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For Our Grandchildren releases candidate responses on environmental issues and reconciliation in advance of federal election
Lindsay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Peterborough Examiner Local environmental advocacy group For Our Grandchildren has released responses to a series of questions on environmental and ...
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Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to represent Canada at Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday Slugline: Pope-Cda-Delegation
By Dylan Robertson Gov. Gen. Mary Simon will represent Canada at the funeral for Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday, says Prime Minister Mark Carney. “I’m not going to be attending the funeral, ...
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Saskatchewan medicine man sentenced to 8 years in prison for sex assaults of women
A Saskatchewan man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the sexual assaults of 12 women while under the guise of being an Indigenous medicine man. Justice John Morrall told a Saskatoon ...
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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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Hudson’s Bay to seek court permission to auction off charter, art and artifacts
By Tara Deschamps Hudson’s Bay is expected to seek court permission today to auction off its art, artifacts and the 355-year-old royal charter that launched the company, which announced Wednesday it ...
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Conservatives, Liberals called out over lack of ‘prudence’ in platforms
By Craig Lord Pierre Poilievre is defending the Conservative campaign platform’s heavy reliance on economic growth in a period of deep uncertainty, while the NDP and Liberals spar over cost-cutting.
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UBC lawsuit over land acknowledgements sparks Indigenous, legal backlash
By Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer A lawsuit filed by four UBC professors and a former graduate student in BC’s Supreme Court argues that the university’s ...
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Easter bunny makes it to Six Nations’ 56th annual Easter Egg hunt
Turtle Island News is published weekly on the Six Nations Grand River Territory. It is a politically independent newspaper ...
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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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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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CP NewsAlert: Medicine man sentenced to 8 years in prison for sex assaults of women
A Saskatchewan man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the sexual assaults of 12 women while under the guise of being an Indigenous medicine man. A Saskatoon judge told court it was vile ...
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Dehcho leaders discuss ‘outside interference’ in communities
By Aastha Sethi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cabin Radio “The reason we’re bringing this issue to the table before the leadership is, as you know, the issues that we’re dealing with in the ...