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Wildfires forced residents to evacuate Wabaseemoong Independent Nation
Wildfires have forced more than 800 residents to evacuate their northwestern Ontario First Nation. Chief Waylon Scott of the Wabaseemoong Independent Nation, which sits about 100 kilometres northwest ...
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New Indigenous Services minister says she’s been handed the ‘toughest task’
By Alessia Passafiume As the first Indigenous person ever to lead the federal department responsible for delivering services to First Nations, Inuit and Métis, Mandy Gull-Masty knows she has a ...
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Six Nations Police raid illegal tobacco operation
Six Nations Police raid massive tobacco operation operated by “non Indigenous criminal network” By Lynda Powless Editor Six ...
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Nova Scotia to lift licensing moratorium for buyers and processors in seafood sector
By Keith Doucette Nova Scotia is lifting two long-standing moratoriums on new buyer and processor licences for seafood as it looks to grow the multibillion-dollar sector, the provincial government ...
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Canada has its first Indigenous woman taking as Minister of Indigenous Services
OTTAWA-Canada has its first  Indigenous person taking on the role of Minister of Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) MP Mandy ...
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Haudenosaunee Two-Spirit Artist Wins $20,000 Toronto Arts Foundation Indigenous Artist Award
By Joshua Santos Writer A celebrated Indigenous artist has claimed this year’s Toronto Arts Foundation Indigenous Artist ...
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Afro-Indigenous mom wins case in top ‘B.C.’ court against agency that seized her kids
By Brielle Morgan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews An Afro-Indigenous mother who’s been going head-to-head with the child welfare agency that took her kids away says she feels heard ...
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Second dead grey whale washes ashore in B.C. in less than a week
By Chuck Chiang A second dead grey whale has washed ashore in British Columbia in less than a week. Fisheries and Oceans Canada has confirmed that the latest dead whale was reported on May 11 in Haida ...
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Onion Lake Cree Nation to proceed with its legal challenge of Alberta sovereignty act
By Lisa Johnson Alberta’s bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a First Nation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier’s flagship sovereignty act. Danielle ...
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$1 million awarded to Council of Yukon First Nations program supporting expecting families
By Talar Stockton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Yukon News Bibia Nàtsät Ku — a project by the Council of Yukon First Nations — has won $1 million through the Arctic Inspiration Prize. The ...
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First Nations in B.C. want New Democrats to kill fast-track bills
By Wolfgang Depner First Nations leaders are calling on Premier David Eby to immediately “kill” two pieces of legislation that would fast-track projects in response to U.S. government tariffs. The ...
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Library says its ‘surprised’ by stance of tenant who invested $1 million in building renovations
By Sandi Krasowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Chronicle-Journal THUNDER BAY-The end of a lease agreement has created tension in the relationship between Thunder Bay Public Library and ...