Turtle Island News12h
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 ...
Turtle Island News15h
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 ...
Turtle Island News17h
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 ...
Turtle Island News17h
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 ...
Turtle Island News16h
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 ...
Turtle Island News1d
‘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 ...
Turtle Island News1d
Human rights museum removes Buffy Sainte-Marie from exhibit
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights has removed singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie from an exhibit because of questions ...
Turtle Island News1d
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 ...
Turtle Island News1d
In apology to Inuit, minister calls relocations decades ago a ‘failure’
Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree apologized Thursday afternoon on behalf of the federal government for its role in the Dundas Harbour relocations between 1934 and 1948, saying it is ...
Turtle Island News1d
Clearwater Seafoods in Nova Scotia lays off workers at plant in Lockeport: mayor
Clearwater Seafoods has laid off about half its workers in Lockeport, N.S., where the local plant is the town’s largest employer, the mayor of the tiny southwestern community said Thursday. Derek ...
Turtle Island News1d
Gov’t can’t override First Nation authority with mining: Fiddler
By Sandi Krasowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Chronicle-Journal During a visit to Thunder Bay late last week, Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford reiterated his election ...
Turtle Island News1d
Ottawa announces $270-million agreement for Inuit-led conservation efforts in Arctic
CP-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a $270-million agreement for jobs and conservation projects in the Qikiqtani region, a majority-Inuit territory that is part of Nunavut. Trudeau told ...