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AFN: First Nations could decide outcome of 36 federal ridings
AFN identifies First Nations ridings that can shape the election By Joshua Santos Writer With a federal election looming the ...
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University lifts ban on the singing of Newfoundland and Labrador’s official anthem
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Memorial University has lifted a ban on the singing of the “Ode to Newfoundland” at convocation ceremonies. The ban was imposed in 2022 as the university’s senate responded ...
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Brantford Police say coutnerfeit currency continues to circulate in city
BRANTFORD,ONT-The Brantford Police have issued an additional advisory to Brantford businesses and residents after reports ...
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As Canada is threatened, it’s urgent to revisit Indigenous sovereignty and nationhood
By Frank Deer, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba Early in his second term as president of the United States, Donald Trump began making explicit threats about Canada becoming the ...
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SCAM ALERT: B.C. police warn of increase in scams targeting Indigenous businesses
PRINCE GEORGE B.C.-Mounties in Prince George, B.C., are warning about “a significant increase in high value” scams targeting Indigenous communities and businesses. They say fraudsters have swindled ...
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Poilievre promises to ban bail, parole and house arrest for repeat serious offenders
By Anja Karadeglija Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre insisted Wednesday that his promised three-strikes law wouldn’t run afoul of the Constitution, after several justice experts said some of his ...
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In the rush for Canada’s critical minerals, Indigenous rights and sovereignty are being ignored
By Jon Thompson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ricochet A First Nation chief in northwestern Ontario says political rhetoric about running roughshod over Indigenous consultation to fast-track ...
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Watchdog investigates after Saskatchewan teen was hit by RCMP vehicle
A Saskatchewan teenager is in hospital after he was struck down by an RCMP vehicle on a First Nation north of Regina. Mounties say it happened while police responded to a “firearms-related call” on ...
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Thieves boost eight pickup trucks in one night from same property in rural Norfolk
By J.P. Antonacci, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The thieves came and went over the  course of two and a half hours, returning “multiple times” to a rural  property in Norfolk County to steal ...
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Voting patterns changing
There’s a federal election going on, in case there is any chance someone missed that little fact. With just three weeks left for Canada to decide who its newest Prime Minister is going to be. For ...
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Six Nations Police charge woman with impaired driving
OHSWEKEN, ON- An Ohsweken woman is facing impaired driving and child abandonment charges after Six Nation Police (SNP) ...
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‘Just respect the fire’: Returning cultural burns to a parched Okanagan landscape brings risk and reward
By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews Growing up in the bush in the mountains around snpink’tn (Penticton) in syilx Okanagan territories, Charles Kruger’s family taught him ...