First Indigenous-branded glucometer in Canada hits the market
By Rick Garrick TORONTO—First Canadian Health and Spirit Pharmaceuticals are planning to expand sales of their SPIRIT meters, lancets and test strips to Indigenous people...
Biigtigong Language Project underway
By Rick Garrick BIIGTIGONG NISHNAABEG—Biigtigong Nishnaabeg has created a Biigtigong Language Project website to share information about the Biigtigong Dictionary, verb charts, audio and video...
National Indigenous Day: ‘we must make reconciliation a priority,’ activists say
TORONTO – A team of Indigenous activists, including Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) members, are at Queen’s Park May 10, to call on all...
Superheroes and princesses join forces to make children’s dreams come true
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY—Red Rock Indian Band’s Sara Kanutski performed the song How Far I’ll Go, from the Disney film Moana, during the Mazinaajim...
Elder Williams commitment to youth, sports and community remembered
By Sam Laskaris WIKWEMIKONG—Tributes are pouring in for long-time sports advocate and Wikwemikong Unceded Territory Elder Paul Williams who began his journey into the Spirit...
Boys Team Ontario score hardware in British Columbia
By Sam Laskaris BRITISH COLUMBIA—A half dozen Anishinabek players returned home with hardware from this year’s National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC) in Cowichan, Vancouver Island,...
Mukwa Adventures is now open for business
By Leslie Knibbs SAGAMOK ANISHNAWBEK FIRST NATION—North America is perhaps one of the last great strongholds of free enterprise. Large corporations are gobbling up smaller...