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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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Dec 01, 2015    0
St. Anne’s survivors seek release of evidence in court

Survivors of St. Anne’s Indian Residential School hope the Ontario Superior Court will allow the release of police documents that support their claims of abuse suffered while attending the school...

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Environment
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Geology and Winter Roads across the north

When the daylight gets shorter, the temperature drops, and the lakes, rivers, and muskeg begin to freeze across the Far North, thoughts turn to the winter road season.
As the snow falls, the...

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Business
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B.C. carver’s huge Thunderbird carving a hit at Victoriaville

Coast Salish carver George Franks’s hand-carved Thunderbird was a hit at the 13th Annual Aboriginal Fine Arts and Crafts Xmas Gift Show and Sale.
“This is my interpretation of the Nanabosho...

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Health
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Cowley awarded Truth and Reconciliation scholarship

A Whitefish Bay Anishinabe First Nation woman has received a Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Scholarship from the University of Winnipeg.
Diana Cowley is one of two recipients...

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Dec 01, 2015    0
Aboriginal artisans do “very well” at Victoriaville sale

Slate Falls’ Chancillor Crane used his birch root carvings to overcome a tragedy in his community this past summer.
“We lost five people and this helped me deal with a lot of stuff,” Crane...

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