Dance helps youth move from ‘outside’
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) TORONTO – Outside Looking In (OLI), is a unique program that offers Indigenous youth a chance to express themselves through the...
Theo Fleury finally feels like a winner
By Heather Campbell SUDBURY – Theo Fleury didn’t feel like a winner until years after he played on hockey teams that won the Stanley Cup...
Healthy eating in a box
NORTH BAY – A food buying club has been started up at the North Bay Indian Friendship Centre. Executive Director Nancy Potvin was instrumental in...
Willie Dunn, unsung hero
A TRIBUTE TO WILLIE DUNN The Death Wail, by Albert Dumont © Take care the passions I leave behind Hold them fast, by and by...
Farm tales: Twins arrive safely without human help
By Jennifer Ashawasegai ALBAN –We have twiiiiinnnnnnns!!!!!! Both goats are girls, and both are healthy and cuter than words can say! Their names are Seraphina...
Drugs workshop topic
By Sharon Weatherall MIDLAND — Grade 12 student Larissa Moreau says she is against drugs and a recent workshop at her school confirmed her reasons...
Look for post-secondary supports
By Laura Dokis Don’t be afraid to ask for help when beginning the journey of post-secondary education. Being in a new environment pursuing a new...
CAMH Supports First Nations Youth
CAMH is teaming up with the Chiefs of Ontario (COO) and the Ontario First Nations Young Peoples Council to address the harmful use of prescription...
Inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women are dismissed by federal Tories
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHIEFS OF ONTARIO HIGHLIGHT 3RD DEATH OF FIRST NATION WOMAN IN CITY OF TORONTO AS CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO MISSING AND MURDERED...
Reconciliation: ‘Respecting other truths’
By Christine Smith (McFarlane) TORONTO – Respecting other peoples’ truths are at the heart of attempts to create reconciliation between First Peoples and others who...
Work for the water continues
By Vicki Monague BEAUSOLEIL TRADITIONAL TERRITORY – The Mnidoo Gaaming Bimooseyang Water Walk lasted 17 days, starting at Cedar Point, Ontario on June 21 and...
Contact North keeps students closer to home
By Heather Campbell SUDBURY – More students are choosing to stay in their community and tap into thousands of college, university, high school, and literacy...
Missing women represented by 600 moccasins
By Mary Annette Pember Indian Country Today “Walking With Our Sisters” is a commemorative art installation to honor the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous...
Grandmother Moon smudge available
In support of women, the Union of Ontario Indians FASD Program will be test running a new promotional item called “Grandmother Moon Medicine”, a form...
Wikwemikong Tourism furthers training with hiking trail development
By Melissa Cooper WIKWEMIKONG – The Tourism Department of the Wikwemikong Reserve is diversifying its service portfolio, providing training and trail development services to other...