Rugby player passes on bragging rights
By Jorge Antonio Vallejos TORONTO – Noah Johnston-Brochmann may have earned some bragging rights on the rugby field. But the Sagamok Anishinawbek citizen prefers to...
First Nation skaters create lots of buzz
By Marci Becking WHITEFISH RIVER FN –Olympic hockey tournament participants Carey Price, T.J. Oshie, and Ted Nolan attracted the attention of a lot of First...
We wait too late to get healthy
By Sarah Blackwell NORTH BAY – Why do so many people wait until they are sick or nearly dying before they make changes to improve...
‘Get brown or get lost!’
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – “Get brown or get lost!” That’s what Hayden King told an audience of 50 people gathered to learn how settlers...
System failing, not First Nations youth
By Kelly Crawford M’CHIGEENG FN – Federal government control of First Nation education was the topic for a teach-in hosted by Kenjgewin Teg Educational Institute...
First Nations kids get the basketball bug
By Marci Becking MISSISSAUGI FIRST NATION – Josh Carpenter dreams that someday his basketball tournament will be as big as the Little NHL. Carpenter –...
Chief takes bridge issue to CN brass, INAC
By Maurice Switzer & Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION – Chief Georjann Morriseau, continues to put the pressure on CN officials and the federal...
First Nation donors needed
By Kelly Crawford M’CHIGEENG FN –A local nurse can vouch for the importance of First Nations getting information about rare blood disorders. “I have been...
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Message from Grand Council Chief Re: FNEA
RE: FIRST NATION CONTROL OVER FIRST NATIONS EDUCATION ACT TO: Anishinabek Nation citizens SUBJECT: Feb 7, 2014 Announcement re: FNEA FROM: ...
Farm tales: Free rooster nice bonus
By Jennifer Ashawasegai ALBAN – A few days after the new year chimed in, I jumped on Kijiji and found an ad for two free...
Transitions students meet presidents
By Kelly Crawford NORTH BAY – Kenjgewin Teg Transitions students met the first Aboriginal president of a Canadian university. “Welcome to Nipissing University. It is...
Red Rock Community Profile: Renovated lodge key element of business plans
By Rick Garrick The Red Rock Indian Band is looking to benefit from a recently-announced suspension bridge project by opening the Chalet Lodge for business....
Order of Ontario recipients create equal opportunities for First Nations
UOI OFFICES – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee says that the two Order of Ontario recipients – Ronald Common and Allison Fisher...
First Nations vow to oppose imposed education act
Report encourages feds to pony up parity By Michael Erskine Manitoulin Expositor MANITOULIN—The decision of the Harper government to forge ahead with a First...