The entire team at 95.7 Elmnt FM would like to acknowledge that today, November 16th, is Louis Riel Day in the province of Ontario. It was on this day in 1885 that Louis Riel was executed. He was sentenced to death for fighting for the rights of the Métis people. Today is intended for people to […]
Cree-Métis indie alt artist, iskwē is hitting the road for her 2021-2022 “From the Stars” tour! iskwē invites attendees to share in the stories of her ancestors with this series of performances. She will make fourteen stops in small towns and cities across Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. Her Ontario leg of the tour […]
Anesthesiologist, Dr. Alika Lafontaine, has been named the first Indigenous president-elect of the Canadian Medical Association. Lafontaine is also the first president-elect of the CMA to be of Pacific Islander lineage. Prior to his nomination, Lafontaine served as co-leader of the Indigenous Health Alliance from 2013 to 2017. He currently practices anesthesiology in Grande Prairie, […]
Cowessess First Nation says it has found 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school. Ground-penetrating radar recently discovered the graves at the former Marieval Indian Residential School. It says they number is the highest to date found in Canada. The school, about 160 kilometres east of Regina, was built in 1899 […]
COVID-19 Ottawa: There are 40 new confirmed, COVID-19 cases in Ottawa Monday. 8,212 total cases have been recorded in the Capital, with 7,498 resolved, and 347 active. Another person in Ottawa has died from the virus, sending that total up to 367. COVID-19 Ontario: There are 1,589 new cases, and 19 more deaths from the virus […]
COVID-19 Ottawa: There’s been another big jump in new, confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ottawa. 77 new cases are being reported, sending the city’s overall total up to 8,104, with 7,328 resolved, and 412 active. Public Health says another person in the Capital has died from the virus. 364 people in our city have died after contracting […]
COVID-19 Ottawa: Ottawa Public Health confirms there are 78 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Capital Wednesday. Active cases have dropped again though, down to 698. Throughout the pandemic, 6772 cases have been confirmed here, with 317 deaths, and 5,757 cases resolved. COVID-19 Ontario: Across the province, 834 new cases, and five more deaths are […]