Turtle Island News2h
Statement by the Prime Minister on Indigenous Veterans Day
November 8, 2024 Ottawa, Ontario The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Indigenous Veterans Day: “Today, on Indigenous Veterans Day, we pay tribute to the First ...
Turtle Island News2h
Replacement-worker ban, machete sale rules are among the new laws in Manitoba
Bills to ban employers from using replacement workers, enact tax changes, and set new rules around the sale of machetes were among those passed into law Thursday as the yearlong session of the ...
Turtle Island News2h
National Indigenous Veterans Day, Nov 8
Since the War of 1812, Indigenous people have fought by the side of non-Indigenous, despite the prejudice and discrimination they faced here in Canada. At war, they stood on a more equal footing, ...
Turtle Island News6h
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument in New Mexico is set to reopen
The Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument in New Mexico, which closed in March 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, is reopening later this month. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management and Cochiti Pueblo ...
Turtle Island News20h
Inuk man shot dead by police a victim of systemic racism: Crown-Indigenous minister
The killing of an Inuk man by police earlier this week in Quebec’s Far North is an example of systemic racism, Canada’s minister for Crown-Indigenous relations said Thursday. Gary Anandasangaree said ...
Turtle Island News21h
B.C. gender justice groups call for repeal of Name Act changed over child killer
Gender justice groups in British Columbia want the government to repeal recent provincial legislation that prevents people convicted of serious Criminal Code offences from changing their names. The ...
Turtle Island News21h
Man facing multiple charges after being found asleep in stolen vehicle
(OHSWEKEN, ON)- An Ohsweken man is facing multiple charges after being found asleep in a vehicle parked at a local business ...
Turtle Island News21h
Man charged after noise complaint
A man is facing charges after Six Nations Police investigating a noise complaint found a vehicle with its engine revving on ...
Turtle Island News21h
Canada’s Walk of Fame to honour Manitoba folk and country singer William Prince
Country-folk singer William Prince will receive a top award from Canada’s Walk of Fame. The musician from Peguis First Nation, north of Winnipeg, has been named the recipient of the Allan Slaight ...
Turtle Island News1d
B.C. court allows police to apply to dispose of evidence at serial killer’s property
(Canadian Press)The B.C. Supreme Court says it has jurisdiction to order the disposal of thousands of pieces of evidence seized from Robert Pickton’s pig farm decades ago, whether it was used in his ...
Turtle Island News1d
‘Aging membership, aging buildings:’ Some legion branches struggle to keep doors open
The Royal Canadian Legion branch in Montreal’s Verdun borough meets once a week in a community centre space it rents by the hour, less than 500 metres from the elegant brick building it sold over a ...
Turtle Island News1d
Who ruined Hobo Hot Springs? Ministry investigates as mystery roils Harrison, B.C.
(Canadian Press)Stories passed down from elders tell how First Nations from afar would paddle their canoes to bathe in the hot springs on the territory of the Sts’ailes First Nation. They believed the ...