Whiteskin owner angry after Blackskin judge cancels Redskin trademark
By Maurice Switzer For 83 years there has been a professional football team that chooses to name itself after the perceived colour of Native American...
Punctuation of the heart
By Richard Wagamese I work with words. As a writer and a storyteller words are my basic equipment. Since I got my first paid job...
Gaining cultural insights while planning a wedding
I recently got engaged at the end of May and have slowly started the gargantuan task of planning a wedding. My fiancé and I aren’t...
Letter to the Editor: Tell HRTO and Hockey Canada, We Are Not Your Mascot!
by Brad Gallant. I have taken the City of Mississauga to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario over their financial and moral support of 5...
Will federal election result in reconciliation or colonialism-as-usual?
By Catherine Murton Stoehr and Maurice Switzer On Oct. 19 Canadians will elect a new federal government, and on that day they will decide whether...
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...