Nation flags on permanent display at Toronto’s City Hall
By Barb Nahwegahbow The Indigenous presence in Toronto, past and present became more visible with the permanent installation of First Nations, Inuit and Metis flags...
OPINION – Canada 150: Coming Home
By Catherine Murton Stoehr Canada 150: Coming Home – previously published in Origins – Ohio State University One hundred and fifty years ago, this July...
Superior Strategies expanding
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Superior Strategies owner Jason Thompson is expanding his Red Rock Indian Band-based quality management consulting and training services business...
Youth gather in Ottawa for ceremony, not for protest
UOI OFFICES (Nipissing FN) June 29, 2017 – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee says that he is supporting the youth in Ottawa who...
Canada150 is not a cause for celebration: Ontario Regional Chief Day
Regional Chief Isadore Day Statement: Canada 150 is Not a Cause For Celebration (Toronto, June 29, 2017) “On July 1st, 2017, Canadians will be gathering...
STATEMENT: From Chief Scott McLeod on Canada150
A message to non-Indigenous Canadians In a couple of days, millions of people across this country will celebrate Canada 150. But many Indigenous leaders and...
Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre now open
By Laura E. Young SUDBURY–Not only did Laurentian University students Paskwa Lightning and Brittney Shki-Giizis see the completion of the Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre,...
Nbisiing graduates going onward
By Marci Becking NIPISSING FIRST NATION – This year when the 10th anniversary of the Davis Armstrong Memorial Award was handed out at Nbisiing Secondary...
Feds appeal a ‘slap in the face’ says Ontario Regional Chief
Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day: Statement: Federal Government Appeal to Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Ruling on First Nation Child Welfare is a “Slap in the...
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde becomes First National AFN leader to march in Toronto’s Pride Parade
OTTAWA, June 23, 2017 – AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde said today he was honoured to accept an invitation to march in Toronto’s 37th annual...
How about celebrating Canada Day by paying overdue rent for Parliament buildings!
By Maurice Switzer Canada always likes to see feathers and buckskin at their parties. They regard Indians as excellent window-dressing. So for years, a familiar...
Blackstock receives honourary degree from Ryerson
By Rick Garrick TORONTO – First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada executive director Cindy Blackstock was recognized on June 6 for her...
Business pitch: Pre-packed scon-bannock
By Rick Garrick Nish Scon owner-operator Pam Naponse-Corbiere looks forward to pitching a business idea at the Pow Wow Pitch 2017 – Indigenous Pitch Competition...
‘Neechee on the Land’ – youth build birch bark canoe
By Rick Garrick Fort William and Neechee Studio presented the fourth “Neechee on the Land” workshop for youth on the building of a birch bark...
‘Awake, a Dream from Standing Rock’ screened in North Bay
By Catherine Murton Stoehr NORTH BAY – On June 14, a Washington D.C. judge found that the Army Corps of Engineers had failed to fully...