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CANADA ELECTION 2025: Indigenous rights advocate questions reconciliation talk, says politicians better ‘hold true’ to their promises
By Megan Hederson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Joyce Jonathan Crone, founder of the newly registered charity Hope Arises Project in Huntsville, is calling for true leadership and ...
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Second annual Indigenous language revitalization event took over Pomeroy Sports Centre
By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The topic of Indigenous language revitalization was at the forefront of an event held in Fort St. John during April’s last ...
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The Latest: FBI arrests a judge accused of helping a man evade immigration agents
The FBI on Friday arrested Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan, saying she “intentionally misdirected” federal immigration agents away from a man they were trying to take into custody at her courthouse. The ...
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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’ 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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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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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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Judge rules federal government owes nearly $28 million to North Dakota for pipeline protests
A federal judge on Wednesday found the state of North Dakota entitled to nearly $28 million for responding to protests of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in 2016 and 2017 — a win for the state in its ...
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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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Two found guilty of first-degree murder in death of OPP officer
CAYUGA, ON- Six and a half hours after the jury began deliberating two people were found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of an Ontario Provincial Police officer. A jury returned its ...
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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 ...