North channel home to a variety of fish

By Maureen Peltier SHESHEGWANING FN – First Nation community members fish for trout, salmon and whitefish in the North Channel of Lake Huron, but say...

Gordon gets new set of wheels

By Monique DuBray NORTH BAY – Gordon Mianscum has another new set of wheels. A brand new gurney, equipped with a shiny leather bed and...

‘Hand-y’ in Wasauksing

WASAUKSING FN – Sage Jeffries proudly displays his hand-sewn deer hide moccasins made with healthy future generations in mind.  Grade 5 and 6 students recently...

Blanket for survivors

The following is the letter presented with blankets to survivors at the Indian Residential School monument ceremony on March 25, 2013 Dear Survivor: On behalf...

Chamber of Commerce make good business sense

By Barret Dokis The Anishinabek Nation’s Economic Blueprint calls for the establishment of an Anishinabek Business Association, which would be like a chamber of commerce....

Be Safer message on Highway 17 West

NIPISSING FN – Union of Ontario Indians HIV/AIDS Program coordinator Jody Cotter and her daughter/artist Maddison stand underneath a new bright animated billboard on the...

Deputy political champion

By Doris Peltier If someone would have told me a few years ago that Chiefs in one tribal region would one day pass a resolution...

Farm Tales: One kid leads to another

By Jennifer Ashawasegai My four kids happened by accident. By this, I mean, I didn’t intend on having a small herd of goats or a...

Thinking about food in a better way

By Christine McFarlane TORONTO – “Diabetes affects Aboriginal peoples at alarming rates, and it is a disease that can be prevented, if we learn to...