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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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Environment
Oct 16, 2020    0
Six NAN communities to receive fossil fuel reduction funding

Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler looks forward to the installation of upgraded high-efficiency wood stoves in six Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities through $2,532,000 in federal government funding. The...

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Feature stories
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Matawa garden project distributes Thanksgiving meals

Matawa First Nations Management’s Four Rivers Environmental Services Group distributed a variety of Thanksgiving meal favourites, including carrots, potatoes, apples and pumpkins, on Oct. 7 to...

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Breaking News
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Bill 197 court action proceedings moving forward

A group of First Nations launched a legal proceeding in Ontario Divisional Court over the provincial government’s changes to the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act (EAA) and the related Class EA...

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Oo-nee-kamik – The Place Outside

I am sitting here listening to the birds outside and I can hear a squirrel or chipmunk scrambling around a few feet away on a tree. The wind is sweeping up the fallen leaves outside and I can hear...

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Politics
Oct 16, 2020    0
Missanabie Cree settles land claim

Missanabie Cree First Nation recently concluded a negotiated settlement with the federal government over a Treaty Land Entitlement Claim for reserve land promised under Treaty No. 9 more than 110...

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