Magic of the fall brings dreams of skiing

By Richard Wagamese November is magic time at our house. Sometime in late October I’ve already started watching the weather forecast at our favourite ski...

Green smoothies help with balance

By Sarah Blackwell Anishinaabe people  use the medicine of Shkagamik-kwe (Mother Earth) to heal us of our diseases.  We go to Medicine people and Elders...

Good food is good medicine

By Perry McLeod-Shabogesic SUDBURY –The Shkagamik-Kwe Health Centre (SKHC) believes that good food is good medicine. In operation since 1998 promoting the integration of traditional...

Mi’kmaw education system their own

By Jennifer Lewington  In 1999, Mi’kmaw communities in Nova Scotia won control over the education of their children for the first time in a century....

Youth to represent Anishinabek Nation at summit

UOI OFFICES (Nipissing First Nation) Nov. 12, 2013 – The Anishinabek Nation will have two newly-elected  Anishinabek youth council representatives attending the Assembly of First...

Forestry firm cuts wide swath

NIPISSING FN –Brian Young didn’t let misguided advice deter him from making his company a success. Instead, it inspired him. “I was told because I...

Women’s work is never done

By Holly Brodhagen Recently my family was enjoying an episode of Little House on the Prairie when a comment was made by one of the...