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Record label launches space to build stronger community

Since relaunching the zBTFD brand seven years...

Olympian committed to nurturing next generation of athletes

For many years, Cindy Eadie established herself...

Nostalgia fills the air at Fraggle Rock live 

Over 600 people attended Jim Henson’s Fraggle...

Indigenous Affairs

City commits $1 million to new Woodland Cultural Centre

City of Brantford Council voted in favour of investing an annual contribution of $250,000 over the next four years to the Woodland Cultural Centre’s Dwadę’nyota’ Dwaga:’shǫ:’ǫh “We Celebrate our...

BCHS officially opens Indigenous Family Space at hospital

In an effort to advance reconciliation efforts and ensure Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS)...

Indigenous Matters course receives positive feedback

Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford Campus, in partnership with the City of Brantford, announced the...

Brantford Native Housing wins Award for Excellence

The Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association (ONPHA) presented Brantford Native Housing (BNH), also known as...

Six Nations of the Grand River names new CEO

Six Nations of the Grand River (SNGR) announced a temporary transition in its executive...

Woodland requests $1 million for new cultural centre

The Woodland Cultural Centre requested that the County of Brant consider investing $1 million into a new cultural centre during the regular Council meeting,...

Taking a deeper look into Haudenosaunee governance

Woodland Cultural Centre opened the doors to its newest exhibit, “1924: Looking Back at the Last 100 Years of Hodinohso:ni Governance, Self-Determination, and Sovereignty”...

Six Nations to build Canada’s first Indigenous-led hospice

The provincial government announced it will be investing $1.25 million towards the construction of Six Nations of the Grand River’s new five-bed hospice during...

Search for unmarked graves in Brantford cut short

The search for bodies at a residential school in Brantford continues, but some of those who attended the Mohawk Institute themselves are sounding the...

Province provides funding to Six Nations Polytechnic

The Ontario government is investing $75,000 to help Six Nations Polytechnic achieve accessible and free transportation services by providing more than 200 students with...

Federal government to support Indigenous-led organizations

Bryan May, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business and to the Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario),...

Brantford Native Housing creates opportunities for the urban Indigenous community

Brantford Native Housing (BNH) is a non-profit charitable corporation with the main objective to provide safe, secure and affordable rental homes for the urban...

Six Nations calls for more funding for language immersion school

Six Nations of the Grand River is calling for more federal funding to help expedite the construction of an unfinished school that teaches Cayuga...

A look into Indigenous history through music 

An ensemble of eleven Indigenous and allied musicians performed at the matinee show of TREATY: A Reconciliation Revelry at the Sanderson Centre for Performing...

Ontario provides funding to First Nations Police

The Ontario government is providing more than $6 million to help First Nations police services better protect their communities. The investment is part of...

Six Nations of the Grand River Housing receives $1.5M in funding

Six Nations of the Grand River’s Housing Department received just over $1.5 million in funding to go towards the construction of a 5-unit townhome...

Feds 6 months late on payments to Mohawk Institute Residential School survivors group

The group responsible for finding unmarked graves at the site of a former Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford says the federal government isn’t...

Honouring Our Children at Mohawk Park

The Brantford Region Indigenous Support Centre (BRISC) hosted the Honouring Our Children social to honour victims and their families impacted by residential schools on...

Honouring Our Children Social event will be “a sign of resiliency”

A number of local organizations are coming together to honour the victims of the residential school system in Canada at the Honouring Our Children...

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