Taking care for self care
By Janet Blackned This past year, the Union of Ontario Indians Labour Market Development Department (LMDD) held workshops with a focus on “Self-Care” for LDM...
Turtle sculpture coming to Nathan Phillips Square as part of Restoration of Identity project
Honouring the legacy of residential schools survivors December 1, 2017 (Toronto, ON) Nathan Phillips Square will soon be home to a new Indigenous teaching, learning,...
Robinson Huron Treaty annuities case begins
By Mike Restoule, Chairperson, Robinson Huron Treaty Trust The annuity payment covering the Robinson Huron Treaty (RHT) territory shared with the crown by treaty, signed...
Understanding through learning about Residential Schools
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY – The harrowing effects of Residential Schools were explained in a hushed auditorium at a special Reconciliation learning event...
Getting access to mental health services in southwestern Ontario
By Colin Graf SARNIA – Young people from three First Nations in southwestern Ontario are getting some extra help in getting access to mental health...
Historian reminds us why many First Nations people fought in World War I
By Colin Graf AAMJIWNAANG – The story of why at least 4,000 First Nations people fought in World War 1 for a country that would...
Training opportunities with East-West Tie Transmission Project
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Supercom Industries LP recently held a successful Community Information Session on training opportunities for the upcoming East-West Tie Transmission...
Neechee Studio Illustration workshop a hit
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – The Nov. 18 Neechee Studio Illustration workshop was a hit with a group of Fort William community members at...
Second edition of ‘Mile Post 104 and beyond’ creates a conversation for reconciliation
By Carrie MacKenzie KINGSTON – Robert P. Wells, the author of “Wawahte” is republishing his first novel, “Mile Post 104 and Beyond” which was originally...
The world will listen to Wikwemikong’s little water walker
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY – Her voice will be heard far and wide about why we have to save our planet. Autumn Peltier...
Little NHL alters format for Tyke category
By Sam Laskaris MISSISSAUGA – A few notable changes have been adopted for Ontario’s largest First Nations youth hockey tournament. The 47th annual Little Native...
Chief Rogers hopes to get more data on pollution-related illnesses
By Colin Graf AAMJIWNAANG – Chief Joanne Rogers is beginning to feel hope for the future health of her people, surrounded by more than 50...
Wiky’s Trudeau-Paquet traded to Kirkland Lake Gold Miners
By Sam Laskaris KIRKLAND LAKE – It certainly didn’t take Greg Trudeau-Paquet long to adjust to his new home. The 18-year-old, who is from Wikwemikong,...
‘We are an industry’: Wesley-Esquimaux says at Indigenous Knowledge Conference
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Reconciliation and Fort William First Nation’s Sugar Bush were among the topics featured at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference, held...
First Nations fight nuclear waste
The Bawating Water Protectors (BWT) were on the march at Queen’s Park on November 9 to tell Ontario Liberals and Ontario Power Generation what they...