Rick Garrick — Wawatay News

Buffy Sainte Marie performed at The Hangar on the Lakehead University campus Sept. 16. The concert was part of Lakehead's A Celebration in Honour of Lakehead's Friends in Support of Scholarships program.

The communities of Webequie and Marten Falls staged a protest at Koper Lake Jan. 20. The protest was aimed at stopping mining exploration in the mining hot-spot of the Ring of Fire, which lies in Marten Falls traditional territory.

Youth anxious for universal vote
Grand Chief Stan Beardy encouraged the Nishnawbe Aski Nation chiefs to make a decision on the universal vote issue by the next chiefs meeting or the next Keewaywin Conference.

While some First Nations people are planning to hold onto their sales receipts, others are not happy with having to pay the provincial portion of the HST tax.
“It’s too much,” said Bearskin Lake’s Tina Peters during her July 4 shopping trip in Thunder Bay. “I almost brought some little stuff and with the HST it almost came up to a $1,000.”
Peters is planning to hold on to her sales receipts until the HST rules are changed.
“Us Natives, we don’t feel like it is fair,” Peters said.
Terry Peters said the HST is affecting his purchasing power.