The magnitude of the water crisis and what you can do about it
Water is our most precious resource, and yet we continue to waste it. It’s time we all do better.
Author: Cory Bilyea
Conestoga College donates $2 million in medical equipment to local hospitals
The supplies, which include much needed N95 masks, gloves, and other personal protective equipment (PPE) would normally have been used by the students in health care programs.
VIDEO: Ontario First Nations overwhelmingly vote no to nuclear waste dump on their land
The CEO of Ontario Power Generation said the company respects the community’s decision and will now look for an “alternative solution.”
Nuclear waste dump proposal has many Ontario First Nations worried
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is running out of time to find a permanent solution for storing radioactive nuclear waste.
VIDEO: Indigenous people in Waterloo speak out about the homeless crisis, safety concerns
The current housing emergency in Kitchener has local people speaking out over the lack of safety for those who are either working or staying at a homeless shelter in the Waterloo Region.
A place to be ourselves
Terre Chartrand’s youth program, in part, aims to revitalize Indigenous and pre-colonial histories of the Region of Waterloo.
Kitchener man describes drug use, threats at new emergency overflow shelter
Nearly 300 people are using shelters in the Kitchener-Waterloo region on an average night.
Doug’s Auto quietly celebrates its 50th anniversary
Doug Campbell took a chance and bought a gas station in 1969. Today it is still going strong.
Halloween festivities go on, despite attack at Turtle Island News
Early Monday morning, Oct. 28, 2019, Powless was awoken to a call that the alarm was going off at her office, an Indigenous news portal on Grand River Territory of the Six Nations in Southern Ontario.
Indigenous inspiration Sarain Fox visits Conestoga College on World Mental Health Day
Sarain Fox is no stranger to the effects of poor mental health, growing up with the stigma that is attached to being Indigenous. Her early life was intertwined with the pride of being Anishinaabe and the horrors of the same when school started.
Woodstock woman loads her hearse with donations for the homeless
Woodstock woman Celina Myers is aiming to stuff her hearse with 50 backpacks filled with supplies for homeless people in the area, and then do it again as many times as she can. “Please help me fill the back of my hearse with love! Hearses may be used in the funeral industry but let us re purpose mine and make it a shuttle to help those going through a hard … Continued
OPINION: Indigenous presence noticeably absent at United Nations’ New York summit
Having only one Indigenous person speak at the UN Climate Action Summit is appalling.
OPINION: Inquiry needed to review firing of OPP commissioner
Inquiry needed into firing of well-respected deputy commissioner of Ontario’s provincial police.
VIDEO: Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre celebrates 16th annual powwow
Rain or shine, the powwow goes on. The Indigenous Student Centre in Waterloo hosted its annual powwow under threatening skies and misty rain. The weather didn’t stop the many dancers and spectators from attending the cultural event, including Waterloo Mayor Dave Jaworsky, who danced in Grand Entry opening ceremonies. Recent funding from the city and commitment to working together with the local Indigenous community has given the event a more … Continued
