Bill C-61 is now Law
AES OFFICE, Nipissing First Nation (December 18, 2017) — On December 14, 2017, Bill C-61, the Anishinabek Nation Education Agreement Act, passed through Canada’s Legislative...
Autumn Peltier headed to United Nations General Assembly in March
By Rick Garrick Wiikwemkoong’s Autumn Peltier looks forward to speaking to world leaders about protecting the water at the United Nations General Assembly in New...
Zacharias Kunuk wins Clyde Gilmour award
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – Zacharias Kunuk was filming in the Arctic, out on the land when he got the phone call from Toronto telling...
Ontario East-West Tie Line Project contract agreement signed
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Six Northern Superior Region communities are looking forward to economic development and employment opportunities after NextBridge Infrastructure and Valard...
Nipissing First Nation Chief calls for MMIWG top commissioner to step down
By Kelly Anne Smith NIPISSING FIRST NATION – The Chief of Nipissing First Nation is asking for the resignation of the head commissioner of the...
Chapman’s Gas Bar Christmas Craft Sale ‘booming’
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION—A variety of historical necklaces created by Wiikwemkoong’s Teresa Trudeau were among the arts and crafts on sale at...
Bill C-61 receives Royal Assent
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE, Nipissing First Nation (December 15, 2017)—On behalf of the Anishinabek Nation, Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee would like to extend congratulations...
Youth Job Fair draws over 300 students
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION—The Fort William First Nation Youth Job Fair was a success with about 300 students in attendance from the...
St. Anne’s Residential School survivors in court
By Christine Miskonoodinkwe- Smith TORONTO – A small group of people showed up at the Superior Court in Toronto yesterday to show support for the...
First LEGO League Wiikwemkoong team’s project focused on First Nation water issues
By Rick Garrick The Wiikwemkoong Pontiac School FIRST LEGO League (FLL) team enjoyed their first attempt at the FLL qualifying tournament at Dynamic Earth in...
Sarnia plans to implement UNDRIP
By Colin Graf SARNIA – City Council in this south-western Ontario city has appointed an advisory body to help develop a plan to implement the...
Red dress pins honour those who are missing or murdered
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek’s Diane Hardy participated in two testimony sessions with her family, handed out red dress pins and...
Preventing diabetes through play
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – Canadian ice hockey player and Olympics Gold medalist Hayley Wickenheiser may have hung up her skates but she’s still a...
Red Drum Motorcycle club raises awareness on National Day of Remembrance
By Kathleen Imbert WIKWEMIKOONG TERRITORY – Naandwechige-Gamig Wikwemikong Health Center’s lodge welcomed unexpected attenders to the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against...
Seeds & Roots: Author sees hope amid the tears of MMIWG
By Laura E. Young SUDBURY – The author of a book about murdered Indigenous women believes the tide is turning now to stop violence in...