Nipissing communicator wins YES Trust Fund Award
By Kelly Anne Smith A Nipissing First Nation woman has been recognized for excellence in career planning. Shayla Brunet was presented with a bursary at...
Animikii-waajiw sign up in Fort William through the Ogimaa Mikana project
By Rick Garrick The billboard sign commemorating Animikii-waajiw, Mt. McKay in Fort William, was the second billboard installed in Ontario through the Ogimaa Mikana project....
Indigenous singer entertains with traditional and urban beats
By Kelly Anne Smith North Bay – The Red Ride Tour 2016 started off with musical greatness on Nipissing First Nation. Rosary Spence was the...
Beausoleil fights for new vehicle/passenger ferry
By Sharon Weatherall Hopefully Beausoleil First Nation will soon be back up to two ferries after spending the past two weeks with operation of its...
Opinion: Bob Rae must be eating lots of fish
By Maurice Switzer It’s really hard to debunk those old wives’ tales or urban legends that seem to have more staying power than the truth....
Youth honoured at annual awards
By Rick Garrick Northern Superior Region youth Winonah Thompson, Travis Jordan and Meagan McCraw were among six Sandra Kakeeway Cultural Award recipients at the 12th...
Women sing watersong at town hall event against Energy East Pipeline
By Kelly Anne Smith NORTH BAY – First Nations women from Nipissing First Nation and North Bay led an event to protect the water. Maude...
Shawanaga First Nation honours heroic son
NAUGHTON, Ontario – The Ontario Native Education Counselling Association (ONECA) has received a $10,000 donation from the Shawanaga First Nation in support of a bronze...
Cycling trails winding through soon
By Laura Robinson Garden River, Serpent River and Mississauga First Nation will be building cycling/walking trails this summer as part of the Lake Huron North...
Batchewana First Nation denied day in court
SAULT STE. MARIE – Batchewana First Nation (BFN) Leadership gathered at the Courthouse steps with local supporters engaged in ceremony seeking resolution to the disappointing...
Nigaan Ga-Zhaamin – We are going forward together…with Ontario
TORONTO – Janine Griffore, Assistant Deputy Ministry of Education, said at the May 4-5 Niigaan Ga-Zhaamin – We are going forward together education conference, that...
Leach to receive Order of Manitoba
By Sam Laskaris Former National Hockey League star Reggie Leach has been bestowed with another prestigious award. It was announced on Thursday that Leach is...
Book Review: Dimaline’s ‘A Gentle Habit’ leaves one with a myriad of feelings
Reviewed by Christine Smith McFarlane Imagine as a little girl there’s a bead quarry in your elementary school yard. No one knows where the...
Laronde to curate music initiative for Canada’s 150th
By Jamie Lee McKenzie Sandra Laronde, Artistic Director of Red Sky Productions has delightfully agreed to curate a Sesquicentennial Signature Music Initiative for the Toronto...
Benson finds means to facilitate Ojibwe language
By Laura E. Young SUDBURY. – When it comes to preserving the Ojibwe language, Jessica Benson is armed with a notebook and a sense of...