Fox honoured during Indigenous Education Week
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) TORONTO – Mary Fox, citizen of Wikwemikong and a long-standing Toronto First Nations community member was honoured at the opening of...
‘Ontario needs to re-think their level of treaty commitment’: Chief Day
SERPENT RIVER FIRST NATION (Feb. 13, 2015) — Yesterday in Sault Ste. Marie, leaders from Northern Ontario convened a meeting to discuss important matters of...
Big economic development plans for Kettle and Stony Point
By Greg Plain KETTLE AND STONY POINT FIRST NATION – Chief Thomas Bressette says that his community will be seeing great things in their economic...
Magnetawan to host environmental and land management conference
By Rick Garrick MAGNETAWAN FIRST NATION – A Species at Risk Stewardship and Road Ecology presentation is one of seven scheduled for Magnetawan First Nation’s...
Book on Residential Schools highlighted at Ontario Library Association Super Conference
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) TORONTO – On Feb. 4 the First Nations Communities Read competition was highlighted at the Ontario Library Association (OLA) Super Conference...
Nipissing University awarded grant to improve mental health supports
NORTH BAY – Nipissing University is launching a new project to improve counseling services for Aboriginal students. The project, titled Strengthening Campus Mental Health Supports,...
Flags: whose land is it, anyway?
By Maurice Switzer Flags have always fascinated me. How amazing that a single piece of cloth, fluttering in the breeze, can represent the past, present...