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Cannabis Grow-Op petition demands Six Nations Cannabis Commission shuts down massive operation
By Lynda Powless and Tara Lindemann Writers The signs are bold, almost shouting “Shut this down!” The signs, along with flags ...
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Project PANDA takes out non-Indigenous criminal network operating out of Six Nations
Six Nations Police have seized over $6.29 million in contraband tobacco and drugs from a manufacturing facility being ...
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Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief says Speech from the Throne commits to reconciliation
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak  says  Canada’s Speech from the Throne, delivered today (Tuesday May 27)  by King ...
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Can you smell it yet…
It looks like Six Nations Elected Council’s (SNEC) decision to license cannabis sales and growth has raised its controversial head…again. Only this time it’s about the sudden introduction into the ...
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B.C. orders Hobo Hot Spring restored, as new fence blocks off public use
By Nono Shen The British Columbia government has ordered the restoration of free natural hot spring pools that were mysteriously filled with dirt and boulders last fall. The government had launched an ...
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Ontario to amend mining bill, add Indigenous economic zones amid First Nations uproar
By Liam Casey Premier Doug Ford’s government is set to capitulate to some First Nation demands on a controversial mining bill, though it will not kill the proposed law outright, The Canadian Press has ...
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Paralympic chief challenges Brisbane 2032 organizers to top the success of Sydney
There was no better day to urge the people of Brisbane to do better than the benchmarks Sydney set for the Paralympics. International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons’ visit to the 2032 ...
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Runner Tom Longboat’s immediate family to shun Six Nations Elected Council’s Tom Longboat Run
Family issues letter says it can’t support Six Nations Elected Band Council’s cannabis industry  cites social ills “This ...
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Chief Don Tom says ‘era of trust’ between First Nations and Eby is over if bills pass
By Wolfgang Depner A First Nations leader says the “era of trust” with the government of B.C. Premier David Eby is over if two bills responding to American tariffs pass this week. Chief Don Tom of the ...
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Road, rail and mine blockades could be on horizon over Ontario mining bill: chiefs
By Liam Casey Road, rail and mine blockades could be on the horizon as First Nations ratchet up pressure on the Ontario government to kill a proposed bill that seeks to speed up large mining projects ...
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Vancouver Island land returned to Lyackson First Nation and Cowichan Tribes
A stretch of culturally significant land in the Cowichan Valley has been returned to the Lyackson First Nation and Cowichan Tribes communities. The British Columbia government says the return of the ...
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Residents across the Prairies flee, others on edge due to wildfire threats
Residents in areas across the Canadian Prairies are out of their homes while others are on edge as wildfires inch closer to their communities. In northern Manitoba, the town of Lynn Lake, with about ...