Ask Holly: Septic tank tips
My conversations with readers can be interesting and sometimes quite intimate. The topics are as diverse as the people I speak with. I usually don’t...
Call me anything but ‘colonized’
By Maurice Switzer When it comes to Indigenous peoples, it’s pretty well open season for name-callers. And we’re not talking here about locker-room slang like...
We live the most when we reach out to others
By Richard Wagamese We live the most when we reach out to the people we share the planet with. People are our greatest resource. They...
Letter to the editor: New history needed
With Patrick Madahbee’s urging some years ago when I was a federal Liberal MP for the riding of Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing I was pleased to develop and...
Settlers can have treaty cards too
By Carolyn Pogue A few years ago, I noticed a clever back cover on Briarpatch magazine. It showed a First Nations warrior with a caption,...
Canada Day 2013
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Exam stress? Think cotton candy!
By Eden Beaudin This is the time of year, when most students are probably ecstatic or are stressing over that last assignment that is due,...
Cartoon – Harper’s inbox is full
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Harper uses cuts to silence critics
By Johanna Lazore In the first week of June, it has been reported that the Harper government notified 43 Aboriginal representative organizations – including the...
It takes desire to grow Begonias
By Richard Wagamese Summers at our mountain home can get pretty hot. We live in the B.C. Interior where it’s generally hot and dry without...
Letter to the Editor: What should Tecumseh’s Vision really be about?
Beginning on September 29th, the London District Chief’s Council will be hosting a week-long commemorative conference entitled “Rekindling Tecumseh’s Vision”, an event that will focus...
Ask Holly: Nothing says love like a tub of worms!
By Holly Broadhagen Okay, in theory Spring is here, but hopefully we are past the snow part and firmly into the growing season. This year...
Harper not learning from ‘mistakes of the past’
By Maurice Switzer First Nations know they have a good idea when the Harper government doesn’t want anything to do with it. That’s how it...
First Peoples also have collective rights
By Daniel Wilson Working in defence of Indigenous rights, I have heard the rebuttal far too often that Indigenous people “fail to take personal responsibility”...
Saluting Korean vets
In 2013, we mark the Year of the Korean War Veteran and the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice. As a member of The...