The town of Gravelbourg, Sask., is among many receiving money from the federal government to improve rural transportation, with an emphasis on transportation to medical appointments.
Two commissioners on the Iowa City Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission, or TRC, resigned within two months, citing numerous concerns. The commissioners, Sikowis Nobiss and Marie Krebs, are the only commissioners on the TRC who identify as a part of the Indigenous community. While Krebs cited time constraints due to the unpaid role, Nobiss’.
More than 100 Iowa City residents placed nonbinary flags, flowers, and lanterns on the steps of the Old Capitol at a Friday night vigil in remembrance of Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old nonbinary teenager who died just a day after a physical altercation in the bathroom of their Oklahoma high school. Benedict, a 10th grader at.
Robin Cote, South Branch President of the Saskatchewan First Nations Veterans Association, says Women of the Dawn founder Ivy Kennedy deserves to be recognized for her kindness and community work this season.