New honour for Selkirk’s Dufferin Gang shouldn’t be its last, says committee
Selkirk has become recognized for a group of 31 men and women who have become affectionately known to many as the Dufferin Gang.
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Manitoba’s Southern Chiefs’ Organization embarks on campaign to support, honour local Indigenous veterans
A Manitoba First Nations organization says they are now embarking on a campaign to support local veterans, and to bring more attention to the contributions and sacrifices Indigenous veterans have made for this country.
Evictions being used to battle drug trafficking on Pine Creek First Nation
Pine Creek First Nation (PCFN) said multiple community members living in a band-owned housing unit were arrested and charged by RCMP for drug trafficking.
‘Community copy’ of Treaty 3 on display at CMHR
A temporary exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) will allow guests to view an original copy of Treaty #3, on the 150th anniversary of that treaty being signed. CMHR said in a media release that a community copy of Treaty #3 from 1873 is on display this week at the downtown Winnipeg museum, and will remain at the museum’s Level 6 Expressions gallery until Sunday.
First Nations leaders ask for Brandon campground to be expropriated
First Nations leaders are asking the federal and provincial governments for financial support to see a private campground expropriated which they suspect contains unmarked graves. But the owner of the campground says he believes the remains of children can be respected and memorialized without shutting his business down.
Rural Manitoba mayor resigns after five progressive but controversial years in office
The City of Morden announced the resignation of Mayor Brandon Burley, now suddenly leaving the mayor’s chair empty, after Burley held the role for about five years in the city of just more than 10,000 residents.
Gimli renames roads named after colonization
The move comes more than two years after some Gimli residents started an online petition asking for the names to be changed, claiming that the original names were offensive to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people
Elections Manitoba makes it easier for First Nations people to vote
Elections Manitoba has teamed up with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) to make it easier for First Nations people to vote in next week’s provincial election. The AMC announced the new collaboration with Elections Manitoba they said would “champion the democratic spirit and encourage full participation in the 43rd Manitoba General Election set for October 3, 2023.”
Lawyer for Manitoba Sio Silica sand mine puts little stock in Springfield referendum results
A lawyer for Sio Silica says the Alberta-based company is putting little stock or faith into an independent referendum in which more than 95% of those who voted said they were opposed to a silica sand mine being built in the RM of Springfield.
Teacher’s resource helps students in Manitoba and across Canada learn true legacy of residential schools through survivor’s life
A brand new teacher’s resource based on the life of a residential school survivor was released this week, and the president of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society (MTS) said he believes the resource will be valuable because it will help students to better understand the true legacy of Canada’s residential schools. “The truth about residential schools must continue to be told, and Manitoba teachers will continue to tell it,” MTS President Nathan Martindale said while speaking at a media conference at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg on Monday.