Pike fishing derby a success for Sagamok Eagles Tykes team
By Leslie Knibbs SAGAMOK ANISHNAWBEK – For the second year, Mark and Colleen Eshkakogan of Sagamok Anishnawabek First Nation organized a fundraising Pike Fishing Derby...
Garden River educator recognized for life-long commitment to education
GARDEN RIVER FIRST NATION (January 23, 2018)—Chief Paul Syrette, on behalf of the Elders, Council and citizens of Garden River First Nation, extends congratulations to...
Threading what reconciliation means to them
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – The creation of artwork from the printed pages of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was...
Training program successful in northern Ontario
By Rick Garrick Hardy Giles Consulting has already provided heavy equipment operator employment opportunities for about 20 unemployed and underemployed Indigenous people through a recently-announced...
Nipissing University President to shape National Reconciliation Council
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY – Nipissing University President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Mike DeGagné has been appointed to form Canada’s new National Council on...
PPF names Karen Restoule as its 2018 Prime Ministers of Canada Fellow
OTTAWA, Jan. 16, 2018 – The Public Policy Forum is pleased to announce that our 2018 Prime Ministers of Canada Fellow is Karen Restoule, who...
Lajeunesse heads stateside
By Sam Laskaris ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA – As it turns out Troy Lajeunesse will not be completing his junior hockey career close to home. Or even...
Concerned citizens march through downtown Ottawa for nuclear safety
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’, a private consortium, is proposing to permanently store nuclear waste near the Ottawa River at Chalk River. It is also applying for...
Groups express serious concerns over proposed 10-year re-licensing of Chalk River Laboratories
The Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council, the Anishinabek Nation, Ottawa Riverkeeper, the Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area, and Stop Oléoduc Outaouais are jointly...
Let’s see a line in the sand for off-reserve taxation
By Maurice Switzer My grandfather, Moses Marsden, left Alderville Indian Reserve #37 in 1920 because he saw no future there for himself or his growing...
Discussion continue with First Nations Mental Wellness in northern Ontario
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – The First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum Implementation training workshop, held Jan. 10-11 in Thunder Bay, featured information on how...
Real reconciliation means justice for Residential School Survivors: Regional Chief Isadore Day
TORONTO (January 15, 2018) “Today, three survivors from St. Anne’s Residential School, where some of the most horrific abuses took place upon children taken from...
Lance Copegog calls for Senator Beyak’s resignation
CHRISTIAN ISLAND (JANUARY 15TH, 2018): Beausoleil First Nation Youth Council (BFNYC) Deputy Youth Chief and Indigenous youth advocate Lance Copegog has released the following statement...
Young Indigenous writer wins with inspiring essay
By Kelly Anne Smith A bright Grade six student from St. Alexander has been given the James Bartleman award by the former Lieutenant Governor himself....
Long-time councillor passes into the Spirit World
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (Nipissing First Nation) January 11, 2018 – Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief sends out condolences to family and friends of long-time...