As winters get warmer and communities struggle to bring in supplies on winter roads, other options such as solar power air blimps are in the works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR7pQAVtWrk&feature=youtu.be
Watch this mini-documentary about Dechinta Bush University and hear from people creating a new paradigm for education in the north. Produced by Angela Sterritt, shot by Graham Shishkov and edited by Davis Heslep and Jeremy Emerson.
By Angela Sterritt
TheTyee.ca
A Canadian Ranger from Constance Lake was one of 11 soldiers who were selected from across Canada to be “honoured guests” at Canada Army Run celebrations in Ottawa Sept. 20-22.
Master Corporal Stanley Stephens and the other soldiers were introduced at a number of events over the three days, including the Red Rally hosted by the Mayor of Ottawa, visited Parliament Hill, and participated in the annual Canada Army Run, an event that attracts more than 50,000 spectators.
When I was a boy growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, I was deathly afraid of looking at the full moon.
I grew up...
I’m happy to see the ongoing support and assistance in our northern remote communities to help our people cope with so many lifelong and generational issues...