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More than a department store: The long, complicated legacy behind Hudson’s Bay Company
By Heather Whiteside, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo The bankruptcy of the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) is often framed as the fall of “Canada’s oldest company.” Media ...
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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 ...
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Government social services are ‘significant agent’ of colonialism, N.L. inquiry hear
CP- A social worker with decades of experience working with the Innu in Newfoundland and Labrador has told a public inquiry that government social services that were supposed to help have in fact ...
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Lax Kw’alaams elected, hereditary leaders sign accord ahead of historic referendum
By Radha Agarwal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince Rupert Northern View Indicating a united front before the Lax Kw’alaams votes on its landmark constitution, the hereditary leaders of the ...
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Barricaded person incident leads to charges
Haldimand OPP have one person in custody after an incident involving a barricaded person at a Fisherville home. The Haldimand ...
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Battle for support follows ouster of Kanesatake grand chief
By Marcus Bankuti, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door Moving to take the reins of the narrative in the wake of a Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) Ethics Commission ruling that ...
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Esk’etemc rally calls for investigation into school district, alleging ‘bullying and racial violence’
By Dionne Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews Esk’etemc First Nation leaders and dozens of community members protested this week against what they said is ongoing bullying and ...
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Gits’iis Tribe calls for removal of totem poles outside Prince Rupert’s Civic Centre
By Radha Agarwal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince Rupert Northern View Citing a history of cultural faux pas, the Gits’iis Tribe of the Ts’msyen Nation, whose ancestral lands encompass ...
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Bradley George Saunders, arrested for 2nd Degree Murder
Bradley George Saunders has been arrrested BRANTFORD, ONT-Brantford Police Service (BPS)  has arrested a  city man wanted for ...
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Poilievere blasts Liberals lost decade of leadership in raucous speech before 3,000 supporters in Penticton
By Keith Lacey, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Penticton Herald Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre used the term “Lost Liberal Decade” almost a dozen times, promising better ...
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Calls mount for Poilievre to pull Conservative candidate Aaron Gunn
By Rochelle Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer The chorus of First Nations leaders denouncing North Island-Powell River Conservative candidate Aaron Gunn continues ...
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Party leaders focus policy pitches on rent control, addictions treatment
By Catherine Morrison The NDP promised Sunday to protect tenants through a program of national rent control, while the Conservatives focused their campaign trail message on addictions treatment. NDP ...