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Kahnawake Council presses on Seaway compensation

By Marcus Bankuti, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door When prime minister Mark Carney launched the Major Projects Office under the Building Canada Act, the St. Lawrence Seaway was held up as an example of a Canada that built ambitious projects at a speed not seen in generations, with an urgency he said the country needs to recapture. This building spree has been pitched as an economic necessity at a time of fraught Canada-US relations, but for Kahnawa’kehró:non who…

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Six Nations is finding itself once again in a quandary over its own lands. With a…

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Kahnawake Council presses on Seaway compensation

By Marcus Bankuti, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door When prime minister Mark Carney launched…

Kanesatake creating new local foster care families list to keep children in the community

By Hadassah Alencar, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door The Kanesatake Health Center (KHC) is…

Education Council honours Kanesatake’s Linda Simon

By Fern Marmont, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door The First Nations Education Council (FNEC)…

SaskPower plans outage for northern Sask. communities

By Nicole Goldsworthy, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SASKTODAY.ca LA RONGE — SaskPower says a planned power…

‘Leah carried a deep love for her family’: Mother of 2 mourned at Winnipeg vigil

By Crystal Greene, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews Content warning: This story includes details about missing…

‘Gravy plane’: Ontario buys used $28.9-million jet for Premier Doug Ford

By Liam Casey Ontario taxpayers are footing the bill for a $29-million private jet for Premier…

First Nations chiefs call for inquiry into RCMP after CBC report on surveillance

By Alessia Passafiume First Nations leaders called on the RCMP to apologize and demanded a federal…

Manitoba premier visits flood-prone Peguis First Nation, fills sandbags

By Steve Lambert Manitoba’s premier donned a Toronto Blue Jays hat and a safety vest Thursday…

Canada urgently needs a civilian defence strategy — before the next crisis forces one

By William Michael Carter On April 9, 1917, my great-grandfather, A. Harold Carter, was a 16-year-old…

Nishnawbe Aski Police Service is recruiting far and wide

By Maya Ekman, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, NWOnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY – The Nishnawbe Aski Police Service…

Nugent sentenced to 9 years for manslaughter

By Carrie Ivardi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY – Before a packed courtroom on…

‘Gravy plane’: Ontario buys used $28.9-million jet for Premier Doug Ford

By Liam Casey Ontario taxpayers are footing the bill for a $29-million private jet for Premier…

Suspect enters new guilty plea in the case of missing Navajo grandmother Ella Mae Begay

By Savannah Peters And Jacques Billeaud PHOENIX (AP) — A man charged in the disappearance of…

Sandbags come out as communities from Quebec to Manitoba prepare for spring flooding

Communities from Quebec to Manitoba are preparing for potential spring flooding, with officials distributing sandbags to…

First Nations chiefs call for inquiry into RCMP after CBC report on surveillance

By Alessia Passafiume First Nations leaders called on the RCMP to apologize and demanded a federal…

NOSM University seeks Indigenous placement partners to strengthen culturally grounded health care in the North

By Jacqueline St.Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Manitoulin Expositor NORTHERN ONTARIO—A northern medical school is…

ABDC hosts entrepreneurial workshop for Indigenous youth

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Fort St. John will play host to an entrepreneurial workshop aimed…

Anishinabek Nation warns mining industry: certainty requires partnership with First Nations

By Jacqueline M. St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Manitoulin Expositor TORONTO—As the global mining…

Manitoba Premier Kinew to visit Peguis First Nation as community preps for flooding

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is scheduled to visit a First Nation frantically preparing for what could…

Inuit association, federal government agree on two conservation areas

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

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