January 12, 2024 Environment Canada has issued a Winter Storm Warning for our area. Heavy snowfall and wind is expected with this event with total snowfall forecast to be between 10cm – 20cm with peak snowfall rates of 3 – 5 cm per hour. Travel will be impacted throughout the Township on Monday. The Township… Read more…
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Hiawatha First Nation Celebrates New Water Treatment System
Hiawatha First Nation, ON October 19, 2023 – Hiawatha First Nation is pleased to announce the successful completion of the first phase of its new water treatment plant and distribution system, a significant milestone in the community’s ongoing efforts to provide residents with safe and clean drinking water. The critical project, which began in 2019,… Read more…
Rally In Ottawa Opposing Bill C-53
PDF version of this communique is available here To: Hiawatha Citizens From: Hiawatha Council Date: August 29, 2023 Re: Rally in Ottawa Opposing Bill C-53: “An Act respecting certain Metis Governments in Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan, to give effect to Treaties with those Governments and to make consequential amendments to other Acts” Purpose of Communique: The… Read more…
International Exhibition to Open at the Peterborough Museum & Archives
Invitation to Media Conference: Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 11 amLight refreshments provided. International Exhibition to Open at the Peterborough Museum & Archives “To Honour and Respect: Gifts from the Michi Saagiig Women to the Prince of Wales, 1860” The Ancestors are Coming Home for a Visit! Thirteen (13) quilled wiigwaasii makakoons (pronounced weeg-wah-see mah-ka-coons) will… Read more…
The Government of Canada invests in the installation of solar panels on Hiawatha First Nation Cultural Centre
Hiawatha First Nation, Ontario, March 2, 2023 — Today, Jennifer O’Connell, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities and Member of Parliament for Pickering – Uxbridge, and Chief Laurie Carr of Hiawatha First Nation announced federal funding of over $284,000 to install solar panels on the Hiawatha First Nation Cultural Centre…. Read more…