Ontario Municipal Board decision saves Blanding’s Turtle habitat on Stoney Lake
Two Provincially Significant Wetlands and 6.2 km Undeveloped Shoreline Protected PETERBOROUGH—The last significant undeveloped shoreline in the Kawarthas has been saved from a 58-unit housing development on...
Alanis Obomsawin celebrates 50th film
By Barb Nahwegahbow TORONTO- Internationally-renowned documentary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, Abenaki Nation celebrated a number of milestones this year – her 85th birthday, 50 years with...
Future discussed at Boreal Heartbeat climate change forum
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Red Rock Indian Band’s Tom Morriseau Borg and Biigtigong Nishnaabeg’s John Twance recently described some of the climate changes...
Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion runs until Oct. 14
By Rick Garrick Drew Hayden Taylor’s recently commissioned play Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion was a hit during its preview at...
Justice LaForme recognized with honourary Doctor of Laws degree
By Rick Garrick TORONTO – Justice Harry S. LaForme credits his role as the first Indigenous person on a Court of Appeal in Canada for...
Anishinabek Nation Education Agreement Bill introduced into House of Commons
ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE, Nipissing First Nation (October 5, 2017)—The Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee is pleased that the Anishinabek Nation Education Agreement...
Medicine Wheel garden at Lakehead University to unite nations from all over the world
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Fort William Chief Peter Collins helped open up Lakehead University’s new medicine wheel garden, which contains rock he delivered...