says serving as Governor General was the ‘honour of a lifetime’

By Canadian Press Staff Outgoing Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says it was the “honour of a…

Conservative MP says First Nations votes will be critical in Alberta referendum

By Sarah Ritchie Conservative MP Billy Morin says he will spend the summer talking to Indigenous…

Oldman Watershed Council expands its work

By Somya Lohia, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Shootin’ the Breeze The Oldman Watershed Council, a two-decade-old…

Saskatchewan lifts fire ban; 1,200 evacuees from northern communities returning home

By Jeremy Simes Saskatchewan is lifting its fire ban while roughly 1,200 evacuees from the province’s…

Six Nations Elected Council says it is “transitioning” out of cannabis just as new season begins

Six Nations Elected Council repeals its cannabis control law By Lynda Powless Editor Six Nations Elected…

And that’s a Wrap! Community Awareness ends with … barbecue!

By Alex Murray Writer It was fun while it lasted, but the month of free events…

Six Nations has new Chief Operating officer

Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) Elected Chief Sherri-Lyn Hill introduced Jill Hill as the new Chief…

Developer wants to build prefabricated housing factory at Six Nations

Six Nations Elected Council is considering a developer’s proposed mass timber modular housing manufacturing facility that…

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