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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will match U.S. auto tariffs
By Kyle Duggan Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that Canada will hit back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25 per cent auto tariffs with matching levies on vehicles imported from the ...
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‘Investigation launched’ over alleged loss of funds at Dawson Creek Native Housing Society
By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — An Indigenous housing society is “starting fresh” in the wake of an alleged theft of funds. According to Neil Sneddon of the ...
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Atlantic premiers hold the line on retaliatory measures, citing tariff uncertainty
By Keith Doucette Premiers in the Atlantic region say that despite Canada being left out of the latest round of global U.S. tariffs, they need to hold the line in the face of growing economic ...
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US is negotiating a minerals deals with conflict-hit Congo, Trump official says
A Trump administration official said Thursday the United States is in talks with conflict-plagued Congo on developing its mineral resources under a deal that the Congolese president has said could ...