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Six Nations Police and OPP Tactical Unit shut down non Six Nations owned tobacco/pot operation
SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER-Six Nations Police  with the assistance of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) began shutting ...
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Six Nations marks Red Dress Day
Red Dress Day at Ganohkwasra: where healing resides By Tara Lindemann Writer Ganohkwasra Family Assault Support Services ...
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Indigenous representation on boards debated at Toronto conference
By Sam Laskaris Writer It’s no secret that there is not sufficient Indigenous representation on corporate boards across ...
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Six Nations First Responders Honoured for Emergency Efforts
By Joshua Santos Writer Hundreds of emergency personnel were recognized for their efforts at an annual First Responders ...
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Seven people facing drug charges
Six Nations Police have charged seven people in connection with a cocaine trafficking operation at Six Nations. Six Nations ...
The Turtle Island News12h
N.S. police scale back search for two children, say little chance they are alive
Police have scaled back a search for two children reported missing from their home in northeastern Nova Scotia, saying Wednesday there’s little chance they could have survived after six days in the ...
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Northland asking province and feds for education improvements
By Pearl Lorentzen, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Lakeside Leader Northland is advocating both the provincial and federal government for changes related to education. Northland School Division ...
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First Nations must be part of Alberta separation debate, says Piikani Nation chief
By Somya Lohia, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Shootin’ the Breeze Piikani Nation Chief Troy Knowlton is voicing firm opposition to recent moves by the Alberta government that critics say are ...
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Baby eel fisher calls for enforcement against illegal harvesting on N.S. river
A licensed baby eel fisher says he’s been sending evidence to the federal Fisheries Department of illegal fishing on a Nova Scotia river, but he says Ottawa is not acting. Stanley King, manager of ...
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Students learn to lead on the land in ground-breaking university program
By Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer Canada’s first Indigenous land stewardship degree puts Indigenous law, governance and connection to land at the heart ...
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Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Chief dismisses group’s call to step down
By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Brandon Sun A group that calls itself the Concerned Members of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation is calling on the chief to resign. A letter was ...
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Changing school’s name carries risk of erasing colonist’s racist history, MMF warns trustees
By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Free Press The Manitoba Métis Federation made a case Monday against trustees renaming a city school honouring a military leader who ...