Pic Mobert to be six times bigger
PIC MOBERT FN – Citizens of this northwestern Ontario First Nation hope that expanding their land base by 500% will...
Letter to Thomas Mulcair and Stephen Harper re: Bill C-10 violates treaty laws
March 27, 2014 Thomas J. Mulcair Leader of the Opposition, New Democratic Party House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A OA6 Stephen Harper Prime Minister...
Send kids to nutrition school
By Sarah Blackwell An estimated 30 per cent of children across Canada are obese or overweight, and Aboriginal children experience higher rates of obesity than...
Teaching treaties one brick at a time
By Marci Becking NORTH BAY –The world’s first LEGO wampum belt was unveiled at the Nipissing/Canadore Campus on the first day of spring. The...
Lawyers want missing and murdered women inquiry
By Kim Covert For Canadian Bar Association TORONTO – Few were surprised last week when the federal government announced it would not follow up the...
A sweet business on Christian Island
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FN –Ted Marsden went back to his roots when he started producing maple sugar this year. The Christian Island man is...
Book Review: Duncan Campbell Scott: Poet and predator
How many conversations do we have with ghosts? Those who have passed on have, no doubt, made good decisions, but what if the ghost we...
Doctors study traditional medicine
By Christine Smith McFarlane TORONTO – The University of Toronto is introducing Indigenous teachings into its medical school curriculum. “This is a really exciting endeavour...
‘Tribe’ breaking through at Junos
By Marci Becking OTTAWA – Ian Campeau, aka DeeJayNDN and one-third A Tribe Called Red, says that being nominated for the Juno Awards’ Breakthrough Group...
‘Education Act a distraction from 18-year process’: Madahbee
THUNDER BAY (March 20, 2014 ) – Anishinabek Nation Chiefs are concerned that the government’s proposed First Nations education legislation ignores 18 years of negotiations...
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...