Open Letter to the Memengweshi Council re: their Windmill Development Partnership
The mandate of the Memengweshi Council is “to ensure the integrity and appropriateness of the Zibi development” but so many other Algonquin, First Nations, and...
The water bill is long overdue
By Beverly Sabourin and Peter Globensky The small First Nations community of Shoal Lake #40 is located in a lake of the same name just...
Open letter to the Premier of Ontario
July 14, 2015 Hon. Kathleen Wynne Premier of Ontario Legislative Building Queen’s Park Toronto, ON M7A 1A1 Dear Premier Wynne: I am writing in advance...
Letter to the editor: Opposition to Bill C-51
I am adamantly opposed to the Conservative government’s Bill C- 51. It undermines the foundations of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms – and what...
Open letter from Memengweshii Council
Editor’s Note: The Anishinabek News apologizes for publishing the pieces at the end of May, 2015 which questioned the integrity of the Memengweshii Council. ...
The truth about reconciliation
By Bev Sabourin and Peter Globensky “The only way to get to the future is to pass through the present. This is the only truth...
Development on the Chaudière Falls? No!
By Albert Dumont The Chaudière Falls – so many thoughts come to mind when I see and hear them. ‘The Kettle of Boiling Waters’ for...
‘Sorry’ won’t pay for $28 cabbages
Open letter to Jay Aspin, MP, Nipissing-Timiskaming: Dear Jay: Thought it was time I replied to your many letters that have been showing up in...
Education is key to reconciliation
By Grand Chief Gord Peters – AIAI To the children we lost, the ones who survived, and the families who were never the same without...
Opinion: Lambert on ‘Free the Chaudière Falls’ and ‘Save the Islands’
By Lynn Gehl There has been a long time controversy in Ottawa, traditional Algonquin Anishinaabeg territory, regarding the need to re-naturalize a sacred land and...
OPINION: Time for Reconciliation KAIROS Gathering lacks heart
By Lynn Gehl The Time for Reconciliation KAIROS Gathering scheduled to take place in the City of Ottawa May 29th through June 3rd, 2015 −...
Divergence: Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality and Mother Earth
Different Paths – Common Ground By Peter Globensky and Beverly Sabourin As we enter this time of renewal on the cusp of another summer season...
Opinion: Innergex renewable energy and their goal Part 2 of 3
All living creatures depend on each other for a balanced echo system. When you disrupt this balance it can have irreparable consequences or repercussions. Because...
Opinion: Innergex renewable energy and thier goal – ‘Environmental’ – Part one of three
Innergex plans on building 50 to 60 Industrial Wind Turbines (IWTs) in the Merrick area near North Bay. Innergex Representative Francois Morin said “the exact...
The viability of remote FN communities – last in a series
Different Paths – Common Ground The viability of remote First Nations communities – Parting Thoughts By Beverly Sabourin and Peter Globensky This series of articles...