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June 23, 2017Canada 150 banners defaced, destroyed
Within a week of them being installed as part of the Canada 150 celebration, vandals scrawled profanities across banners lining the Mercier Bridge, and tore them to shreds.
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June 22, 2017Sexual assault victim speaks out
Michelle Phillips began working through the effects of a sexual assault four decades earlier, after running into her assaulter in the most common of situations.
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June 21, 2017First Peoples Fest gives big nod to creation story
Feature-length films and living arts are the focus of this summer’s First Peoples Festival. The 27th edition of the annual event will transform Place des Festivals from August 2-9, organizers announced on Tuesday morning.
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June 20, 2017Kirby earns rare National Theatre School spot
Wahsontiio Kirby, whose acting days began with the Turtle Island Theatre program, has now risen through the ranks to join the National Theatre School of Canada.
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June 16, 2017Norton questions Bill S-3 in Ottawa's house of parliament
Mohawk council grand chief Joe Norton was in Ottawa last week to tell the Canadian parliament that no matter what changes are made to the Indian Act, "no one will decide for us what we're going to do."
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June 7, 2017From the Tundra to the Trenches, a gripping memoir of an Inuk soldier in the army
The isolated, frigid, poverty-struck Strutton Island in the James Bay is where the story begins for Eddy Weetaltuk. At the time, he was just a young Inuk who lived off the land with his family.
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June 2, 2017Canadian parliament hears address in Kanien’kéha
Montreal MP Marc Miller was motivated to make Mohawk heard to launch National Aboriginal History Month yesterday, as he delivered an address entirely in Kanien’kéha in parliament.
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June 1, 2017Trio of books well worth a summer read
It’s warm out most days, and the perfect weather for spreading a blanket and chilling on the grass with a book.
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May 29, 2017Missing and murdered, not forgotten
The Montreal 375 celebration has been a mix of parties, reflection and some reconciliation, and artist Hannah Claus’s “je me souviens” series of window displays draws dramatic attention to the missing and murdered Indigenous women in Quebec and Canada.
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May 22, 2017Creator’s game will be showcased for 150th
Survival School hosted traditional lacrosse contests to kick off the school year for the past couple of years with laxers applying their trade with the traditional wooden sticks, and shot for a pole rather than a net.
