Medicines everywhere we walk

By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FN – Traditional healers once travelled for years to trade medicines and learn from one another on the slopes of...

Book review: Planet problems

By Laura Dokis Ruby Bloom begins to amass a “galaxy” of planets when her grandfather gives her an unexpected gift. Her relationships with her mother...

The genius of Morriseau

By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – The significance of Norval Morrisseau’s art is still not fully recognized in Canada even though his work has been...

From Garden River to Paris, France

By Kathleen Imbert PARIS – Janice Toulouse was not competing for the yellow sweater in the Tour de France annual bicycle race, but she was...

Wagamese wins another prize

OTTAWA – Richard Wagamese is one of the first winners of the Burt Awards for First Nations, Metis and Inuit literature. Wagamese, an Ojibway from...

Book Review: ‘Him Standing’

By Laura Dokis Gifted from a young age, Lucas Smoke is taught by his grandfather how to channel his natural skill of carving into creating...