Saskatoon LutherCare group home workers give notice of job action
SEIU-West is fighting for higher wages, the introduction of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and two days off in a row to rest after the week is finished -- a weekend.
Canada
Apr 23
Manitoba promises review after trustee’s comments about residential schools
Manitoba Education Minister Nello Altomare said he is looking into the matter and is launching a governance review.
Education
Apr 26
Quesnel city council censures mayor over controversial residential school book
The council said the actions taken were due to Mayor Ron Paull jeopardizing the city’s relationship with Indigenous communities.
Canada
May 2
Joffre Lakes to close for 3 periods this year under agreement with First Nations
Joffre Lakes Park, known as Pipi7íyekw to the Líl̓wat Nation and N’Quatqua, will close for periods in May, June and September for Indigenous use.
Politics
Apr 25
Update on suspected Tke̓ mlúps burial site as nation signs historic agreement
Tke̓ mlúps te Secwépemc Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir says the excavation of the suspected unmarked graves of children who attended the Indian Residential School has not yet started.
Canada
Mar 28
Council slams B.C. mayor’s wife for distributing controversial book on residential schools
Mayor Ron Paull’s wife Pat Morton has reportedly been circulating a book that implies cultural genocide did not occur at residential schools.
Canada
Mar 23
Moose Jaw, Sask. to host city-wide event for National Indigenous Peoples Day
The City of Moose Jaw is partnering with the Holy Trinity Catholic School Division to host a National Indigenous People’s Day event in June at the Moose Jaw Events Centre.
Canada
Mar 19
Special messaging could soon be removed from city buses
A Winnipeg Transit report submitted to City Hall says that it will discontinue the use of promotional messaging and instead focus on the primary function of digital bus signs.
Trending
Jan 24
Sask. students give insight on state of schools while supporting teachers
Parents, teachers and students braved the cold in Saskatoon to support the teachers' strike.
Education
Jan 22
Embracing the identity of Afro-Indigenous in Regina
Two members of the Indigenous and Black community in Regina embrace their identities during Black History Month and Indigenous Storytelling Month.
Canada
Feb 16
Project led by Edmonton police identifies 2 Indigenous women who died in the 1970s
A special project led by the Edmonton Police Service has positively identified the remains of two Indigenous women who were found dead in the city nearly 50 years ago.
Crime
Feb 23
Manitoba to make National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory holiday
The Manitoba government has introduced a bill in the legislature to make Sept. 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a statutory holiday.
Canada
Nov 27, 2023
Indigenous languages ‘are really suffering right now’ heard at Regina gathering
The need to preserve and revitalize Indigenous languages is the main focus at a gathering that brought together Indigenous language speakers, community members and educators.
Canada
Jan 18
Four buildings added to illumination project in downtown Guelph
The Gummer Building and Hope House are among the four downtown structures added to the Illuminate Guelph expansion, made possible by FedDev Ontario.
Canada
Dec 22, 2023
Ontario community reverses course, will allow Pride flag to fly
Norwich Township has voted to approve a list of flags for a community flagpole, including the Pride flag, after attempts to ban the flags last year proved controversial.
Politics
Jan 17
Three Regina friends share vision of economic reconciliation with Indigenous business
Jada Yee, Thomas Benjoe and Cadmus Delorme are a power team who created OneHoop, an Indigenous consulting business that unlocks economic reconciliation.
Canada
Dec 29, 2023
Bills to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and Louis Riel passes final vote in Manitoba
A bill to make Orange Shirt Day a statutory holiday in Manitoba has passed its final vote in the legislature.
Canada
Dec 6, 2023
‘A pivotal moment’: Manitoba government lays out agenda in first throne speech
Wab Kinew said the "new day in Manitoba" theme of the government's agenda intends to repair the effects of cuts and closures under his predecessors.
Politics
Nov 21, 2023
Alberta town to go to the polls for bylaw that would remove Pride sidewalk, restrict flags
Five months after a Pride crosswalk was painted in Westlock, Alta., the town council started the legislative journey on a bylaw that would have to remove the coloured paint.
Canada
Nov 29, 2023
Pomp and procedure: New Ontario lieutenant governor sworn into office
Ontario's new lieutenant-governor is set to officially begin her new position today, with an installation ceremony full of pomp and procedure.
Politics
Nov 14, 2023