Words cure any pain
By Albert Dumont OTTAWA — Recently at the Singing Pebble bookstore I spoke about what it was that created the poetry I write. I shared...
Be Safer message on Highway 17 West
NIPISSING FN – Union of Ontario Indians HIV/AIDS Program coordinator Jody Cotter and her daughter/artist Maddison stand underneath a new bright animated billboard on the...
Deputy political champion
By Doris Peltier If someone would have told me a few years ago that Chiefs in one tribal region would one day pass a resolution...
Farm Tales: One kid leads to another
By Jennifer Ashawasegai My four kids happened by accident. By this, I mean, I didn’t intend on having a small herd of goats or a...
Thinking about food in a better way
By Christine McFarlane TORONTO – “Diabetes affects Aboriginal peoples at alarming rates, and it is a disease that can be prevented, if we learn to...
Kids’ case under way
OTTAWA — After a seven-year legal fight waged by aboriginal-children’s advocate Cindy Blackstock and the Assembly of First Nations against the federal government, the Canadian...
Keep momentum going
By Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee As spring arrives and we look back at the winter months I think it’s safe to say...