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Wiikwemkoong’s new drug strategy sparks debate on safety, healing and community
By Jacqueline St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Manitoulin Expositor WIIKWEMKOONG—The sound that echoed through Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory last week was more than gunfire. It was the sound of a community reaching a breaking point. Following a recent shooting and amid what leadership described as escalating drug-related violence, Ogimaa Tim Ominika announced a sweeping new approach aimed at people involved in serious drug trafficking, weapons offences, intimidation and violence within the community—one that includes the conditional removal of offenders…
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Six Nations Elected Council preparing for billion dollar land claim court decision
Six Nations is taking steps to prepare for a long-anticipated court decision tied to its multi-billion-to trillion-dollar land claims litigation. Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) is creating an ad hoc committee to plan for the result of the nation’s land claim and debated how best to ensure both leadership and community members are ready ahead of expected litigation. Councillor Dayle Bomberry told the April 28 General Council meeting, the litigation is expected to start in five months in October 2026.…
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Wiikwemkoong’s new drug strategy sparks debate on safety, healing and community
By Jacqueline St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Manitoulin Expositor WIIKWEMKOONG—The sound that echoed through…
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AFN chief warns against changes to major projects development rules, calls for debate
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OPP investigate after high school ‘game’ targets vulnerable man
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Day parole revoked for Manitoba killer who fabricated Métis ancestry
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U.S. law enforcement charges 13 in connection with gun trafficking into Canada
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First Nations join forces to combat escalating drug crisis
By Carrie Ivardi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com LONG LAKE — Two neighbouring First Nations are…
Tories question CBC funding of spoof-style Indigenous show on residential schools
By Alessia Passafiume Conservatives are questioning why CBC is funding a spoof program that used false…
Manitoba nursing college vows reconciliation action plan after public apology
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Experts call for ‘Indigenous lens’ on hiring and workplace policies
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