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Nation files an emergency injunction filed over raising B.C. gold mine’s tailings dam
A B.C. First Nation that is going to court to try to stop a mining company from raising its tailings dam is now applying for an emergency injunction to put the construction on hold. The Xatsull nation ...
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Remote Alberta First Nation awaits helicopter delivering its ballots
By Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer A helicopter carrying ballots is scheduled to land in Fox Lake — a remote community in northern Alberta cut off by ...
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Six Nations teen leads London hockey team to Ontario title
By Sam Laskaris Writer Thanks in large part to a Six Nations member, a minor hockey boys’ team from London captured a ...
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Six Nations’ Helena Logan Celebrates 100 Years
Six Nations’ Helena Logan Celebrates 100 Years By Joshua Santos Writer A joyful spirit and deep Indigenous roots have carried ...
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First Nations Leaders Question Conservative Party on Economic Development, Safety at AFN Forum
By Joshua Santos Writer Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre faced questions from First Nations leaders at a national ...
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Liberal Party Leader Pledges to Implement UNDRIP, Fund $10B Indigenous Loan Guarantee at AFN Forum
By Joshua Santos Writer Liberal Party leader Mark Carney pledged to fully implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) Act and inject $10 billion into an ...
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New book on the power of water takes centre stage during political threat
By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg writer, scholar and musician Leanne Betasamosake Simpson admits she was worried that when her book ...
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Six Nations partners with McMaster University on $24M brain health research program
By Joshua Santos, Writer Six Nations is partnering with McMaster University on a $24 million Indigenous-led brain health research project funded by the federal government. The group was awarded the ...
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First Nations Leaders Press Green Party on Policing, Water, and Land Rights at AFN Forum
By Joshua Santos Writer First Nations leaders challenged Green Party co-leaders on policing, clean water, and treaty land claims at a virtual Assembly of First Nations (AFN) election forum. The event, ...
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Brant health unit warns of measles exposure near Six Nations
By Joshua Santos Writer Grand Erie Public Health is warning residents about several new potential measles exposure sites in Simcoe and Langton, including a grocery store, restaurant, school, and ...
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Six Nations elite athlete Bev Beaver passes away
By Sam Laskaris Writer Six Nations member Beverly Beaver, a local multi-sport athlete holding numerous sports awards, has ...
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Poilievre defends economic growth projections in Conservative platform as ‘essential’
By Craig Lord Pierre Poilievre is defending the Conservative campaign platform’s heavy reliance on economic growth in a period of deep uncertainty. The Conservative leader was in Hamilton, Ont., on ...