The former St. Helen Catholic Elementary School building in McQuesten West will likely be bulldozed this fall to make way for a unique Indigenous centre with housing, health care and social services.
Sept. 30, 2023 will mark 10 years of Orange Shirt Day and three years since National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was formally recognized as a statutory holiday in Canada.
Sept. 30, 2023 will mark 10 years of Orange Shirt Day and three years since National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was formally recognized as a statutory holiday in Canada.
Members of the urban Indigenous community in Hamilton are welcoming the city's first Indigenous Hamilton Police Service (HPS) liaison a role some are hopeful will help build trust and reduce violent interactions with police. It comes nearly a year after the assault of Indigenous man Patrick Tomchuk by police Const. Brian Wren.
The city voted Tuesday to transfer operational leadership of the McQuesten Urban Farm in Hamilton to Indigenous charity organization Niwasa Kendaaswim Teg. The organization's executive director says the move was a "natural fit."