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One dead, two hurt in Sandy Lake First Nation house fire
CP-Police say one person was found dead and two others were injured after a home caught fire in Sandy Lake First Nation earlier this week. Nishnawbe Aski Police Service says officers responded to a ...
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Supreme Court dismisses appeal from Saskatchewan government involving Métis group
CP-The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal from the Saskatchewan government over a lawsuit alleging a Métis organization wasn’t consulted over uranium exploration permits. The unanimous ...
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Fraudulent Status Cards Circulate In Sault Ste. Marie In Attempts To Gain Services
BATCHEWANA FIRST NATION- First Nation communities are being warned to be on the look out for fraudulent status cards that have begun circulating in Ontario. Reports of the fake cards have surfaced at ...
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Exhibit at McMichael gallery to feature life’s changes in Nunavut village
By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com ​A new exhibit at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection will feature works that showcase societal changes in Kinngait, an Inuit ...
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Indigenous language showcased on new West Coast bus stop signs, a first for BC Transit
Shilth-Sa West Coast, BC – BC Transit has incorporated Nuu-chah-nulth language on all the new bus stop signs within the refreshed West Coast Transit System, a historical first for the province’s ...
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‘This was hate speech’: Ontario drag performers win defamation case against blogger
A Thunder Bay drag performer who successfully sued a Facebook blogger for defamation over baseless accusations of pedophilia says she hopes the case serves as a cautionary tale to those who traffic in ...
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Media, telecom firms ask CRTC to ease up on regulation as they compete with streaming
As the Canadian broadcast system is upended by streaming, old-school media and telecom companies say they’re struggling to compete and they want the country’s broadcast regulator to take a lighter ...
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SNEC hopes new office space will bring staff back to office
Six Nations band staff will now have access to two new office spaces. Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) hopes making the new offices available will help get staff, who have worked from home since ...
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Possible remains found in search for slain women at Winnipeg-area landfill
Potential human remains were discovered Wednesday at a landfill north of Winnipeg where search teams have been working to ...
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Manitoba school division brings back plan to play ‘God Save the King’ in classrooms
A western Manitoba school division’s plan to reintroduce the playing of “God Save the King” during morning announcements is back on despite being met with controversy. Mountain View School Division ...
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Timeline of 4 women slain in Winnipeg, demands to search landfill for remains
CP-The Manitoba government announced Thursday that potential human remains have been found at a landfill north of Winnipeg, where search teams have been looking for two slain First Nations women. The ...
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‘It’s a heavy day’: Families react after potential remains found in Manitoba landfill
By Brittany Hobson Relatives of two murdered Indigenous women expressed shock, hope and anger Thursday, after receiving news that potential human remains have been found at a landfill where their ...