World News Day: My career as a journalist is helping reconnect my family — and my community too


Similkameen Art Installation. — Kelsie Kilawna/IndigiNews

BEING a journalist reporting on Indigenous stories in Canada is difficult to do, but being Indigenous and reporting on your own community is even more difficult – and also extremely rare.

It’s uncommon to find an outlet, aside from a handful in so-called Canada, that bother to report on my people. That’s because oftentimes, it’s difficult to get it right.

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