Ontario student wins Forest Products Skills Award for aboriginal youth
WINNIPEG – The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) has awarded the third annual Skills Award for Aboriginal Youth to Shownoo Blackbird-Williams from Walpole Island...
It’s time for change!
By Robert Wells It’s time . . . for all Canadians to know and to live in the truth of our history. It’s time ....
Cheechoo’s latest album ‘Stay’ available to download
THUNDER BAY – Thelma Cheechoo’s latest album “Stay” is available on iTunes, CD baby and Amazon with the physical CD being available in February 2015....
Robertson once ‘best guitarist’ on his reserve
Review by Christine Smith McFarlane “Rock and Roll Highway: The Robbie Robertson story” with its bright and colourful pictures is a non-fiction book geared to...
Land is from where the knowledge comes
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM – A group of Fort William First Nation youth recently helped reclaim the sugar bush environment on Mt. McKay, a...
Manitoulin artist inspired by Japanese art form
By Rick Garrick M’Chigeeng’s Robin Genereux is aiming for a career in manga art after being introduced to the Japanese art form about five to...
Perry Bellegarde new National Chief with 291 votes
WINNIPEG – Perry Bellegarde, with 291 votes, is the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Ghislaine Picard secured 136 votes, Leon Jourdain 35....