Fox honoured during Indigenous Education Week
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) TORONTO – Mary Fox, citizen of Wikwemikong and a long-standing Toronto First Nations community member was honoured at the opening of...
‘Ontario needs to re-think their level of treaty commitment’: Chief Day
SERPENT RIVER FIRST NATION (Feb. 13, 2015) — Yesterday in Sault Ste. Marie, leaders from Northern Ontario convened a meeting to discuss important matters of...
Big economic development plans for Kettle and Stony Point
By Greg Plain KETTLE AND STONY POINT FIRST NATION – Chief Thomas Bressette says that his community will be seeing great things in their economic...
Magnetawan to host environmental and land management conference
By Rick Garrick MAGNETAWAN FIRST NATION – A Species at Risk Stewardship and Road Ecology presentation is one of seven scheduled for Magnetawan First Nation’s...
Nipissing University awarded grant to improve mental health supports
NORTH BAY – Nipissing University is launching a new project to improve counseling services for Aboriginal students. The project, titled Strengthening Campus Mental Health Supports,...
Flags: whose land is it, anyway?
By Maurice Switzer Flags have always fascinated me. How amazing that a single piece of cloth, fluttering in the breeze, can represent the past, present...
Hurt people, hurt people
By Marci Becking NORTH BAY – Rapper and painter Shibastik from Moose Cree First Nation tells some 40 participants at the annual HIV/AIDS conference hosted...