New transitional housing in Winnipeg is breaking barriers says program coordinator
‘Having the housing units for individuals gives them the chance for some stability,’ says Melissa Stone.
Sav Jonsa
Sav is a Two-Spirit, Red River Métis from Winnipeg. Growing up witnessing and experiencing the effects of intergenerational trauma firsthand, they found the best way to move forward with reconnecting to their Indigeneity is by examining their family's past; harnessing its knowledge to learn how to heal their family and theirselves.
Warming tipis being set up to help unsheltered people survive Winnipeg winter
Winnipeg’s unhoused population now has a temporary alternative to sheltering in bus shacks, make-shift tents,…
Putting the ‘win’ in land-based education with Kis Kin Ha Ma Ki Win
A project at the University of Manitoba is empowering Indigenous children to get more involved…
Métis citizenship cards not accepted as I.D. at Manitoba Liquor Marts, APTN finds
Liquor Marts have required identification to enter since 2019, when the Crown corporation first implemented controlled entrances as an anti-theft practice.
First Nations leaders call for Winnipeg police chief to resign for not ordering search of landfill
First Nations leaders in Manitoba are calling for the resignation of Winnipeg’s police chief after…
This is the story of my Métis mother and newly-found aunt
Like many Indigenous siblings separated by adoptions, half-sisters Raelene Recksiedler and Helene Rosenzweig-Schmidt always felt…
AMC sues Manitoba, Canada for $1B over damage caused by child welfare system
The lawsuit seeks to compensate children who were taken off reserve.
Fisher River woman harvests sacred medicine for James Smith Cree Nation
Marcie Sinclair is hoping to return kindness she found in community when she was healing.
‘I’m tired of pretending’: Winnipeg teen puts together photo essay on MMIWG2S
A Winnipeg teen is using photography to bring awareness to the issue of missing and…