First Peoples Radio is a not-for-profit broadcast company operating 95.7 ELMNT FM in Ottawa and 106.5 ELMNT FM in Toronto. It is dedicated to promoting Indigenous artists, with 30 percent of the music aired on the station each day coming from First Nations, Inuit and Metis artists. FPR also airs Indigenous language content, news, and […]
Get a Kit Ontario is a nurse-led study that is dedicated to getting HIV self-test kits into the hands of those who may need them most. The tests are completely free, and the goal of this initiative is to increase testing for HIV so that more people know their status. The organization recognizes that barriers […]
22-year-old Savanna Pikuyak, an Inuk woman from Nunavut, was pronounced dead on Sunday at her home near Algonquin College in Ottawa. First responders responded to a 911 call just after 10 am, but she was dead by the time they arrived. 33-year-old Nikolas Ibey has already turned himself in to Ottawa Police. According to sources […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that Canada will commemorate the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on September 19th with a national day of mourning, which will be considered a federal statutory holiday. While there is no confirmation as to whether or not this holiday will be recognized at the provincial level. Trudeau has confirmed […]
Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, has died. She was 96. Elizabeth spent more than seven decades on the throne as the U.K. Governor General Mary Simon offered her “deepest condolences” to the Royal Family in a statement on Twitter following the Queen’s death.
Following Pope Francis’ apology last April for the “deplorable conduct” of members of the Catholic Church at residential schools, the Pope will be in Quebec from July 27-29 to advance action toward reconciliation with Indigenous People. Cree Grand Chief Mandy Gull-Masty expressed that while apologies from Pope Francis, especially on Canada’s colonized land is monumental […]
Ontario Arts Council has awarded Shirley Cheechoo with the 2022 Indigenous Arts Award for her contribution to the Indigenous arts in Ontario. The award, being presented at the Weengushk International Film Festival on July 10th consists of $10,000, a framed certificate and an Indigenous-designed blanket. Shirley Cheechoo’s work reflects her Cree cultural background and her […]
Assembly of First Nations(AFN)’ Annual General Assembly is taking place in Vancouver Convention Centre (West) this week with the theme of “Walking the Healing Path”. The Assembly will be both in-person and virtual from July 5-7, 2022 with a dialogue session happening Monday, July 4. The Chiefs Assemblies gather twice a year for First Nations […]
The Ontario government is offering free rapid COVID-19 tests at LCBO locations across the province. The tests were due to become accessible as of Friday, December 17th, however they have not yet arrived, according to Ottawa Public Health. Once available they will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Tests were planned to be stocked at […]
Students at both Carleton University and the University of Ottawa won’t be returning to campus for the start of the Winter term. This morning, both schools announced that classes will be moving online for at least three weeks beginning the week of January 10th. Carleton University has also mentioned that some of the exams scheduled […]