Writer picked berries, jury picked writer
TORONTO – Julie Flett, author-illustrator of Wild Berries and the Cree version Pakwa che Menisu, is the first-time recipient of a new Aboriginal Literature Award....
Babies dying in Canada while Harper donates taxpayers’ money abroad
TORONTO –Stephen Harper might have expected to hear nothing but praise for this week’s pledge to contribute an additional $3.5 billion over five years toward...
Sacred Water Circle growing
By Julie Kapyrka PETERBOROUGH – The Sacred Water Circle has grown from founder Dorothy Taylor’s vision three years ago into a movement with 25 active...
Government holding First Nations children ransom: Madahbee
UOI OFFICES (Nipissing First Nation) May 29, 2014 – The Harper conservatives are holding First Nations children to ransom by refusing to respect their rights to...
Education signing kicks off school pow-wow
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FN –The renewal of the Education Services Agreement with the Simcoe County District School Board kicked off the fifth annual Christian...
Hudak, Hutton, and Harris: forgetful about First Nations
By Maurice Switzer Unless it’s hidden in the fine print, Tim Hudak’s platform to be Ontario’s 26th premier does not contain a single reference to...
Francis Pegahmagabow: controversial hero
Reviewed by Karl Hele Adrian Hayes. Pegahmagabow: Life-Long Warrior. Toronto: Blue Butterfly Books, 2009. Adrian Hayes’ brief biography of Francis Pegahmagabow from Parry Island First...