Art encourages action against violence
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY –Art, conversation, ceremony and vigil honoured Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on the National Day of Remembrance...
New curriculum to include Indigenous education
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Staff at the Superior North Catholic District School Board are looking forward to implementing the Ministry of Education’s new...
Odjig hopeful to play hockey at the post-secondary level next year
By Sam Laskaris RAYSIDE-BALFOUR – Despite an early setback, Ronson Odjig is hoping he can still have a memorable season in this, his final year...
The Reconciliation Manifesto: Debunking Nice Canadian Myths and Moving Forward
By Erica Commanda In the words of Arthur Manuel, “to truly reconcile Aboriginal and Crown title, Canada and the provinces would first have to recognize...
Bill C-61 is now Law
AES OFFICE, Nipissing First Nation (December 18, 2017) — On December 14, 2017, Bill C-61, the Anishinabek Nation Education Agreement Act, passed through Canada’s Legislative...
Autumn Peltier headed to United Nations General Assembly in March
By Rick Garrick Wiikwemkoong’s Autumn Peltier looks forward to speaking to world leaders about protecting the water at the United Nations General Assembly in New...
Zacharias Kunuk wins Clyde Gilmour award
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – Zacharias Kunuk was filming in the Arctic, out on the land when he got the phone call from Toronto telling...
Ontario East-West Tie Line Project contract agreement signed
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Six Northern Superior Region communities are looking forward to economic development and employment opportunities after NextBridge Infrastructure and Valard...
Nipissing First Nation Chief calls for MMIWG top commissioner to step down
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – The Chief of Nipissing First Nation is asking for the resignation of the head commissioner of the...
St. Anne’s Residential School survivors in court
By Christine Miskonoodinkwe- Smith TORONTO – A small group of people showed up at the Superior Court in Toronto yesterday to show support for the...
First LEGO League Wiikwemkoong team’s project focused on First Nation water issues
By Rick Garrick The Wiikwemkoong Pontiac School FIRST LEGO League (FLL) team enjoyed their first attempt at the FLL qualifying tournament at Dynamic Earth in...
Sarnia plans to implement UNDRIP
By Colin Graf SARNIA – City Council in this south-western Ontario city has appointed an advisory body to help develop a plan to implement the...
Red dress pins honour those who are missing or murdered
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek’s Diane Hardy participated in two testimony sessions with her family, handed out red dress pins and...
Preventing diabetes through play
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – Canadian ice hockey player and Olympics Gold medalist Hayley Wickenheiser may have hung up her skates but she’s still a...
Red Drum Motorcycle club raises awareness on National Day of Remembrance
By Kathleen Imbert WIKWEMIKOONG TERRITORY – Naandwechige-Gamig Wikwemikong Health Center’s lodge welcomed unexpected attenders to the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against...