June 13, 2025 ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. (MKO) and the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) are joining forces to provide coordinated, culturally safe support to hundreds of First Nations evacuees who have been displaced by ongoing wildfires in northern Manitoba. As of early June, thousands of residents from five MKO-affiliated […]
Jun 13, 2025 Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says some hotel owners in the province are not doing enough to help wildfire evacuees. Kinew said on Thursday after touring some fire-hit areas that while a large majority of hotel operators have been great, some need to open up rooms as there are evacuees still sleeping in […]
Jun 13, 2025 Provincial officials say Manitoba wildfire evacuees are getting ‘adequate meals’ through hotels, shelters Edgar Spence keeps a folded bundle of receipts for meal expenses his family has had to cover out-of-pocket since they were forced out of their home community by wildfires in northern Manitoba. Since leaving Pimicikamak Cree Nation, he has […]
Jun. 13, 2025 After somewhat facing up to its colonizer legacy, the uncertain fate of Indigenous artifacts in the Hudson’s Bay Co.’s Corporate Collection raises ethical questions during firm’s liquidation For a once-proud retail giant — built on a fur-trading empire so far-reaching it was known simply as The Company — it was an unceremonious […]
June 12, 2025 The Manitoba Wildfire Service advises that after a brief period of cooler temperatures and precipitation, the fire risk is increasing. Much of the province is at moderate fire danger in most areas with the continued risk of new fire starts from lightning. Progress is being made on many fires near communities. It […]
June 12, 2025 The Manitoba Wildfire Service continues to respond to 25 active wildfires across the province, a total of 116 wildfires to date, above the average for this date of 105 total fires. Fires of note include: East region: Fire EA061 remains out of control at approximately 218,700 hectares (ha). Provincial Road (PR) 315 […]
June 12, 2025 Living on Treaty 1 Territory in Winnipeg’s north end, which has a significant Indigenous population, Lenard Monkman has witnessed the health impacts of centuries of systemic racism, be it the high rates of diabetes affecting family, friends and community members, or more recently, deaths and overdoses from increased drug use. “I see […]
Toronto, Ontario – June 12, 2025 – NiCAN Limited (“NiCAN” or the “Company”) (TSX-V:NICN/OTCQB: NILTF/FRA:W8Y) is pleased to provide an update on its exploration activities and plans at the Pipy South Project in Thompson Manitoba. Pipy South, which is identified in NiCAN’s Exploration Agreement with Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (“NCN”), is fully permitted for a Phase […]
Jun 12 2025 Star football player for the SRSS Sabres, Javien Chartrand of Kleefeld was recently named to Team Toba’s U18 Indigenous football team and it’s come through hard work and dedication. The start of Chartrand’s football career came a little later in his life, but he hasn’t wasted any time in developing into a […]
Jun 12, 2025 Shocked parents suspect theft was planned due to sheer size of structure, how quickly it went missing The principal of an East Kildonan elementary school says the theft of a teepee that was put up on the school’s lawn has robbed its students of important land-based learning opportunities during National Indigenous History […]
