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Turtle Island News is an international multi-media publication company featuring our national award-winning newspaper Turtle Island News and our new online daily, Turtle Island News Daily based at Six Nations of the Grand River Territory in Ontario. In addition, we produce a number of magazines including Aboriginal Business, Aboriginal Tourism, Discover Six Nations and Fore golf magazine and a number of books and specialty publications. See our website at www.theturtleislandnews.com

08/14/2023

By Dave Baxter Local Journalism Initiative Reporter There is growing outrage in a rural Manitoba community and calls for one councillor to resign after that councillor said publicly he wondered if a proposed new seniors complex might bring people from the north and bring more “natives” to the RM...

08/11/2023

VANCOUVER -A British Columbia Supreme Court justice has refused to certify a class-action lawsuit linked to the wildfire that destroyed the village of Lytton in 2021, but the ruling also allows for an amended claim, potentially keeping the lawsuit alive. Chief Jordan Spinks of the Lytton-area Kanaka...

08/11/2023

By Eva Angelyna (Evalyna) Bogdan and Rachel Krueger Over the last year, Canada has made important progress toward making it easier for people to determine if they’re at risk from natural hazard disasters. But many people across the country still lack awareness about the risks they face and the ste...

08/11/2023

By Bianca Vazquez Toness THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP)-When in-person school resumed after pandemic closures, Rousmery Negron and her 11-year-old son both noticed a change: School seemed less welcoming. Parents were no longer allowed in the building without appointments, she said, and...

08/11/2023

By David Friend THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO- A gesture by late musician Robbie Robertson has drawn attention to a Six Nations community’s cultural restoration project and local leaders anticipate it will have a lasting positive impact. Heather George, executive director of the Woodland Cultural Cen...

08/11/2023

By Jessica Lee Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Twenty-eight of Bearspaw First Nation’s roughly 2,000 members died primarily of opioid poisoning in 2022, according to Chief Darcy Dixon. In a letter to Indigenous Service Canada (ISC) last month urging better methods of working together with ISC...

08/11/2023

BRANTFORD, ONT- The Brantford Police Service is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 31-year-old, woman. The woman identified only as Nikki is described as 5’6”, 250lbs, heavy build, brown hair, and brown eyes. Nikki was last seen in the area of William Street, the morning of ...

08/11/2023

By Julia Archelene Magsombol Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A national Indigenous charity, Indspire, is still waiting to get their money back from Toronto twins who claimed to be Inuit and Indigenous citizens for their university education. “I was not impressed. It blocks other people from a...

08/11/2023

By Cory Bilyea Local Journalism Initiative Reporter SAUGEEN- Tributes are pouring in for a beloved elder and former chief of the Chippewas of Saugeen First Nations, Vernon Roote, who went home to be with the ancestors on Aug. 4, 2023. “Vern’s devotion to his community was demonstrated through hi...

08/11/2023

By Sam Laskaris Writer Thanks in part to another strong start and a seven-point night from veteran Randy Staats, the Six Nations Chiefs have once again advanced to their league final. The Chiefs downed the Cobourg Kodiaks 11-3 in a Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) playoff contest held Thursday at the Iro...

08/10/2023

By Liam Casey THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO- The Ontario Integrity Commissioner said it has begun reviewing a request from Premier Doug Ford’s office to investigate a senior aide about his role in selecting which lands in the protected Greenbelt would be approved for housing development. Ontario’s ...

08/10/2023

By Kelly Geraldine Malone THE CANADIAN PRESS BEAUVAL, Sask.- Eighty-three areas of interest have been found using ground-penetrating radar during a search for possible unmarked graves at a former residential school in northern Saskatchewan. English River First Nation Chief Jenny Wolverine said in a....

08/10/2023

TORONTO, ON – The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (R.O.P.E.) Squad is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a federal offender wanted on a Canada Wide Warrant as a result of his breach of Statutory Release. Daniel HALE is described as a Indigenous male, 31 years of age, 6’0’.....

08/10/2023

OTTAWA- The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission will hear final arguments from Indigenous communities today regarding a proposed nuclear waste facility near the Ottawa River. The commission paused its decision to move ahead with a facility located in Chalk River, Ont., about 180 kilometres northwest....

08/10/2023

The Quebec Superior Court has ruled that it can hear a challenge to the appointement of Gov., Gen Mary Simon, who isn’t fluent in French. Several groups are seeking to have Simon’s appointment declared null and void because they say the governor general is constitutionally required to communicat...

08/10/2023

By Marc Lalonde Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A project that has helped over 6,000 Indigenous children get eye care in a number of First Nations across Canada got spotlighted recently for Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month, which is celebrated throughout August. The Indigenous Children ...

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