Safety, friendship first for firefighters
By Margaret Hele GARDEN RIVER FN – Firemen’s competitions create friendships. “It is an honour and a privilege to host this event,” said Steve Nolan,...
Language learners want more homework
By Margaret Hele SAULT STE. MARIE – A group of adult Anishinaabemowin learners have convinced their teacher to give them more homework. After completion of...
Youth gather for nation-building
By Kelly Crawford NIPISSING FN – The Restoration of Jurisdiction department in partnership with the Anishinabek HIV/AIDS program at the Union of Ontario Indians will...
‘Investing in education is investing in people’: Chief Day
SERPENT RIVER FN –Chief and Council of Serpent River First Nation were proud once again to acknowledge all of the 2013 graduates from Day Care...
M’Chigeeng looking for ringers
By Maurice Switzer M’CHIGEENG FN – They come from as far as Kalamazoo to throw horseshoes at the Rainbow Ringers pits – and this August...
Feds hide documents, seek delay to find them
OTTAWA – The Globe and Mail reports that the Harper government withheld tens of thousands of documents that it was obligated to disclose as part...
Kettle and Stony Point approve draft constitution
By Faye Sabourin KETTLE & STONY POINT FN – Chief Thomas Bressette and council approved the final draft of their First Nation’s Constitution on May...
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Skimming, stealing, bribery, lying — all in a day’s work for Indian Agents
By Dr. Rhonda Telford Do you ever wonder why the relationship between Indian Affairs officials and First Nations people is so strained? At least one...
Sharing graphite mine wealth
By Marlene Bilous HENVEY INLET FN – The communities of Wasauksing, Dokis and Henvey Inlet signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ontario Graphite Limited...
Women leave Beausoleil First Nation on water walk
By Sharon Weatherall Walking 30 kilometres and 10 hours a day around Georgian Bay, a group of Anishinabe women and supporters hope to create awareness...
How about Tecumseh Day?
A Niagara Falls man has launched a petition to redesignate Victoria Day as Tecumseh-Norton-Brant Day. “Its purpose is to honour all the First Peoples who...
Awards night for Native grads
SUDBURY – Cameron Debassige of Barrydowne College was a big winner, taking home a new laptop computer from the June 6 Annual Aboriginal Secondary School...
First Nations kids poorest in Canada
OTTAWA – Indigenous children in Canada are over two and a half times more likely to live in poverty than non-Indigenous children, according to a...
Canadore grad wins volunteer award
NORTH BAY – Recent Canadore College graduate Annette Chiblow is the 2013 recipient of the prestigious Lieutenant Governor’s Community Volunteer Award. The award recognizes an...