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Grand River Conservation Authority warns of flooding as high river flows head downstream
The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) has issued a flood warning for Six Nations of the Grand River, Brantford and ...
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New Nova Scotia regulations allow retail cannabis stores owned by Mi’kmaq community
CP-Mi’kmaq communities in Nova Scotia will be able to open legal cannabis retail stores on reserve under new provincial regulations. The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation had been the only authorized ...
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Gits’iis Tribe seeks permanent sacred fire site in Prince Rupert
By Radha Agarwal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The hereditary leadership of the Gits’iis Tribe of the Ts’msyen Nation, whose Lax Yuup [tribal lands] the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre occupies, ...
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Animated film explores the strength found in the shadow of demons
By Odette Auger, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter ​Qaqsoss Naka Wahantuhsis (Fox & the Tiny Demon) is a new animated film directed by award winning animator, director and artist Tara Audibert, who ...
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In tree rings, Concordia researchers peer into Quebec’s 19th century climate
Quebec tree rings dating back nearly 200 years indicate snowpack in the Gaspésie mountains has declined considerably in recent decades, Concordia University researchers suggest in a study that could ...
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Officer who shot and killed Indigenous man in N.B. did not commit crime: watchdog
CP-New Brunswick’s police watchdog says an RCMP officer did not commit a criminal offence when they shot and killed an Indigenous man in Elsipogtog First Nation last year. The Serious Incident ...
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Indigenous Group of Seven work brought together for exhibit in Banff
By Crystal St.Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Joseph Sánchez is co-curating the upcoming exhibit The Ancestors Are Talking: Paintings by the Indigenous Seven at The Whyte museum located ...
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Brantford Police seeking man wanted for Second Degree Murder
BRANTFORD, ONT-The Brantford Police Service are searching for  a 27-year-old man wanted for Second Degree Murder after  a man ...