Indigenous singer entertains with traditional and urban beats
By Kelly Anne Smith North Bay – The Red Ride Tour 2016 started off with musical greatness on Nipissing First Nation. Rosary Spence was the...
Book Review: Dimaline’s ‘A Gentle Habit’ leaves one with a myriad of feelings
Reviewed by Christine Smith McFarlane Imagine as a little girl there’s a bead quarry in your elementary school yard. No one knows where the...
Laronde to curate music initiative for Canada’s 150th
By Jamie Lee McKenzie Sandra Laronde, Artistic Director of Red Sky Productions has delightfully agreed to curate a Sesquicentennial Signature Music Initiative for the Toronto...
17 year old playwright reaches out with ‘Empty Regalia’
By Sharon Weatherall “When I declare myself as an Aboriginal woman to all of creation, I am not singular. I represent all of those women...
Residential Schools part 2: Nee-bing No-pi-meeng – Summer in the wilderness
Nee-bing No-pi-meeng Summer in the Wilderness No-pi-meeng kee-way-ti-nong nee-bing nin-gee-o-ta-min-no-ming. Nin-gee-i-zhi-taa-min Washi Saa-gay-i-gun-neeng. O-way gee-i-shi-zay 1960 kaa-a-go-ching Shaa-gun-naa-shee gee-zis man-zi-nay-i-gun. Kee-a-tay mi-tig waa-ga-i-gun chee-ga-beeg...
Book Review: Indigenous Nationhood: Empowering grassroots citizens
Reviewed by Shirley Honyust/ Yenatli:yo Pamela Palmater’s book, Indigenous Nationhood, inflames the passions of knowledge and that hunger as it addresses a number of issues...
Sara Kanutski wins music idol
By Rick Garrick Red Rock Indian Band’s Sara Kanutski and pianist Evelyn Davenport won the Original Class category at the 2016 High School Idol competition...

