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January 4, 2024


Ministers Anandasangaree, Vandal, Hajdu, and Parliamentary Secretary Atwin issue a statement of support on National Ribbon Skirt Day

From: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada NationTalk: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, OTTAWA – Traditional Unceded Algonquin TerritoryToday, the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations; the Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, Minister responsible for PrairiesCan and CanNor; the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, Minister responsible for FedNor; and Member...

September 10, 2023


Flat Bay Band will soon have new cultural centre with $2.4M help from federal government

The Mary Webb Gathering Place is expected to open next summer CBC News: Construction is underway for Flat Bay Band-No’kmaq Village’s new healing centre. In an announcement on Friday, the facility officially got its name — which recognizes vital community member Mary Webb. The centre will be called the Mary Webb Gathering Place and it’s expected to open...

August 27, 2023


Stolen Nisga’a memorial pole about to start journey home from Scottish museum

Historic totem pole was taken without consent in 1929 from First Nation in northwestern B.C. Brenna Owen · The Canadian Press  CBC News: A memorial totem pole belonging to members of the Nisga’a Nation in northwestern British Columbia is about to begin its journey home from the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, where it has been...

June 5, 2023


Canada invests in a new Language and Cultural Centre on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory

NationTalk: Infrastructure Canada – Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario — Today, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous, Callie Hill, Executive Director of Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na Language and Cultural Centre, and Chief R. Donald Maracle, Elected Chief of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, announced a federal investment of $9.6 million to support the construction...

April 17, 2023


On the way to Wehwehneh: What it takes to transform downtown Winnipeg’s former Bay

$130M redevelopment inching forward as title transferred to Southern Chiefs, but financing questions remain CBC News: There were only three floors open to the public when the former Bay department store in downtown Winnipeg was shuttered for good in November 2020. The Hudson’s Bay Company’s Manitoba flagship had been withering for decades, floor closure after floor...