Ceremonial Feast carefully planned for Anishinabek Nation Memorial Round Dance
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – About two hundred people gathered for a ceremonial feast to lead the night in a good way...
Public information sessions for possible Noront facility in Thunder Bay
By Rick Garrick Fort William and Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC) representatives recently held two public information sessions for the Noront Resource ferrochrome...
Giipkinaagewin! Bingo held to promote Anishinaabemowin
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – Dabbers were raised and ready for the first ball to be called in the packed Nbissing Secondary...
Beausoleil First Nation youth to hold election
CHRISTIAN ISLAND (JANUARY 24th, 2018) — Youth Chief Terra Roy and Deputy Youth Chief Lance Copegog of the Beausoleil First Nation Youth Council (BFNYC) have...
Full-day Kindergarten pilot project to include culture and language
By Rick Garrick Fort William community members are looking forward to an upcoming full-day Kindergarten pilot school through a partnership with the Thunder Bay Catholic...
Hundreds gather for Memorial Round Dance honouring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – The 2018 Memorial Round Dance to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls drew hundreds to...
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...