Book Review: ‘Legacy’ bold and haunting
Reviewed By Christine Smith (McFarlane) “Legacy” written by Waubgeshig Rice is a bold yet haunting story of what can happen to a family when tragedy...
Quilt connects peoples from across the world in every stitch
By Melissa Cooper WIIKWEMKOONG UNCEDED TERRITORY – For those not very interested in quilting and sewing, much deeper learning was to be embraced at the...
AFN marks ‘Orange Shirt Day’ and maintains that all children matter
(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Ghislain Picard is encouraging people across the country to mark Orange Shirt Day on Tuesday...
Appeal to be heard in November for aboriginal children who lost their identities
Sixties Scoop Update On Thursday, November 13, 2014, the Ontario Divisional Court will hear Canada’s appeal of the September 27, 2013 decision of Justice Belobaba....
Indigenous adoptees find strength in each other
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) OTTAWA – Sixties Scoop and foster care survivors converged Ottawa Sept. 20-21 to the Indigenous Adoptee Gathering entitled: Bi-giwen, which...
Exhibition includes vamps for children who haven’t returned from residential school
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Pic River’s Beatrice Twance-Hynes felt the spirits of missing and murdered women after helping install the Walking With Our...
Ontario government recognizes outstanding artists and arts organizations
Ontario celebrated the winners of the 2014 Premier’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts at a gala event at Roy Thomson Hall on Sept. 16....