Wawatay News

Wawatay Native Communications Society and North Star Air have recently partnered to launch Wanakoosh, a new quarterly in-flight magazine featuring stories from First Nation communities across Northwestern Ontario. North Star Air reached out to their Facebook & Twitter fans and ran a naming contest to help them with some name ideas for their new magazine. The winning name idea was Wanakoosh, which means “Star” in Oji-Cree.

Gord Downie, frontman of Canadian rock group, the Tragically Hip, has revealed that he is battling terminal brain cancer. The band posted news of Downie's condition on their website and social media channels early on May 24, along with the announcement of a final tour.

Downie and the Hip played a concert in Fort Albany First Nation back in February 2012 during the community’s Great Moon Gathering.

Official Statement From ‪#‎OccupyINAC‬ Winnipeg
Friday April 15, 2016
INAC Office, Winnipeg
Anishinaabe Territory
Written by consensus from the collective

In the spirit of peace, love and solidarity with our relatives at #OccupyINAC Toronto, we have been peacefully gathering since yesterday morning at the Manitoba regional office of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, a department which derives its mandate from the racist colonial legislation called, The Indian Act.

Was your child apprehended and taken into care? Are you wondering, as a parent, if you might have rights when your child has been apprehended or is in care?

As part of its public legal education to the First Nations members of Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation developed a Know Your Rights card on “If your child is apprehended (with or without police)” to educate and inform parents and caregivers about their rights.

A tragic house fire has claimed the lives of three children and six adults in Pikangikum First Nation. Ontario Provincial Police officials and the Office of the Fire Marshall are investigating the cause of a residential fire on Tuesday evening at approximately 11:45 p.m.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, on behalf of the Executive Council, expressed heartfelt condolences.