This savage’s look at the Sportsmen’s Show
By Maurice Switzer What’s the difference between a $415 ICAST fishing rod and a $39.99 Mitchell spinning rig? Near as I can figure, about $375.01....
Letter to the Editor: Language not for him
As some of you are aware, I was taken by CAS child welfare and put into white-run foster care. At the time, I spoke my...
Letter to the Editor: Thumbs down to ‘Orenda’
Joseph Boyden’s novel, The Orenda, is a prime example of the need for Indigenous editors. It is lauded as a historically accurate depiction of a time...
Being open to hearing the land tell its stories
By Richard Wagamese The land holds stories within it. The trick is to make yourself open to them and when you do they have a...
Letter to the editor: Foster care memories
I was in the care of the Catholic Children’s Aid Society at the age of 2 in 1967 and made a Crown ward at the...
Letter to the Editor: Didn’t correct Corrections
On February 6, 2014, I received a copy of a write up in the Anishinabek News, stating the following: “Correctional Services Canada has been falling...
Travel with cold-weather emergency kit
By Holly Brodhagen Winter has set in. We have snow on the ground and Jack Frost is nipping at our ears. Well, actually, Jack Frost ...