Letter to the editor: Truth, Reconciliation, and Healing
** 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. ** As...
No Pride in Genocide marchers call on protectors and allies to come together
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek Elders Diane Hardy and Jim Misquart emphasized the impacts of Indian Residential Schools at the July...
The Walk of Sorrow brings awareness, healing and hope
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — The Walk of Sorrow walkers from Saskatchewan have been stopping at former Indian Residential School sites along their journey...
Digitally-staged play an act of reconciliation
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY — Reconciliation was the focus of Magnus Theatre’s Stolen, Azhen digitally-staged online reading of a Collective Creation Project play presented...
Lakehead University continuing dialogue on residential schools
ORILLIA (JULY 14, 2021) -- The recent discoveries of missing children and unmarked graves have brought a tragic history to our collective doors. On Monday,...
National skills agenda required to prepare Indigenous youth for digital future: RBC report
TORONTO (July 13, 2021) - Indigenous youth are growing four times faster than Canada's non-Indigenous population, representing a vital influx of entrepreneurs, innovators, managers and...
Wiikwemkoong man completes journey to former Indian Residential School sites in Spanish
WIIKWEMKOONG UNCEDED TERRITORY-- When 32-year-old Wiikwemkoong resident Michael (MJ) Eshkawkogan decided to run 147 km from his home to the former Indian Residential School sites...
Kettle and Stony Point family continue to search for Justice for David through new t-shirt campaign
By Colin Graf KETTLE AND STONY POINT FIRST NATION— The family of David Oliver hopes that putting the young man’s image on the backs of...
Keeping connected and making histories in The Lake Nipissing Beading Project
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION-- A 5-metre long replica of Lake Nipissing is being created by beading artists of Dokis First Nation and...
Shared Land Map interactive tool underway to help build relationships
By Rick Garrick TORONTO — The Shared Path Consultation Initiative is developing a Shared Land Map interactive tool through funding from the Greenbelt Foundation for...
SRFN demonstration closes Trans Canada Highway on Canada Day drawing enormous support
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. SERPENT RIVER FIRST...
City of Sarnia updates waterfront flag court with local First Nation representation
By Colin Graf SARNIA— The flags of the three First Nations in the area surrounding the southwestern Ontario city of Sarnia are now flying proudly...
Indigenous youth honour Indian Residential School Survivors and the children who never made it home with memorial of orange flowers
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. By Rick...
Book review: Race to the Sun
Reviewed by Karl Hele Race to the Sun is an exciting fantasy novel inspired by Indigenous legends for young readers by Indigenous novelist Rebecca Roanhorse....
Serpent River First Nation holds first-ever Pride Parade
SERPENT RIVER FIRST NATION -- June 30 marked the end of Indigenous History Month as well as National Pride Month across Canada. To commemorate this,...