First Nations kids poorest in Canada
OTTAWA – Indigenous children in Canada are over two and a half times more likely to live in poverty than non-Indigenous children, according to a...
Canadore grad wins volunteer award
NORTH BAY – Recent Canadore College graduate Annette Chiblow is the 2013 recipient of the prestigious Lieutenant Governor’s Community Volunteer Award. The award recognizes an...
Our students’ dreams matter, too
Over 100 community members — including Cooper Taylor and Patrick Gunsolus –turned out to support the June 11 “Our Dreams Matter Too” walk in Curve...
Honoured alumna ‘walking history book’
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Lakehead University has recognized their “walking history book” with an Alumni Honour Award. “I feel like I’m a walking...
Fisheries centre has new manager
By Maureen Peltier NORTH BAY– At June’s Annual Grand Council Assembly of the Anishinabek Nation in Munsee-Delaware, Anishinabek/Ontario Fisheries Resource Centre chairperson Cliff Meness introduced...
‘Our kids deserve the right to their culture’: Hare
TORONTO – Anishinabek Nation leaders have told provincial government officials that their children in care deserve the right to their culture. “We need to leave...
Bursary helps Wiky youth pursue carpentry
TORONTO – A Wikwemikong youth is the 2013 recipient of the Bill Messenger Memorial Bursary, awarded by the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres to...