The Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS), the largest First Nations police service in Canada, has opted into Ontario’s policing legislation — meaning it will be formally considered […]
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Ontario plans for tougher rules on encampments and drug use stir emotional debate
Although she’s had no permanent home for two years, Bunny Chief says she often gives up her space at the overnight shelter so others have a […]
Communities in northwestern Ontario chosen to host Canada’s nuclear waste storage site
Northwestern Ontario has been chosen to store Canada’s nuclear waste. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), the not-for-profit body tasked with managing Canada’s nuclear waste, […]
Northwestern Ontario communities chosen for Canada’s nuclear waste storage site
Northwestern Ontario has been chosen for Canada’s first deep geological repository, a multibillion-dollar project that aims to eventually store the country’s nuclear waste. In an announcement […]
Thousands rally at Queen’s Park to demand action on mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows First Nation
Thousands marched to Queen’s Park in Toronto on Wednesday to demand action to help people in Grassy Narrows First Nation, a northwestern Ontario community that has […]
Caravan from Grassy Narrows First Nation makes stops to educate about mercury poisoning ahead of Toronto rally
Warning: This story contains references to suicide. Annie Sneaky says the loss of her two sisters to suicide is what drives her to defend the […]
6 First Nations challenge Ontario’s Mining Act, a month after similar legal action by Grassy Narrows
Six First Nations in northern Ontario are challenging the province’s Mining Act, arguing it violates their treaty and Charter equality rights. Representatives from the First Nations […]
Grassy Narrows First Nation appeals to international human rights commission over mercury contamination
In its efforts to press the Ontario and federal governments to do more to address mercury contamination of its river, Grassy Narrows First Nation told […]
Calls for action after report finds unnatural death rates in some First Nations over triple Ontario average
When Patricia Keesickquayash looks atop the hill of her First Nation’s cemetery, which was expanded in the 1990s, she wonders how the plots filled up […]
LCBO surprised by Ontario cancelling pilot to scan customer IDs at northern stores, exec emails show
LCBO executives said they were caught off guard by the Ontario Ministry of Finance’s decision to cancel an LCBO anti-theft pilot not long after it was […]