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Tom Longboat Day to be marked June 4 across province of Ontario

“This legendary Canadian has been ignored for too long,” Eglinton-Lawrence M.P.P. Mike Colle said after Ontario members of...

Sharing John Paishk’s drum with the world

Four years after witnessing the drumming and dancing at Sandy Lake, I photographed John Paishk of Red Lake, Ont., with his...

Beaver animal of choice in Mattagami

It was a beautiful day to visit Mattagami First Nation April 24 to check out the annual Beaverfest celebration in the...

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Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh Bishop Lydia Mamakwa, centre, National Indigenous Bishop Mark MacDonald, right, and Diocese of Algoma Bishop Stephen Andrews, left, during the Dec. 6 Cree language service at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Thunder Bay. Photo by Rick Garrick
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Cree service held at St. Paul’s

Anglican Church Bishops Lydia Mamakwa and Mark MacDonald and Reverend Kenina Winter performed a healing service during the Dec. 6 Cree service at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Thunder Bay.

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Community
Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler is calling for a fourth phase in the inquest into the deaths of seven Nishnawbe Aski Nation high school students in Thunder Bay to implement inquest recommendations. Photo by Rick Garrick
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Jan 16, 2016    0
Student death inquest continues in Thunder Bay

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler is calling for an extension of the inquest into the deaths of seven NAN high school students in order to implement recommendations.

“Phase...

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Sports
Tournament organizers, Shera Wesley and Chris Lawson, at the Lac Seul Arena. Not pictured is committee member Sol Mamakwa. Photo by Blue Earth Photography
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The Lac Seul Events Centre, which will host the 2016 Northern Youth Hockey Championships. Submitted photo
Jan 16, 2016    0
Lac Seul to host Northern Youth Hockey Championships

A Feb. 8-14 Northern Youth Hockey Championships tournament is being organized with games to be held in Lac Seul and Sioux Lookout during the annual education week.

“The northern communities...

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Jan 16, 2016    0
First Nation leaders react to TRC’s final report

Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler says the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action are a call to all Canadians, not just the provincial or federal governments.

“For the prime...

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Environment
Jan 10, 2016    0
Northern Communities feel climate change impact

On December 14, 2015, the United Nations Conference on Climate Change was held in the Le Bourget suburb of Paris. Representatives of the Canadian Government were present at the talks, however the...

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