National News
Canada, Manitoba to develop Red Dress Alert for missing Indigenous women and girls
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG, MAN-Canada and Manitoba are partnering to launch an alert system that would inform the public when an Indigenous woman or girl goes missing, they announced Friday in Winnipeg, ahead of a national day to mark the crisis. The long-awaited Red Dress Alert system is a bid to prevent deaths and increase safe reunions with loved ones. Statistics Canada concluded in a report last year that the homicide rate for Indigenous women and girls was six times…
Six Nations News
Deputy Minister announces First Nations loans program
BUSINESS: Electrification strategy and details of Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program revealed at Toronto conference By Sam…
Sports News
Editorial
Pssst… there’s a minister here, but don’t tell anyone!
Six Nations Elected councillors may have learned a quick lesson during their council session last week.…
Special Reports
Historical stereotypes challenged in reconstruction of Haudenosaunee armour
By Lisa Iesse Writer HAMILTON – A Six Nations man’s reconstruction of 400-year-old Haudenosaunee armour speaks…
Press Releases
City launches Digital Service Squad to help small businesses adopt online technologies
Brantford, ON – In partnership with the Downtown Brantford BIA, the Brantford-Brant Business Resource Enterprise Centre…
World News
What to know about the Morocco earthquake and the efforts to help
By Sam Metz THE ASSOCIATED PRESS An earthquake has sown destruction and devastation in Morocco, where death and injury counts continue to rise as rescue crews dig out people both alive and dead in villages that were reduced to rubble. Law enforcement and aid workers, both Moroccan and international, have arrived in the region south of Marrakech that was hardest hit by the magnitude-6.8 tremor Friday night and several aftershocks. Residents await food, water and electricity, and giant boulders now block steep mountain roads. Here’s what you need to know:…
Covid-19
Meet the Chiefs: Delaware Nation/EELÜNAAPÉEWI LAHKÉEWIIT Chief Denise Stonefish: 90% of community vaccinated
By Victoria Gray Writer The Delaware Nation at Moraviantown has fared pretty well through the COVID-19…