Medicine book requires second printing
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Pic River’s Raphael Moses has been so successful with his recently-printed traditional medicines book, Holistic Adventures, that he’s ordered...
Dr. Toulouse gets teaching award
SUDBURY – Dr. Pamela Rose Toulouse has been named the recipient of Laurentian University’s Teaching Excellence Award for Full-Time Faculty for 2013-2014. An Associate Professor...
Chiefs of Ontario faces 80% chop
By Martha Troian TORONTO – The Chiefs of Ontario (COO) organization is faced with an 80 per cent cut to its core funding beginning...
Equinox, new Cree teen superhero, joins DC Comics lineup
Metropolis’s Superman and Gotham City’s Batman are getting a brand-new colleague from Canada this spring: a teenage Cree superhero hailing from Moose Factory, Ont. Read...
A Tribe Called Red is the first indigenous group to win outside of the Aboriginal music category
By Angela Sterritt – CBC news On Sunday night at the Juno Awards, A Tribe Called Red made history. When the electronic powwow drum group...
Dibaajmowin: Raccoon
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Hospital staff get lessons in healing
CURVE LAKE FIRST NATION – Staff from Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) have participated in training workshops in the nearest First Nation’s community centre to...
Pic Mobert to be six times bigger
PIC MOBERT FN – Citizens of this northwestern Ontario First Nation hope that expanding their land base by 500% will...
Book Review: TRC not telling some truths?
Truth and Indignation is an academic study of the precepts, concepts, testimony, and narratives of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) written by a member...
Letter to Thomas Mulcair and Stephen Harper re: Bill C-10 violates treaty laws
March 27, 2014 Thomas J. Mulcair Leader of the Opposition, New Democratic Party House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A OA6 Stephen Harper Prime Minister...
Send kids to nutrition school
By Sarah Blackwell An estimated 30 per cent of children across Canada are obese or overweight, and Aboriginal children experience higher rates of obesity than...
Letter to the Editor: Lake Simcoe becoming a cesspool
I am not a Native, but I am very much concerned with the preservation of our natural resources and habitats. Georgina is where I...
Teaching treaties one brick at a time
By Marci Becking NORTH BAY –The world’s first LEGO wampum belt was unveiled at the Nipissing/Canadore Campus on the first day of spring. The...
Ask Holly: Don’t blame McDonald’s for your heart attack!
By Holly Brodhagen We’re hearing about changes in legislation and policies about issues such as distracted driving and nutrition in fast foods. I’ve always been...