Aspiring architect receives student achievement award
The Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation (OFNTSC) recently announced their Student Achievement Award winners and the Derrick Kamanga Memorial Award winner. Honouring First Nation,...
Surprise document filed in Federal Court by the Government of Canada
WENDAKE, QC (Sept. 24, 2014) – Last February, the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL) and the First Nations Education Council (FNEC)...
AFN launches national Cancer-screening awareness video
VANCOUVER (Sept. 24, 2014) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy today launched a national video raising awareness of the importance...
Dokis’ Lajeunesse plays first game for OHL Sarnia Sting
By Marci Becking SARNIA – When Troy Lajeunesse, citizen of Dokis First Nation, laces up his skates tomorrow night in Sault Ste. Marie, it will...
Ferry delivery delayed due to hold on INAC funding
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FIRST NATION – A ferry purchased from Alabama by Beausoleil First Nation (BFN) in August 2013 could be delayed another year...
Leadership series: Three A’s for mastering conflict conversations
By Penny Tremblay Recently I was asked how one could approach their boss to communicate disagreement in their leadership skills and plans for the organization. If...
Leadership series: Entangled chains
By Penny Tremblay While I was settling into my new home and organizing my jewellery, I was faced with the daunting task of detangling two...
Exhibition includes vamps for children who haven’t returned from residential school
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Pic River’s Beatrice Twance-Hynes felt the spirits of missing and murdered women after helping install the Walking With Our...
Royal visit addresses language, education and treaties
By Marci Becking NORTH BAY – Language teacher Tory Fisher and Princess Edward, Countess of Wessex agreed on one thing for sure at last week’s...
Ontario government recognizes outstanding artists and arts organizations
Ontario celebrated the winners of the 2014 Premier’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts at a gala event at Roy Thomson Hall on Sept. 16....
Job readiness program helps youth make decisions
By Heather Campbell GARDEN RIVER FIRST NATION – For several young people this past summer were offered the opportunity to develop job readiness skills through...
Trent University celebrates 50-year friendship with Curve Lake First Nation
A long-standing relationship between Trent University and Curve Lake First Nation began with a two dollar donation when, in 1964, Curve Lake Chief Dalton Jacobs...
More Anishinabek communities on board with their own constitutions
By Marci Becking and Faye Sabourin M’CHIGEENG FIRST NATION – Jenny Restoule-Mallozzi says that community constitutions are made up of fundamental laws that clearly establish...
Family of Cheyenne Fox looking for justice
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) TORONTO –An unprecedented $14 million lawsuit has been launched against the Toronto Police on behalf of a First Nations woman who...
Pic River hockey players remembered at exhibition game
By Rick Garrick PIC RIVER FIRST NATION – A The Fort Frances Lakers – Dryden Ice Dogs exhibition hockey game was played on Sept. 11...