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Emergency plans urged for all areas

By Sandi Krasowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Chronicle-Journal Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Natural Resources Minister Mike Harris and Emergency Preparedness Minister Jill Dunlop visited Thunder Bay on Saturday and toured evacuation centres and the Thunder Bay International Airport. They saw first-hand the plight of evacuees who were forced from their burning communities as well as the pilots working to extinguish the fires and evacuate people. By Monday, 1,800 people from 13 northern communities had been evacuated, with many still…

Editorial

Editorial: Six Nations sovereignty versus Ontario

There’s nothing complicated about what Ontario’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) does. For First Nations communities it’s…

Editorial: Finger pointing…really!

Editorial: Haudenosaunee men…stand tall…

Editorial Cartoons

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Weekly Cartoon

Special Reports

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

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…

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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Emergency plans urged for all areas

By Sandi Krasowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Chronicle-Journal Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Natural Resources Minister…

Inuit company gets $35.6 million from feds to build 23 staff housing units in Iqaluit

By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News The federal government is investing $35.6…

‘Wildfires are now a crisis’: Indigenous communities knew how to care for the land; then the rest of us arrived

By Anushka Yadav, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Pointer Much of Canada is ablaze. Ontario has…

Fort William Gardens sits vacant despite opening doors to evacuees

By Clint Fleury, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY – There are 157 empty cots…

Cote First Nation holds community camp at Madge Lake

By Bastien MacLean, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Kamsack Times Band members were invited to camp out…

Construction begins on $4B Enbridge natural gas pipeline expansion in B.C.

Enbridge Inc. has broken ground on a $4-billion natural gas pipeline expansion in British Columbia. The…

Quebec and Ottawa agree to streamline, speed environmental assessments

By Stéphane Blais Quebec and Ottawa say a new agreement will streamline the environmental assessment process…

Touring Fort Simpson’s changed landscape with Dehcho Grand Chief

By Claire McFarlane, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cabin Radio As village residents return home, Grand Chief…

Six whales moved out of Marineland in ‘complex’ operation, headed to U.S. aquariums

By Liam Casey Marineland’s whales are on the move. The closed Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction…

This is Ontario’s worst wildfire season, early estimates suggest. It’s not over yet.

By Jordan Omstead Wildfires raging in northern Ontario appear to have pushed the province to its…

Trade, major projects expected to top agenda as premiers meet in P.E.I.

By Eli Ridder Domestic trade and major projects will be on the agenda as Canada’s premiers…

Construction begins on $4B Enbridge natural gas pipeline expansion in B.C.

Enbridge Inc. has broken ground on a $4-billion natural gas pipeline expansion in British Columbia. The…

Around 1,800 people have fled wildfires as Ontario weighs further evacuations: Ford

By Jordan Omstead Around 1,800 people have fled their communities due to wildfires raging across northern…

Around 1,800 people have fled wildfires as Ontario mulls further evacuations: Ford

Around 1,800 people have fled their communities due to wildfires raging across northern Ontario, Premier Doug…

Trump threatens increased tariffs on Canada over wildfire smoke in U.S. cities

By Kelly Geraldine Malone President Donald Trump threatened Friday to increase tariffs on Canada due to…

What is an Urban Reserve? Edmonton’s Plan to Open New Economic Corridors

By Troy Dumont, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News Urban reserves are not a new…

Abandoned on the road to the Ring of Fire

By Jon Thompson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ricochet Wet ash is falling through a slight mist…

Ontario expanding emergency message system as nearly 200 wildfires rage

Ontario is giving local authorities access to Canada’s national public alerting system as wildfires continue to…

More people flee fires, destruction in northern Ontario as blazes rage across Canada

By Kathryn Mannie Another Ontario First Nation was razed by fire and more people fled their…

Tsleil-Waututh Nation sees early success after finishing shoreline restoration project

By Abby Luciano, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, North Shore News Another shoreline restoration project led by…

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