Upcoming fundraising concert for Henvey Inlet First Nation
By Rick Garrick HENVEY INLET — Mark Beachey Entertainment and the Henvey Inlet First Nation Health Centre are planning to hold a fundraising concert and...
Survivors of forced and coerced sterilization deserve government apology, compensation: Senate committee
OTTAWA (July 14, 2022) – The federal government should compensate and apologize to all people who were subjected to forced and coerced sterilization, the Senate Committee...
Flexible learning opportunities and jobs in downtown North Bay
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY— A new partnership between Contact North and Native Education Training College (NETC) has opened up loads of courses online...
Canada’s reckoning with colonialism and education must include Indian Day Schools
Trigger warning: readers may be triggered by the recount of Indian Residential Schools. To access a 24-hour National Crisis Line, call: 1-866-925-4419. Community Assistance Program...
New programs and projects demonstrate Indigenous communities taking a leading role in Ontario’s Energy Sector
TORONTO (July 14, 2022) – A suite of new programs and projects are demonstrating how Indigenous peoples and organizations across Ontario are leading the development...
Book review: The Barren Grounds: Book 1 of the Misewa Saga
Reviewed by Karl Hele David A. Robertson, member of Norway House Cree Nation and an award-winning author, has created a fun page-turning read: The Barren...
Anishinabek Nation expresses disappointment in Indian Day School Class Action Settlement deadline
Trigger warning: readers may be triggered by the recount of Indian Day Schools. To access a 24-hour National Crisis Line, call: 1-866-925-4419. Community Assistance Program...
Canadian Rangers and OPP work together to rescue fisherman
By Peter Moon KITCHENUHMAYKOOSIB INNINUWUG – Canadian Rangers in an isolated First Nation in Northern Ontario successfully joined forces with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)...
Anishinabek Nation highlights importance of Indigenous science in Ontario classrooms
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (July 13, 2022) – The Anishinabek Nation and the Kinoomaadziwin Education Body (KEB) are disappointed to learn of the Ministry of...
Junior Canadian Rangers’ Camp Loon returns this summer
By Peter Moon BORDEN – After being cancelled the last two summers because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Camp Loon, the popular Junior Canadian Ranger camp...
Curve Lake First Nation teen to join Greater Toronto Hockey League franchise
By Sam Laskaris CURVE LAKE FIRST NATION – Emerson Taylor will have a bit of a longer commute to get to his hockey games this...
Anishinabek Nation to host virtual engagement sessions on UNDRIP
ANISHINABEK NATION TERRITORY—The Anishinabek Nation will be conducting engagement sessions pertaining to the newly enacted United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP)...
Indigenous artists panel explores Woodland Style during Thunder Bay Art Gallery’s summer celebration
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – A group of Indigenous artists discussed new expressions of Woodland Style during the Thunder Bay Art Gallery’s Summer Celebration...
Fort William First Nation journalist hosts CBC Thunder Bay special on National Indigenous Peoples Day
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Fort William journalist Jolene Banning hosted a CBC Thunder Bay two-and-a-half-hour special on National Indigenous Peoples Day after one...
Wiikwemkoong welcomes Ocean Bridge ambassadors
By Rick Garrick WIIKWEMKOONG UNCEDED TERRITORY — A group of about 40 Ocean Bridge ambassadors from across the country recently participated in a 10-kilometre Water...