Writing to make songs…and pursue dreams
By Maurice Switzer NIPISSING FIRST NATION – Susan Aglukark’s writing is most familiar to Canadians as lyrics in nine record albums that have sold half...
Being a team player the focus of this year’s Little NHL
By Rick Garrick This year’s 44th Annual Little NHL (Native Hockey League) tournament is incorporating a focus on team players instead of star players. “Let’s...
Teen working to protect water in Beausoleil
By Sharon Weatherall BEAUSOLEIL FIRST NATION –”Our mother is being poisoned, and in turn she is dying. I want to be a part of something...
Different paths – Common ground
By Beverly Sabourin and Peter Globensky “He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” Victor Hugo – novelist and human rights activist. Conventional wisdom...
Pic River citizen now Chamber of Commerce chair
By Rick Garrick THUNDER BAY – Pic River’s Joe Moses aims to encourage more dialogue between Aboriginal and non-aboriginal stakeholders as the 2015 chair of...
Pelletier to receive posthumous Congressional Medal of Honour in Washington
By Laurie McLeod-Shabogesic WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 3) – The Devil’s Brigade (also known as the Black Devils) have received the highest honour the US has...
Festival features indigenous filmmakers
By Heather Campbell SUDBURY –The success of indigenous women filmmakers across Canada is worth celebrating and the University of Sudbury’s department of Indigenous Studies did...