Dance helps youth move from ‘outside’

By Christine Smith (McFarlane) TORONTO – Outside Looking In (OLI), is a unique program that offers Indigenous youth a chance to express themselves through the...

Theo Fleury finally feels like a winner

By Heather Campbell SUDBURY – Theo Fleury didn’t feel like a winner until years after he played on hockey teams that won the Stanley Cup...

Healthy eating in a box

NORTH BAY – A food buying club has been started up at the North Bay Indian Friendship Centre. Executive Director Nancy Potvin was instrumental in...

Willie Dunn, unsung hero

A TRIBUTE TO WILLIE DUNN The Death Wail, by Albert Dumont © Take care the passions I leave behind Hold them fast, by and by...

Drugs workshop topic

By Sharon Weatherall MIDLAND — Grade 12 student Larissa Moreau says she is against drugs and a recent workshop at her school confirmed her reasons...

Look for post-secondary supports

By Laura Dokis Don’t be afraid to ask for help when beginning the journey of post-secondary education. Being in a new environment pursuing a new...

Reconciliation: ‘Respecting other truths’

By Christine Smith (McFarlane) TORONTO – Respecting other peoples’ truths are at the heart of attempts to create reconciliation between First Peoples and others who...

Contact North keeps students closer to home

By Heather Campbell SUDBURY – More students are choosing to stay in their community and tap into thousands of college, university, high school, and literacy...

Book Reviews: Teaching atrocities

By Laura Robinson As the Truth and Reconciliation Commission works through the final year of bearing witness to the testimonies of survivors of residential school...