Bannock one of Canadore’s winning ingredients
By Emma Williams NORTH BAY – Canadore College Culinary Arts students have been cooking up a storm by serving dishes with a First Nations flavour....
Water plant launch sacred occasion
By Leslie Knibbs SERPENT RIVER FN – Launching the building of a new water treatment plant was a sacred occasion for Serpent River First Nation....
Book Review: Inside look at foster care
Tara was born in a remote fly-in First Nation community. As an infant, she was deceptively removed from her 15-year-old birth mother by the “authorities”...
‘Be happy to work hard’: Olympic skier
By Laura Robinson Inuk Olympic athlete Jesse Cockney was a three-year-old and living in Yellowknife when he first put on a pair of cross-country...
Art class gets important lesson in beadwork
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO – Art students got a different perspective about beads from a February presentation at OCAD (Ontario College and Design) University. An...
Involve auditors sooner, avoid problems later in setting up trusts
By Marci Becking TORONTO – Kelly Rodgers, president of Rodgers Investment Consulting, says that First Nations need to make sure their auditors are involved...
Andrea takes her heritage onto the ice
By Maurice Switzer NIPISSING FN – Andrea Goulais incorporates her First Nations heritage into her figure skating routine, as well as her skating regalia. The...
Hat trick for Little NHL coach
By Sam Laskaris MISSISSAUGA — For the third straight year Shaun Assiniwai coached a team to a championship at the Little Native Hockey League Tournament....
Veterans fighting battles at home
Editor’s Note: The Harper Conservatives have increasingly abandoned Canadian Armed Forces veterans, who went public over disrespectful treatment in their dealings with Veterans Affairs Minister...
Print edition old news
After 25 years the Anishinabek News is moving totally to electronic publication. The March, 2014 issue will be the last print edition distributed to all...
Moose hide bags will outlive buyers
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Fort William’s Raili Saarinen cannot keep up with the demand for his Raali Alexander line of hand-sewn and...
Puppet play stars Rabbit & Bear Paws
PETERBOROUGH – Rabbit and Bear Paws are expanding their comic adventures off the printed page. Chad Solomon’s familiar graphic novel characters are the stars of...
Non-winterized fire truck useless in fatal fire
By Sharon Weatherall If a fire truck had been ready and able to carry water to the scene, disaster may have been averted in a...
Municipalities also have duty to consult: Ontario
By Edward LaRusic NRU Publishing TORONTO – One of the goals of the new 2014 Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) is to make planners more aware...