Signing of Set Aside with Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek and Ministry of Transportation
BIINJITIWAABIK ZAAGING ANISHINAABEK—On April 20, 2018, Chief Melvin Hardy of Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (Rocky Bay First Nation), the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) and TeraNorth signed...
Northern Ontario’s Indigenous leaders call on Lakehead University to appoint another Indigenous dean
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY—Northern Ontario’s Indigenous leaders are calling on Lakehead University to appoint another Indigenous dean of the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law...
‘We want to get this report out to make people aware of the issues’ says Cancer Care Ontario Director of Aboriginal Cancer Control
By Rick Garrick TORONTO—Smoking, exposure to second-hand smoke, binge drinking, inadequate vegetable and fruit consumption, food insecurity and physical inactivity were highlighted as risk factors...
The Stand Up and Speak Up Racism and Mental Health Awareness Walk grows exponentially
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY—The Stand Up and Speak Up Racism and Mental Health Awareness Walk was a success with at least three times the...
London Police Service’s newest addition brings cultural component to Recruit Swearing In Ceremony
By Rick Garrick LONDON—Chippewas of the Thames’ Chris Henry helped arrange the smudge and prayer ceremony for himself and six other recruits at the April...
Memorandum regarding the upcoming Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Assembly
MEMORANDUM TO: Anishinabek Nation FROM: Gary Dokis, Chief Executive Officer DATE: April 2018 SUBJECT: Anishinabek Nation Election Candidate information Planning for the Anishinabek Nation...
New school projected to open in September 2020
By Rick Garrick BIIGTIGONG NISHNAABEG—Biigtigong Nishnaabeg is looking forward to a new elementary school after the federal government announced $1.2 million for design and preliminary...