Michelle Farmer studio celebrating 50 year anniversary at Sanderson Centre
First Nation-owned and operated dance and modelling studio in Canada.
A grand showcase of Six Nations talent is coming to the Sanderson Centre in May to celebrate the Michelle Farmer’s Studio of Dance and Modelling.
The iconic studio is celebrating 50 years of business this May with what organizers are hoping will be a free performance for all community members to attend at the Sanderson Centre in Brantford.
Erin Monture is spearheading the organization of the showcase and said the 50th anniversary is a milestone as Michelle Farmer’s studio is the only
Monture, who is herself an alumni of the dance studio and is now the CEO of Grand River Employment and Training, came to elected council last week asking for $46,000 to help put on the show for free for community members to attend during Community Awareness Week.
Studio alumni have won numerous championships worldwide and it has produced actors, dancers and models on a national and international stage.
“I know dance isn’t really as celebrated as our sports here on Six Nations but it really does
change your life when you put these young people on stage like this,” said Monture.
Michelle Farmer began dancing when she was two years old and moved to Six Nations when she was 12.
She took dance lessons in Toronto as a teen and her talent took her to illustrious dance schools in both Chicago and New York City.
Farmer even audited to be one of the fabled Radio City Rockettes, an iconic troupe of dancers with an over 100-year history in the United States.
Teachers always told Farmer it didn’t matter if you had a small studio in a strip mall or in a
basement - that you could produce powerful dancers no matter where you are.
For 50 years, she’s been doing that out of her basement, said Monture.
They’re tentatively booked for May 17th at the Sanderson Centre in Brantford to celebrate the 50th anniversary with their “Stars of Tomorrow” show but the cost to put on the show is at least $46,000.
Monture said she’d like to see the event built into Community Awareness Week in May as the studio has been a fixture in the community for decades, providing youth with a safe space to develop dance skills, social skills, self-esteem and become
future leaders.
She said the studio has had a positive impact on over 5,000 Six Nations community members since its inception, who have since gone on to become community leaders and influencers in their adulthood.
Monture is asking Six Nations Elected Council to be an official sponsor of the event.
“It’s more about dancers,” said Monture, adding, “there’s no profit that’s ever made from putting this show on. There’s no direct benefit.”
Elected Council said it will discuss the costs further at its next general finance meeting.
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They’re tentatively booked for May 17th at the Sanderson Centre in Brantford to celebrate the 50th anniversary with their “Stars of Tomorrow” show. SANDERSON
A comprehensive national report released in October by Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) shows there is a growing mental health crisis among young Canadians.
Bell announced it will prioritize youth mental health on Bell Let's Talk Day, January 22, 2025, and will launch a text-todonate campaign with 100 per cent of the funds raised going to six youth mental health providers: Integrated Youth Services, Jack.org, Kids Help Phone, National Association of Friendship Centres, Strongest Families Institute and Youth In Mind Foundation.
On Bell Let's Talk Day, Canadians can give $5 by text with Bell matching all donations up to a total of $1 million, as part of Bell's $10 million mental health commitment in 2025.
“Youth urgently need access to more services to help them manage with their declining mental health. Bell Let's Talk will continue to support community-based organizations that are helping youth, and everyone, have access to mental health services and supports so people can thrive and achieve their full potential,” said Chair of Bell Let’s Talk Mary Deacon.
On World Mental Health Day, Bell unveiled MHRC's new report on youth mental health at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). A Generation At Risk: The State of Youth Mental Health in Canada is the most recent comprehensive report of its kind, developed in collaboration with youth mental health providers, and featuring all-Canadian data and insights.
The report outlines recommendations and evidence-based calls to action for improvements in
three key areas including: prevention and dedication, service quality, and access to mental health services.
“We have seen a generational shift in youth embracing the importance of mental health. We have also seen a continuing decline in mental health indicators for youth. Both the opportunity and the need to address mental health in this population have never been higher. If we can intervene early with diagnosis and treatment, we can give our children the best opportunity for mentally healthy lives, said Vice President of Mental Health Research Canada Michael Cooper.
The largest-ever corporate commitment to mental health in Canada, Bell Let's Talk is focused on four key action pillars – Anti-stigma, Care and Access, Research and Workplace Leadership –and is a driver of Bell for Better. Since its launch in 2010, Bell Let's Talk has partnered with more
than 1,500 organizations providing mental health services throughout Canada, including hospitals, universities, local community service providers and other care and research organizations.
MHRC Report – Key Statistics:
- Suicide is the second leading cause of death: Suicide remains a leading cause of death among young people in Canada, accounting for 21 per cent of deaths; 24 per cent of youth (16 to 24) report suicidal ideation.
- Priority youth populations: 2SLGBTQI+ communities, newcomers, Black and Indigenous youth have higher rates of poor mental health and experience barriers to accessing care.
- Early onset of mental health conditions: Youth are considered a vulnerable population with approximately 66 per cent to 75 per cent of mental health issues having an onset before the age of 24.
- Self-stigma: While young people are generally comfortable discussing mental health as a broad topic, they are less comfortable discussing their own mental health conditions.
- Unmet mental health needs: Approximately 1.25 million youth in Canada need mental health supports every year. Nearly three in five (57 per cent) of those youth are not getting the help they need.
- Contributing factors: Mental health issues increased among youth before the pandemic and have worsened since then due to a combination of social disconnection, excessive screen time and socio-economic challenges. In addition, 50 per cent of youth (18 to 34) feel climate change negatively impacts their mental health.
To learn more, visit Bell. ca/LetsTalk.
Bell Let's Talk has partnered with more than 1,500 organizations providing mental health services throughout Canada. FILE
2025 Ontario Special Olympics Coming to Six Nations
Six Nations is hosting bocce ball for the Ontario Special Olympics this summer.
The 2025 Provincial Summer Games, presented by the Wayne Gretzky Foundation, are set to be hosted in Brantford from July 10 to July 13 in partnership with local police agencies.
The Brantford Police, in partnership with Six Nations Police and the Ontario Provincial Police, will welcome over 900 athletes from across Ontario to the City of Brantford as well as Six Nations.
Athletes will compete in five diverse and exciting sports: Athletics, Bocce, Golf, Soccer and Softball. According to the Ontario Special Olympics, “These games are the pinnacle of competition for Special Olympics athletes in Ontario and a celebration of the incredible abilities of individuals with an intellectual disability.”
Six Nations will be a co-host for one of the national qualifying events for athletes, namely, the Bocce Ball competition, which will take place at the Lacrosse Fields at the Six Nations Community Centre from July 10 to July 12.
The planning team will be visiting the Six
Nations/Brantford area today and they are looking to raise awareness within the community about the upcoming Special Olympics and they hope to inspire and encourage other individuals with intellectual disabilities to participate in future qualifiers, as well as to invite community members to attend the event, support the athletes, and join in the opening ceremonies.
They’re also seeking local craft and food vendors to participate in the event.
Stay tuned to the Two Row Times for highlights of local athletes participating in this summer’s Ontario Special Olympics.
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Exhibition of Kanyen’kehà:ka artist
By Amy Romer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews
‘500 Year Itch’ is the first major retrospective of the multimedia creator, who challenges perceptions through photography, sculpture and more Stepping into Shelley Niro’s retrospective art exhibition feels like encountering the artist’s many faces.
She greets you in many forms: posing playfully as Marilyn Monroe; gazing over the Grand River, lost in ancestral memory; and exuding effortless cool behind a pair of sunglasses.
“You have to get over being too shy,” she quipped during a media tour at the Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG). “Because no one wants to pose for you all the time.”
Her exhibition is the first major look back over the 40-year career of the Bay of Quinte Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) artist — featuring more than 70 works, from painting to beading to film.
Launched last autumn at the VAG, Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch will remain
on view for just one more month, set to close on Feb. 17.
“We are honoured to be able to share this remarkable retrospective of Shelley Niro’s career with Vancouver,” said the gallery’s CEO and executive director, Anthony Kiendl, in a statement.
Niro’s retrospective exhibition was organized by the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, with curatorial support from the National Gallery of Canada.
It explores the full breadth of the artist’s prolific career, bringing together her works in formats that include beading, sculpture, photography, mixed media, and film — each piece anchored by her identity as a Kanyen’kehá:ka woman.
Niro’s mother poses on the hood of an AMC Rebel car, in a hand-tinted gelatin silver print photograph titled ‘The Rebel,’ part of Shelley Niro’s Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition ‘It was a boring day,’ Niro says. ‘So I said, ‘Let’s go outside and take some photos.’
“Shelley is someone like her artworks,” said Greg Hill, also Kanyen’kehá:ka and one of the exhibition’s three curators, at a media tour last September. “You just want to spend more time with them.”
According to a catalogue that accompanies the exhibition, Niro says she grew up on the Six Nations reserve “surrounded by people who did delicate watercolour painting of men and women in their traditional Iroquois/ Haudenosaunee clothing, people who made drums and raptors from traditional materials, bark and seeds … and those who continued to do beadwork.”
This exposure rooted Niro in her culture as she began to make her journey through life in the arts.
In high school, Niro played saxophone with her reserve’s marching band before pivoting to cello — an adventurous shift that speaks to her versatility and talent for creative pursuits. Today, her cello playing can be heard woven throughout a number of
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Discovery by the Wiikwogaming Tiinahtiisiiwin Project Team on former McIntosh Indian Residential School Property
The Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) extends our deepest condolences to the families and communities impacted by the discovery of unmarked burial features at the former McIntosh Indian Residential School.
We are profoundly saddened by this revelation, which serves as a stark reminder of the intergenerational trauma and irreparable harm caused by the residential school system. ONWA recognizes the trauma that the legacy of residential schools and colonial violence has on Indigenous communities, and how these traumas
continue to impact Indigenous peoples today.
Every child is cherished as a beloved member of a family and community, carrying their language, culture, and spirit of love and hope. These lives were unjustly taken by a colonial system that sought to erase Indigenous peoples. The unfulfilled future of each child reminds us of the sacredness of their roles as future Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and leaders.
This tragedy echoes the stories of countless Indigenous children who were stolen from their families, their absence leaving immeasurable voids in
their communities. Canada must confront the ongoing impacts of colonization and fully commit to meaningful reconciliation by acting on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)'s Calls to Action. Immediate and accountable responses are essential, particularly the calls for action to address missing children and burial information.
We stand in unity with the families and survivors who bravely endure each newly discovered unmarked or mass grave. Your commitment and leadership in uncovering the truth will not be forgotten, nor will the lost
children who continue to live on in our hearts and in the spirit world with our ancestors.
We encourage everyone to support these communities by continuing to raise awareness, wear orange in solidarity, and call for the implementation of outstanding TRC Calls to Action.
For those in need of support, please contact the National Indian Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866925-4419 or the Hope for Wellness hotline at 1-855242-3310.
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“It’s finally over – I’m going home,” — Leonard Peltier
JIM WINDLE jim@tworowtimes.com
He was convicted for the killing of Jack Coler and Ronald Williams, two FBI agents, during the stand-off at Wounded Knee in the mid 1970’s. He represented the longest imprisoned inmate in the USA after being denied parole several times over the past 50-years he has spent in prison.
“The President is commuting the life sentence imposed on Leonard Peltier so that he serves the remainder of his sentence in home confinement,” according to the White House statement. “He is now 80 years old, suffers from severe health ailments, and has spent the majority of his life (nearly half a century) in prison.
Peltier has held to his claim of innocence while Amnesty International who calls him a political prisoner, and a number of web sites and Facebook pages have been developed
recently to lobby for his release. Among the list of advocates for Peltiers release have been Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Coretta Scott King, the wife of Martin Luther King Jr.; actor director, Robert Redford; Pete Seeger, Harry Belafonte, Jackson Brown, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and Rage Against The Machine, Pope John Francis and the Dali Lama, among many others.
The act of former president Biden on his way out of the White House Monday, was not happy news for an organization made up of former FBI agents known as The No Parole for Peltier Association. The organization published a statement condemning the action as “mindless.”
“There is little doubt that the President failed to understand the details of the line-of-duty killing of the FBI agents,” said the statement. “Surely the President did not see the crime scene photograph.”
Peltier, a citizen of the
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewais, now 80-yearsold and is in failing health, including diabetes, high blood pressure, heart trouble and an aortic aneurysm. Peltier’s attorney, Kevin Sharp, celebrated Peltier’s commutation and insisted there was never any evidence that proved Peltier was guilty.
“It recognizes the injustice of what happened in Mr. Peltier’s case,” Sharp, a former federal judge, said. “And it sends a signal to Native Americans in Indian country that their concerns -- what has happened to them and their treatment -isn’t going to be ignored. It’s a step toward
He added, “It took nearly 50 years to acknowledge the injustice of Leonard Peltier’s conviction and continued incarceration, but with the President’s act of mercy Leonard can finally return to his reservation and live out his remaining days.”
“It’s finally over – I’m going home,” Peltier is quoted as saying in an NDN Collec-
tive news release. “I want to show the world I’m a good person with a good heart. I want to help the people, just like my grandmother taught me.”
U.S. Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz from Hawai’i, has pushed for compassionate release for Peltier, and praised the decision.
“If there were ever a case that merited compassionate release, Leonard Peltier’s was it,” said Schatz, who serves as vice chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, in a statement.
“President Biden did the right thing by showing this aging man in poor health mercy and allowing him to return home to spend whatever days he has remaining with his loved ones,” Schatz said. “I thank President Biden and the countless advocates who’ve worked tirelessly over the years to secure Peltier’s release.”
Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Laguna Pueblo, applauded Biden, saying, “I am beyond words
about the commutation of Leonard Peltier. His release from prison signifies a measure of justice that has long evaded so many Native Americans for so many decades,” she wrote on social media. “I am grateful that Leonard can now go home to his family. I applaud President Biden for this action and understanding what this means to Indian Country.”
“Leonard Peltier’s freedom today is the result of 50 years of intergenerational resistance, organizing, and advocacy,” said NDN Collective’s founder and chief executive officer Nick Tilsen in a statement.
“Leonard Peltier’s liberation is our liberation – we will honor him by bringing him back to his homelands to live out the rest of his days surrounded by loved ones, healing, and reconnecting with his land and culture.”
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, a longtime supporter of clemency for Peltier, said she is “beyond
words” at the news of Peltier finally going home.
“His release from prison signifies a measure of justice that has long evaded so many Native Americans for so many decades,” Haaland said in a statement. “I am grateful that Leonard can now go home to his family. I applaud President Biden for this action and understanding what this means to Indian Country.”
Former U.S. Attorney James Reynolds, who prosecuted Peltier decades ago, has since said it was a mistake, that there was never evidence to convict Peltier and has been personally urging Biden to grant him clemency.
“I write today from a position rare for a former prosecutor: to beseech you to commute the sentence of a man who I helped put behind bars,” Reynolds wrote to Biden. “With time, and the benefit of hindsight, I have realized that the prosecution and continued incarceration of Mr. Peltier was and is unjust,” he said.
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Trump pardons upend massive Jan. 6 prosecution by freeing rioters
By Alanna Durkin Richer, Michael Kunzelman And Ashraf Khalil
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Rioters locked up for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack were released while judges began dismissing dozens of pending cases Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to all 1,500-plus people charged in the insurrection that shook the foundation of American democracy. With the stroke of a pen on his first day back in the White House, Trump’s order upended the largest prosecution in Justice Department history, freeing from prison people caught on camera viciously attacking police as well as leaders of far-right extremist groups convicted of orchestrating violent plots to stop the peaceful transfer of power after his 2020 election loss. More than 200 people convicted of Jan. 6 crimes were released from federal Bureau of Prisons custody by Tuesday morning, offi-
Press.
The pardons and commutations cement Trump’s efforts to downplay the violence that left more than 100 police officers injured as the mob fueled by his lies about the 2020 election stormed the Capitol and halted the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory.
Trump’s decision to grant clemency to even rioters who assaulted police — whom his own vice president recently said “obviously” shouldn’t be pardoned — underscores how Trump has returned to power emboldened to take actions once believed politically unthinkable. And it shows how Trump plans to radically overhaul the Justice Department that also brought criminal charges against him in two cases he contends were politically motivated.
“The implications are clear,” said Julian Zelizer, a Princeton University historian. “Trump will go to great lengths to protect those who act in his name. This is the culmination of
in this case using his presidential muscle to free those who were part of a violent assault on the Capitol.”
As defendants celebrated their release outside lockups across the country, the federal prosecutor’s office in Washington that spent the last four years charging rioters filed a flurry of motions to dismiss cases that have yet to go to trial. The motions were marked with the name of the man Trump has named to lead, at least temporarily, the capital's U.S. attorney’s office — Ed Martin, a board member of a group called the Patriot Freedom Project, which portrays the Jan. 6 defendants as victims of political persecution.
The former leaders of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, who were convicted of seditious conspiracy in the most serious charges brought by the Justice Department, were both released from prison hours after Trump signed the clemency order. Stewart Rhodes, of Granbury, Texas, was serving an 18-year prison sentence, and En-
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serving a 22-year sentence. About 100 people gathered in frigid temperatures outside the District of Columbia jail, where a handful of Jan. 6 defendants remained behind bars as of Tuesday morning.
Among those in the crowd was Robert Morss, a former Army Ranger and high school history teacher who was sentenced to more than five years in prison for his attacks on police at the Capitol. Morss was released late Monday from a halfway house in Pittsburgh and drove through the night to support defendants jailed in Washington. Another Jan. 6 defendant, Kevin Loftus, traveled to the jail in Washington after his release from another lockup. Loftus was sentenced in December to six months behind bars for violating the terms of his probation after trying to fly overseas to join the Russian military and fight against Ukraine. He said he was going to have the pardon from Trump framed. “I’m just a working man, dude. People like us don't
Loftus said.
John Pierce, an attorney who has represented several Jan. 6 defendants, said he was “pleasantly surprised” that Trump's pardons went as far as they did, considering Vance's recent comments that suggested only nonviolent offenders would receive relief. Trump's pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, also indicated that she did not believe violent rioters should be pardoned, telling lawmakers at her confirmation hearing that she condemned violence against police.
"He did not have to do this.
He had a lot of opposition within his own party,"
Pierce said. “I do think it showed a lot of courage by President Trump to pardon everybody, so we are obviously grateful for that.”
Pierce said clemency for all the defendants was justified because, he contends, they couldn't get a fair trial in the nation's heavily Democratic capital.
The federal courthouse in Washington, which has been jammed with Jan. 6 cases over the last four
years, was quiet Tuesday as proceedings were abruptly canceled. Hallways that would have been teeming with prospective jurors were empty. Judges who would have been hearing cases were not on the bench.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly made a brief appearance in her sixth-floor courtroom to formally dismiss a Jan. 6 case against a father and son from Minnesota whose trial started last week. The court had notified jurors that they didn’t need to return this week.
“The parties are excused,” the judge said, without commenting on Trump's clemency order.
The son, 22-year-old Caleb Fuller, hugged his attorney and then his mother, Amanda, who wore a sequined jacket with an American flag on the front and the words “Proud American” emblazoned on the back.
Those pardoned include more than 250 people who were convicted of assault
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Bills finally make it back to AFC title game, where their playoff nemesis awaits in Kansas City
By John Wawrow
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.
(AP) — After four years, plenty of playoff heartbreak and an offseason roster purge of leadership and skill, the Buffalo Bills are finally returning to the AFC championship game. And who else do the Bills find but Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs again standing in their way? Three of Buffalo’s past four playoffs have ended against the Chiefs, starting with a 38-24 loss at Kansas City in the AFC championship game after the 2020 season.
A year later at Kansas City came a 42-36 overtime loss in which Buffalo squandered a three-point lead in the final 13 seconds of regulation. And then there was last year, when Tyler Bass missed a 44-yard field goal attempt wide right with 1:43 left in a 27-24 loss against the visiting Chiefs.
If there is a bright side, the Bills can no longer be dismissed as inferior or too small or lacking talent at key spots, as has been said about a team enjoying a franchise record-matching 15-win season, including the playoffs. As evidenced in their white-knuckle 27-25 win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, the Bills play complementary football that makes them greater than the sum of their parts.
And, oh yes, they’ve fully embraced their label as underdogs. Any additional motivation required to beat a Ravens team that walloped Buffalo 35-10 in
If Josh Allen and these Bills are out to prove that this year’s different, and they’ve gained perspective from the scars — as coach Sean McDermott likes to call them — of their past, then Sunday's game is Buffalo’s opportunity. To advance to the Super Bowl for the first time since losing four straight appearances in the 1990s, the Bills will have to do something they’ve not done in 35 years: win on the road. Buffalo is 0-4 in playoff road games under McDermott, 3-12 overall, and has dropped seven straight since a 29-10 win at Miami in the AFC championship game after the 1992 season.
Week 4 came during a video featuring clips of Buffalo’s many critics shown to players on Saturday night.
“They said we weren’t big enough, we weren’t physical enough, we couldn’t stop the run, da, da, da, da, da,” defensive tackle Ed Oliver said. “But we won. So what are we talking about?”
Beating the Ravens wasn’t easy, but it was in keeping with the Bills' identity: sharing the wealth on offense and forcing turnovers on defense.
Allen enjoyed his 11th turnover-free outing of the year while completing passes to eight players,
and all three of the Bills' touchdowns — two by Allen — came on the ground. And the defense forced three turnovers, which led to 10 points.
All that, combined with Ravens tight end Mark Andrews dropping a potential game-tying 2-point conversion with 1:33 left, was enough to offset Baltimore having a 416-273 edge in total yards. The Ravens became the fourth team to lose a playoff game without punting. Now come the top-seeded Chiefs, who were unbeaten before a 30-21 loss at Buffalo in Week 11. Encouraging as that might be, the Bills know better than to
consider it an edge.
After all, the Bills have won four of the past seven meetings, with all three losses occurring in the playoffs.
“We know what they are. They’re the perennial of what you want to be in the NFL,” Allen said. “You’ve got to beat them to get past them.”
What’s working
Early scoring. The Bills responded to the Ravens' opening-drive touchdown with rookie running back Ray Davis capping Buffalo’s 11-play, 70-yard first possession with a 1-yard touchdown run. The Bills improved to 8-1 this season when scoring on their opening drive.
What needs help Third-down defense. The Ravens stayed in the game by converting 7 of 10 third downs. It marked the second time this season Buffalo has allowed an opponent to convert at least 70% of its third-down chances. The Los Angeles Rams went 11 of 15 on third down in a 44-42 win on Dec. 8.
Stock up
S Damar Hamlin. Two years since needing to be
resuscitated on the field after going into cardiac arrest during a game at Cincinnati, Hamlin had a team-leading eight tackles, including an ankle-grabbing sack in which he forced a fumble by Lamar Jackson. The turnover led to Allen's go-ahead 1-yard TD run.
Stock down
Everyone who dismissed the Bills, including sportsbooks that had the Ravens as 1-point favorites.
Injuries
S Taylor Rapp did not return after hurting his hip in the first half. CB Christian Benford is in the concussion protocol after being hurt on the Ravens' late onside kick attempt.
Key number 4-2 — Buffalo’s record in the AFC championship game.
Next steps Having beaten two Super Bowl-winning coaches in Denver’s Sean Payton and Baltimore’s John Harbaugh this postseason, McDermott faces the person who gave him his NFL coaching break with Philadelphia — three-time Super Bowl winner Andy Reid.
Canadian women's hockey team roster named to close out Rivalry Series with U.S.
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The 25 Canadian women tasked with closing out hockey's Rivalry Series with the United States were announced Tuesday. Canada carries a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series into Halifax on Feb. 6 and Summerside, Prince Edward Island on Feb. 8. The Canadian women posted back-to-back wins of 4-1 and 5-4 in a shootout after dropping the opener 7-2 in November's first three games played in the U.S.
The roster for the Canadian leg resembles November's with 21 returning players, led by captain
Marie-Philip Poulin. Defenders Micah Zandee-Hart of Saanichton, B.C., and Sophie Jaques of Toronto, goaltender Corinne Schroeder of Elm Creek, Man., and forward Jennifer Gardiner of Surrey, B.C., join Canada's side for the final two games.
The roster was selected by Hockey Canada's women's team general manager Gina Kingsbury, head coach Troy Ryan, senior development and scouting manager Cherie Piper, assistant coaches Korie Cheverie, Caroline Ouellette and Britni Smith and goaltending consultant Brad Kirkwood.
“We are excited about the group of players we have assembled for these final two games against the Americans, which gives us
another chance to look at the depth of our program while we look ahead to the women’s world championship in April," Kingsbury said in a statement.
Canada is the defending champion for the April 9-20 women's world championship in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia after edging the U.S. 6-5 in overtime in the last year's final in Utica, N.Y.
Hockey Canada named 25-player rosters for the Rivalry Series because the International Ice Hockey Federation has expanded world championship rosters to that number, which equals the men's, from the previous 23.
Laura Stacey, Sarah Fillier, Brianne Jenner, Sarah Nurse, Emily Clark, Emma Maltais, Blayre Turnbull,
Kristin O'Neill, Jamie Lee Rattray, Julia Gosling, Danielle Serdachny and Darryl Watts round out the forwards for the final two games.
Jocelyne Larocque, Renata Fast, Ella Shelton, Ashton Bell, Erin Ambrose and Claire Thompson complete the defence with Ann-Renee Desbiens and Emerance Maschmeyer returning in goal.
Canada lost the first three games of best-of-seven Rivalry Series before winning four straight to take it in both 2023 and 2024. The series was shortened this season to accommodate the Professional Women's Hockey League schedule. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 21, 2025.
Beating the Ravens wasn’t easy, but it was in keeping with the Bills' identity. BUFFALO BILLS
her films.
Although music was her early focus, she was always interested in visual art-making. In the early 1980s, after the birth of her two daughters, Niro enrolled in a graphic art course at Durham College in Oshawa, Ont. and began finding her way as an artist.
Before long, Niro gained confidence across a variety of mediums and developed a distinctive style that frequently references popular culture, showcasing her sharp wit and sense of humour.
Shelley Niro’s retrospective exhibition is named after her 1992 gelatin silver print with applied colour, titled ‘500 Year Itch.’
Niro’s 1992 artwork for which her exhibition is named is a perfect example. Her gelatin silver (black-
and-white) photograph, 500 Year Itch, refers to the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch starring Marilyn Monroe, who portrays a woman whose marriage begins to wane after seven years.
Niro draws on the scene of Monroe standing over a subway grate with her dress blowing up. But in Niro’s riff on the iconic photograph, the gust comes from a visible electric fan — reinterpreting the image to explore the fraught, centuries-long relationship between Indigenous peoples and colonizers.
Upon entering the exhibition on the third floor of the gallery, visitors encounter a triptych of large self-portraits.
Abnormally Aboriginal feels puzzling at first glance. On the left, Niro stands in reading glasses
and a black t-shirt that says “abnormally aboriginal,” with sideways letter ‘a’s, a double helix, and a depiction of an Indigenous man dividing the words.
Shelley Niro, ‘Abnormally Aboriginal,’ 2014-17, colour Inkjet prints on canvas.
“There’s so many words for us, but ‘Aboriginal’ is really one I wasn’t happy with,” she said, emphasizing the construction of the word”: “Ab-original.”
In the center image, she wears black sunglasses and a shirt that reads “normal original.” On the right image, she appears without glasses, wearing a shirt displaying only a double helix.
“So often people think they know you based on what they’ve read,” Niro said, pointing to the triptych’s middle image. “But sunglasses give a sense of
mystery — you don’t know me.”
In M: Stories of Women — a series of 10 digital photo-montage portraits of women, many of whom are her family members, Niro intertwines the Sky Woman creation story about the sacred role of women with the ongoing crisis resulting in Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
Reflecting on the series, Niro recounted a moment with her daughter, who was nine months pregnant and feeling frustrated.
“I told her, come over and I’ll take some pictures,” she recalled.
Niro’s portraits depict strong, beautiful, resilient women confronting the camera — framed within creative and distinct montages that challenge and deconstruct societal
stereotypes of Indigenous women.
500 Year Itch was curated by Greg Hill from the National Gallery of Canada, Melissa Bennett from the Art Gallery of Hamilton, and David Penney of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian — each of whom appears far more comfortable talking about Niro’s body of work than Niro does herself.
She’s modest, down to earth, and more instinctively wants to talk about what inspired the individual pieces than the bigger picture behind them all. She admits, “Sometimes I don’t know why I do these things, I just know it’s important to create.”
During an exhibition tour, the curators offered a holistic overview of her artistic
oeuvre — noting that Niro often draws on memories of place, the Mohawk valley, the American Revolution, as well as themes of finding beauty in grief, loss and dispossession.
Another thing that resonates from her exhibition is the sense of Shelley Niro the artist, the lives of her relatives, and the profound failure of “Canada” to truly see them as individuals.
Shelley Niro, My Stone Cold Heart Needs a Bed Too, 2018, stones, beadwork on velvet, Courtesy of the Artist.
Inside a glass display case towards the start of the maze that is Niro’s retrospective, visitors will find three heart-shaped rocks placed on their own velvet “beds” surrounded by intricate beadwork.
charges, some having attacked police with makeshift weapons such as flagpoles, a hockey stick and a crutch. Many of the attacks were captured on surveillance or body camera footage that showed rioters engaging in hand-tohand combat with police as officers desperately fought to beat back the angry crowd. One man was sentenced to seven years in prison for trying to smash a widow with a metal tomahawk and hurling makeshift weapons at police officers guarding the building. Another man received 20 years behind bars for swinging poles at officers defending a tunnel, striking an officer in the head with a metal crutch and attacking police with pepper spray and broken pieces of furniture.
A Trump supporter, Ashli Babbitt, was fatally shot by police while trying to climb through the broken window of a barricaded Capitol doorway. Authorities cleared the officer of any wrongdoing after an investigation. Three other people in the crowd died of medical emergencies. At least four officers who were at the Capitol later died by suicide. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick collapsed and died after engaging with the protesters. A medical examiner later determined he died of natural causes.
Associated Press journalists Chris Megerian and Nathan Ellgren contributed to this report.
SIX NATIONS COUNCIL
CREDIT
Death Notice
Sally Anne Johnson age 78 started her journey home on 17 January 2025. Daughter of Mae Johnson and Myren Smoke (deceased). Anne is survived by sister Gloria (Bill Williams) and their sons Waylon and Skylar (grandchildren Daylon, Ava, Billy). Brother Larry (Deb Johnson), sons Cameron and Kevin (deceased). Daughter Angela Bandwrak, sons Tony Johnson, Mike Peters (Jan) including several grandsons and nephews. Cremation has been requested and will be honoured.
R.I.P. Anne
In Memoriam
Marvin Bomberry Feb 28, 1953-Jan 21,2022
Dad, three years has come and gone but missing you is forever. Our lives were shattered when you passed. We keep your memories close to our hearts. We love to talk about all your crazy hilarious memories with you. It was always a good time with you around. So many songs remind us of you listening to the RADEO. LOL!! keep watching over us and keeping us safe. We all love you, and miss you so very much.
Hazel, the kids, and the grand kids
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Six Nations of the Grand River Economic Development Trust for the approval of our 2024 Grant Application that has allowed us to upgrade some of our equipment for our Community Events for Information Booths/ Fundraising and to purchase some much needed Warrior Bags so that we can continue to support our Community Warriors that are currently going through a Cancer Journey.
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CLUES ACROSS
1. “Loser” rocker
5. Partner to relaxation
9. Mixing
11. Winged nut
13. Expression of blame
15. Vast ocean
16. Comedienne Gasteyer
17. Multiply
19. Meat from a pig (French)
21. Related
22. Rocker Stewart
23. Surprise completely
25. Loon
26. Canister
27. Large, deep-bodied fish
29. Takes forcefully
31. Oil cartel
33. Palmer and Hepburn are two
34. More than one
36. Places down purposefully
38. Pitching statistic
39. Type of sword
41. Witnesses
43. Body part
44. Mixes slowly
46. Satisfy
48. Strong belief
52. One’s physique (slang)
53. More frightening
54. Soup cracker
56. Teaches
57. One who carries something
58. Actor Sean
59. Changes CLUES DOWN
1. __ Aires, city
2. Coarse grass
3. Type of gene
4. Door handle
5. Competition
6. Muslim ruler title
7. Hunting expeditions
8. Large mollusk
9. Bind securely
10. Former U.S. presidential candidate
11. 2-point plays in football
12. Breezed through 14. Type setting
15. Felt for 18. Codified rules
20. Small dome
24. Chevrotain
26. Male reproductive gland
28. Controversial beliefs
30. Z Z Z
32. One who confines another
34. Bishop
35. Garlands
37. Bird that flies by the coast
38. Optical device
40. Greek goddess of discord
42. Some are “Rolling”
43. Formerly (archaic)
45. Thrust a knife into 47. German river
49. Atomic #26
50. Make a grotesque face
51. Primordial matter of the universe
55. Chinese philosophical principle
SUDOKU
ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20
Aries, you feel loved and appreciated this week and you would like to share those feelings with others by being supportive of their needs. Focus your attention on a close friend.
TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21
Taurus, even if you do not have anything in common with someone, you can find a way to be friends. Open a dialogue to get the ball rolling.
GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21
Gemini, accept that you cannot change some things and look for a silver lining. Soon enough you’ll come out on the other side.
CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22
Cancer, you are getting hungrier and hungrier, which makes you determined to get ahead. Just be sure this determination is balanced by a little reservation as well.
LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23
Could it be that you are in the market for some romance, Leo? If so, make a plan for rekindling the flame with a current partner or finding someone new who also is looking for love.
VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22
Challenges may arise in your relationship this week, Virgo. A serious approach to the partnership is required by both side. Work toward resolving the situation as a couple.
LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23
Libra, although your creative juices are flowing, some type of roadblock pops up and restricts your path. Explore ways to work around this obstacle.
SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22
Scorpio, take a deep look at yourself this week, examining all facets of your personality. Instead of being judgemental of others, you may need to make some changes yourself.
SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21
Sagittarius, emotions are running high for you and you may not be able to focus on what needs your attention most. If you can’t get a hold of things, try delegating some of your tasks.
CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20
Be careful when listening to what another has to say, Capricorn. Read their body language instead of just their words. The two may not match up with one another.
AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18
Opportunities you may never have expected are presenting themselves, Aquarius. Find time to process these unexpected developments and mull the best approach.
PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20
Pisces, resist hurried efforts to get to a destination without enjoying the journey. There is a lot to see along the way, so it’s best if you savor all of it while you can.
Notice of Completion
Preliminary Design and Class Environmental Assessment Study
Intersection Improvements at Highway 6 and Eighth Line/Wellington Road 22, Wellington County (G.W.P. 3112-18-00)
THE PROJECT
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has retained Egis (formerly McIntosh Perry) to undertake the Preliminary Design and Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) Study for the Highway 6 intersection improvements within the Township of Guelph/Eramosa and the Township of Centre Wellington, Wellington County.
THE PROCESS
This study is following the process for a Group ‘B’ project in accordance with the Class Environmental Assessment for Provincial Transportation Facilities and Municipal Expressways, 2024 (Class EA). In accordance with the requirements of MTO’s Class EA, a Transportation Environmental Study Report (TESR) is available for public comment.
COMMENTS
The TESR will be available for a 30-day comment period between January 22, 2025 and February 21, 2025 at the project website: www.Highway6andwellingtonroadsecondline.com. Interested persons may provide written comments by February 21, 2025 through the project website or to the following project team members:
Steven Pilgrim, P.Eng.
Consultant Project Manager
Egis
516 O'Connor Drive, Unit 200 Kingston, ON K7P 1N3
tel: 343-344-2629
e-mail:
Highway6.Canada@egis-group.com
Wendy Xu, P.Eng.
MTO Project Manager
Ministry of Transportation | West Region 3rd Floor, 659 Exeter Road, London, ON N6E 1L3
tel: 548-588-1937
e-mail: Wendy.Xu@ontario.ca
In addition, a request may be made to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for an order requiring a higher level of study (i.e.,
THIS NOTICE ISSUED: JANUARY 22, 2025
requiring a comprehensive EA approval before being able to proceed), or that conditions be imposed (e.g., require further studies), only on the grounds that the requested order may prevent, mitigate, or remedy adverse impacts on constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights. Requests on other ground will not be considered. Requests should include the requester contact information and full name.
Requests should specify what kind of order is being requested (request for conditions or a request for a comprehensive EA), how an order may prevent, mitigate, or remedy those potential adverse impacts and any information in support of the statements in the request. This will ensure that the ministry is able to efficiently begin reviewing the request.
The request should be sent in writing or by email to the Ministry of Transportation listed above and to:
Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks 777 Bay Street, 5th Floor Toronto ON M7A 2J3
e-mail: minister.mecp@ontario.ca
Director, Environmental Assessment Branch
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
135 St. Clair Ave. W, 1st Floor Toronto, ON M4V 1P5
Information collected will be used in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments become part of the public record. If you have any accessibility requirements in order to participate in this project, please contact one of the Project Team members listed above. and
e-mail: EABDirector@ontario.ca