When Janelle Pedersen looks at Buffalo Narrows’s first housing development in more than 20 years, she sees a future gated community where elders sit on front porches, children play, and neighbours help each other stay healthy and sober. Just 13 months ago, the site was undeveloped land. Now, people are moving in and beginning to […]

The Ontario government is investing $1.9 million in Indigenous-led healthcare services throughout southwestern Ontario as part of its ongoing plan to connect more people with primary care providers. The province announced Tuesday morning that the funds will go to the Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre (SOAHAC), which offers “culturally grounded, holistic healthcare” to Indigenous

Around 20 residents joined the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority (LRCA) on Friday morning to plant about 1,000 plants for the opening ceremony of an Indigenous Community Medicine Garden along the Neebing-McIntyre Floodway. Located next to the Hope & Memory Garden, which honours those who have passed away or are currently battling cancer, the medicine garden

The City of Edmonton will look at creating a sustainable option to offer daytime shelter space for vulnerable Edmontonians, like those experiencing homelessness. Mayor Andrew Knack put forward a motion on Monday during a community and public services committee meeting to have the city look at two options to address the issue ahead of council’s

The first new build through Calgary’s Maa’too’maa’taapii Aoko’iyii’piaya, its Indigenous housing program, will be a 60-unit project in Erin Woods. The southeast housing project will provide non-market housing for Siksika Nation members to live off-reserve. “We want to be able to give our people a place where they can raise their children in a safe

Some Newfoundland and Labrador municipalities have recognized National Indigenous Peoples Day as an official holiday but one St. John’s-based Indigenous group is calling for additional action to advance truth and reconciliation. For Chad Bedard, First Light’s manager of knowledge mobilization, tackling truth and reconciliation should involve collaboration. “It means that you start working with Indigenous

Deshanna Tsakoza says spending time at the Klua Lake (Lhuuge Męge) fish camp in northeastern B.C. feels like coming home. Prophet River First Nation held its second annual spring cultural camp last week at Klua Lakes, to reconnect members with the nation’s historical village site, culture and land-based learning. “I’m just at peace here,” said

The sole emergency homeless shelter in the northern Alberta hamlet of Lac La Biche closed its doors this week after an unsuccessful five-month search for a new home. On Tuesday, the shelter run by the Lakeland Out of the Elements Shelter Society ceased operations, at least in its current home: a Lac La Biche County-owned

Two groups representing Indigenous people in New Brunswick have come to an agreement with the provincial government allowing them free access to seven provincial parks. “The message that we sent right from Day 1 is that we wanted to rebuild the relationship between the provincial government and First Nation governments,” Indigenous Affairs Minister Keith Chiasson

Outreach workers Steven Halldorson and Erin Guidolin jump in their Salvation Army-branded vehicle in the back lane between Main Street and Martha Street to help people in Winnipeg who are homeless. They hand out water and food. In the winter, the duo gives toques, mitts, jackets and hand warmers. Giving people basic necessities can be