Our lead story: four First Nations sign a memorandum of understanding with Manitoba regarding the twinning of a portion of the Trans Canada Highway, an expansion to be carried out in accordance with Anishinabe laws.

Our lead story: with growing global interest in the Arctic, a new report highlights how First Nations in the Yukon can contribute to Canada’s northern security.

Our lead story: members of the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation in southern Manitoba vote to reject a share in a proposed silica sand mine—said to be potentially worth as much as $20M a year—with the Alberta-based Sio Silica company.

Our lead story: chiefs from four First Nations express their collective disapproval of the way the Manitoba and federal governments have responded to this summer’s wildfires, calling for more preventative investments. 

Our lead story: The Carney government’s Métis major projects summit on Bill C-5 proceeds despite absence of the Manitoba Métis Federation, which boycotted the event due to its inclusion of the Métis National Council and Métis Nation of Ontario.

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Our lead story: upset the Métis Nation of Ontario and the Métis National Council were also invited, the Manitoba Métis Federation rejects a meeting with the Carney government about its major projects fast-tracking law, Bill C-5.

Our lead story: in the by-election for the federal Alberta riding of Battle River–Crowfoot—a vote set for August 18—NDP candidate Katherine Swampy of Samson Cree Nation takes on Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.

Our lead story: for the second time in under a month, northern Manitoba wildfires prompt the weekend evacuation of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, with many of its 3,000+ evacuees relocating 660 kilometres south to Winnipeg.

Our lead story: for the second time in a little over a week, a First Nations man was shot dead by police in northern Ontario, with one occurring July 22 at Deer Lake First Nation, the other July 31 on Wapekeka First Nation.

Our lead story: an Indigenous mother of six describes her ordeal as a tenant in a Winnipeg north-end "house of hell" in hopes of bringing attention to other families’ struggles with precarious housing in Manitoba.