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Mining claims in Ring of Fire up 66 per cent over past 3 years: environmental group
By Liam Casey Mining claims in the Ring of Fire region are up 66 per cent over the last three years and now total an area 14 times the size of Toronto, an environmental group said Wednesday after ...
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Ontario PC caucus member opposed to government’s landfill plan in Dresden
By Allison Jones and Jordan Omstead A southwestern Ontario member of Premier Doug Ford’s caucus is speaking out against his government’s decision to cancel an environmental assessment for a landfill ...
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The Latest: Trump confronts South Africa’s president during tense Oval Office meeting
House Republicans are pushing to vote on their multi-trillion-dollar tax breaks package as soon as Wednesday, grinding out last-minute deal-making to shore up wavering GOP support and deliver on ...
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Wikwemikong Tribal, UCCM Police forces each taking steps to protect mental health of their serving officers
By Jacqueline St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Manitoulin Expositor MANITOULIN—They are protectors. They are peacekeepers. But above all, they are relatives—carrying the weight of ...
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Ontario’s Bill 5, meant to accelerate mining starts, concerns Indigenous leaders, conservationists
By Jacqueline St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Manitoulin Expositor ROBINSON-HURON TREATY TERRITORY—From the so-called ‘Ring of Fire’ in Treaty 9 Omushkego territory in the James ...
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UN warns of ‘ongoing tragedy’ as Indigenous groups in Colombia face extinction
The United Nations human rights office in Colombia warned Tuesday that five Indigenous groups in a storied mountain range face “physical and cultural” extinction, a critical threat that stems from ...
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Brantford General Hospital says it is improving Indigenous Health Care
The Brantford General Hospital says it is making strides to improve Indigenous healthcare. Committee members presented updates and upcoming plans during the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) General ...
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R.O.P.E. Squad seeks public’s help in locating man wanted on parole breach
Squad is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a federal offender wanted on a Canada Wide Warrant as a result of a ...
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Brant OPP raid leads to arrest and recovery of vehicles valued at $55,000
Three people are facing a series of charges after the Brant County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime ...
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Breaking: Police close parts of Third Line in suspected armed robbery
Six Nations Police (SNP) are assisting OPP with an investigation on Third Line, between Onondaga Road and Tuscarora Road. SNP have closed parts of Third Line  searching for suspects believed involved ...
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NY governor to visit Seneca Nation to apologize for state’s role in boarding school
New York’s governor plans to visit the Seneca Nation on Tuesday to formally apologize for the state’s role in running an upstate boarding school that separated Native American students from their ...
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P.E.I. First Nation says fisheries officers seized 300 Indigenous lobster traps
A First Nation in Prince Edward Island says it plans to take the Canadian government to court after alleging federal fisheries officers seized 300 lobster traps belonging to Indigenous fishers.