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Songhees Nation says non-band members refusing to leave mobile home park on reserve despited court order

July 23, 2025 660 views

By Darryl Greer The Chief of the Songhees Nation on Vancouver Island says a group of mobile home park residents…

Prime Minister Mark Carney visiting his birthplace in Northwest Territorie

July 23, 2025 447 views

By Canadian Press staff Prime Minister Mark Carney is back in the town where he was born as he travels…

Land claim case over Anicinabe Park will continue, court rules

July 23, 2025 675 views

By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com KENORA — Three First Nations in the Kenora area will get to…

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Yellowknife’s Giant Mine: Canada downplayed arsenic exposure as an Indigenous community was poisoned

July 23, 2025 649 views

By Arn Keeling and John Sandlos Decades of gold mining at Giant Mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, has left a…

Premiers call for improved relationship with China during trade war with the U.S.

July 23, 2025 654 views

Canada’s premiers have called on the federal government to improve the country’s relationship with China in the face of the…

Ontario First Nations say they’ll resurrect ‘Idle No More’ movement over twin ‘C’ bills

July 23, 2025 430 views

By Jacqueline St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Manitoulin Expositor ONTARIO—Nine First Nations in Ontario have filed a joint…

Grand Chief Linda Debassige demands Ontario environment minister resign

July 23, 2025 336 views

By Jacqueline St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Manitoulin Expositor ONTARIO—The Anishinabek Nation has issued a firm and sorrowful…

Six Nations features in new docuseries looking at birth through an Indigenous lens

July 23, 2025 393 views

By Celeste Percy-Beauregard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Hamilton Spectator A new docuseries about reclaiming Indigenous traditions around birth could…

The case for North American Indigenous free trade

July 23, 2025 423 views

Support for a North American Indigenous trade coalition would leverage the continent-wide potential of Indigenous trading networks. It’s a win-win-win.…

NYS Senate Native American relations committee joins calls for Haudenosaunee Olympic inclusion

July 23, 2025 219 views

By Ryan Zunner Buffalo Toronto Public Media Republican members of the New York State Senate’s Subcommittee on State-Native American Relations…

Premiers call for improved relationship with China during trade war with the U.S.

July 23, 2025 244 views

By Liam Casey Canada’s premiers are calling on the federal government to improve the country’s relationship with China, make changes…

Six Nations Police seeking help in identifying four people after a smoke-bomb ignited inside a local business

July 23, 2025 289 views

Two of four suspects Six Nations Police are seeking after a smoke bomb was ignited inside a local business…

Six Nations Haudenosaunee celebrated the 98th annual Jay Treaty Border Crossing Saturday July 19th marching across the Rainbow Bridge from Niagara Falls NY to Niagara Falls Ontario marking Indigenous rights to cross freely into the two countries. (Supplied Photo)

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Six Nations Haudenosaunee celebrate the 98th annual Jay Treaty Border Crossing

July 23, 2025 576 views

Six Nations Haudenosaunee celebrated the 98th annual Jay Treaty Border Crossing Saturday July 19th marching across the Rainbow Bridge from…

‘No level playing field’: NAN leader says he can’t accept Bill C-5

July 23, 2025 687 views

By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com OTTAWA — After meeting with senior federal ministers and listening to Canada’s…

Haudenosaunee Chiefs development department threatens to shut down Toronto construction site

July 23, 2025 759 views

By Lynda Powless Editor The Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI) is threatening to shut down a construction site in Toronto charging “ancestral…

Six Nations needs more health care options, more doctors, and more funding to attain those goals.

July 23, 2025 717 views

Six Nations needs more health care options, more doctors, and more funding to attain those goals. Six Nations Elected Council…

Volunteer group brought Bread and Cheese to elders homes

July 23, 2025 677 views

A grassroots effort by Six Nations community members has ensured some of the community’s most vulnerable members were able to…

New funding amendment for long term care

July 23, 2025 729 views

Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) has approved a new funding amendment addition for long-term care as part of its ongoing…

Norfolk deserts water supply plan

July 23, 2025 646 views

By Tara Lindemann Writer After almost 20 years of efforts, Norfolk has backed out of a multi-jurisdictional water supply deal…