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Names sought for project honouring missing, murdered Indigenous women
By Alexandra Noad, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Lethbridge Herald A recent business graduate from the White Bear First Nation in Prince Edward Island is honouring missing and murdered ...
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Saulteau First Nations announces dates for July’s Pemmican Days
By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca MOBERLY LAKE, B.C. — A summertime tradition will continue in 2025 within the territory of Saulteau First Nations (SFN) as dates ...
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Tariff response to be focus at Queen’s Park as new session begins after election
Ontario’s response to the escalating trade war with the United States will factor heavily in the first legislative sitting after Premier Doug Ford cruised to victory in the snap February election.
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Guilty plea entered in 2022 Sheg slaying
By Jacqueline St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Manitoulin Expositor SHEGUIANDAH FIRST NATION—In the heart of Manitoulin Island’s tranquil landscapes, a storm brewed on June 24, ...
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Indigenous leaders denounce UBC profs’ ‘outdated and regressive’ lawsuit against land acknowledgements
By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews Indigenous leaders are condemning a lawsuit by a group of University of British Columbia (UBC) professors and one graduate student who ...
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US Army to control land on Mexico border as part of base, migrants could be detained, officials say
A long sliver of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border that President Donald Trump is turning over to the Department of Defense would be controlled by the Army as part of a base, which could allow ...
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Judge rules BRFN counsel in ‘conflict of interest’ amid ousted Chief’s judicial review
By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The dismissed Blueberry River First Nations (BRFN) Chief is celebrating a victory in her fight against the ...
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Poilievre promises tougher ethics rules, takes aim at Carney’s assets
By Kyle Duggan Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to tighten financial transparency rules for elected officials — and is using that promise to take aim at Liberal Leader Mark Carney.
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NWMO puts out call for suppliers in region
By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source IGNACE – Having chosen a site for keeping used nuclear fuel underground, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization is now ...
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UCCM Police shares ‘Lighting the Fire Within’ to other police forces
By Jacqueline St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Manitoulin Expositor M’CHIGEENG — After five years of early intervention work aimed at preventing intimate partner violence (IPV) in ...
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Kitselas First Nation in northwestern B.C. votes in favour of self-governance
Members of the Kitselas First Nation in British Columbia’s Skeena Valley region have voted to become self-governing. The nation says in a news release that more than 96 per cent of its enrolled voters ...
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Valemount says businesses facing shutdown amid B.C. government ‘inaction’
By Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Jasper Fitzhugh The Village of Valemount is accusing the British Columbia government of “inaction” for failing to provide financial relief for ...