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City councillors, concerned about provincial changes that allow additional units to be built in single-family homes, want to know if some neighbourhoods can be…

Article content In a brief news conference held outside the former school, Six Nations of the Grand River elected Chief Mark Hill called for a probe by Ontario Provincial Police, as well as Brantford and Six Nations police, into the children who died at the Mohawk Institute, which was Canada’s longest-running residential school. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Mohawk Institute survivors call for criminal investigation Back to video Hill said the...

Article content On Monday, Catherine McKenna, federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, stood outside the stairs to the building’s entrance covered with tiny shoes, stuffed animals and other items placed in memory of the children who at residential schools, to announce Ottawa will provide $7.6 million. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Save the Evidence campaign gets $9.4-million boost Back to video “This is the most important and har...

Article content Butts was getting himself into trouble on Twitter on Tuesday by trying to be funny and condescending all at once. It’s not a good recipe for him but he thinks it works. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or LILLEY: Trudeau pal Gerald Butts also calls church burning understandable Back to video When Terry Glavin, a longtime columnist for Postmedia papers the National Post and Ottawa Citizen, took a swipe at people defending Harsha Wa...

Terry Glavin: Canadas early Christian prophets were Indigenous. Now someones destroying their churches As pyres have been made of sturdy little churches built by First Nations, the sneering of all those white allies is the thing to notice Author of the article: Terry Glavin Publishing date: Jul 07, 2021  •  14 hours ago  •  5 minute read  •  Arson is suspected in the burning of the Chopaka Church on the Lower Similkameen Indian Band reserve in B.C., top left, St. Johns Angl...

Daphne Bramham: Free speech or hate speech? B.C. civil libertarian lights a fire Analysis: Burn it all down, BCCLA executive director Harsha Walia tweeted in response to two more arson attacks on Catholic churches, later saying it wasnt meant literally Author of the article: Daphne Bramham Publishing date: Jul 06, 2021  •  7 hours ago  •  4 minute read  •  Arson is suspected at the burning of the Chopaka Church on the Lower Similkameen Indian Band reserve in B.C., top left,...

An elected council member on Six Nations of the Grand River and a former chief of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation are running for the office of…

Article content An elected council member on Six Nations of the Grand River and a former chief of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation are running for the office of Ontario Regional Chief. Nathan Wright and Larry Sault say they want to lead the Chiefs of Ontario, an advocacy organization representing 133 Indigenous communities across the province. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Six Nations councillor, former Mississaugas chief run for Onta...

Article content Grade 8 teacher Richard Melski said an increasing number of students are asking him questions about jobs in skilled trades. During a recent brainstorming exercise about jobs, Melski, who teaches at St. Pius School in Brantford, said his students weren’t just talking about wanting to pursue careers as teachers and doctors. They were interested in how to become a plumber, an arborist, a sous chef and a massage therapist. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refre...

A Laurier Brantford student’s determination to educate the public about human trafficking has led to becoming a finalist in a global competition hosted by…