Algoma U Selected as Host Site for 2019 National Building Reconciliation Forum
Five postsecondary partners to host annual forum at Algoma University in 2019
VICTORIA – University and Indigenous leaders focused on the importance of working together...
Anishinabek Nation leadership oppose Canada’s Indigenous Rights Framework
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (November 16, 2018)—The Anishinabek Nation Chiefs-in-Assembly unanimously oppose and reject the federal government’s Indigenous Rights Framework.The Anishinabek Nation leadership join...
Amnesty calls for accountability on coerced sterilization of Indigenous women
OTTAWA — Amnesty International Canada is calling on the federal government to appoint a special representative to hear from Indigenous women coerced into sterilization procedures — to learn what justice would...
Ford’s refusal to work in partnership with First Nations jeopardizes future mining projects: NDP
QUEEN’S PARK – NDP MPP for Algoma-Manitoulin, Michael Mantha, said that Doug Ford’s continued failure to establish respectful working relationships with First Nations will...
Serpent River FN Youth plan a traffic safety awareness initiative on Friday afternoon along...
(SERPENT RIVER FIRST NATION, ON)- On Friday October 26, 2018, members from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment and OPP Provincial Liaison...
Police reopen investigation into 1972 death of Ontario Indigenous teen
Police in Ontario say they've reopened an investigation into the 1972 death of an Indigenous teen.
They say Audrey Anderson, 19, was found lying by...
Operation Northern Spotlight nabs 15 in Human Trafficking ring.
(ORILLIA, ON) - Members of police services throughout Ontario were able to ensure the safety of seven people who were in exploitative situations, including...
A suspended driver’s license generally means, you can’t be out driving around.
(ESPANOLA, ON) - On Sunday, October 21, 2018 an officer from the Manitoulin-Espanola Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting traffic patrols...
MP Hughes Raises transportation concerns at Minister’s consultation meeting.
Ottawa – Transportation links that service northern and rural communities cannot be treated as an afterthought by the government according to Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, MP Carol Hughes.
Hughes...
Grand Council Treaty #3 launches legal challenge to sex-ed curriculum dismantled by Ontario government.
A group of 28 First Nation communities wants to have its say in a court case challenging the province’s use of an outdated sex-ed...