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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
Flooding prompts evacuation of Kashechewan

About 600 Kashechewan evacuees are doing well in Thunder Bay after being evacuated over the May 10-11 weekend due to flooding from the Albany River.
“We got evacuated Saturday (May 10) at...

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Business
Dec 01, 2015    0
First Nations police program ‘not working’: auditor general

First Nations police services supported by the federal government under the First Nations Policing Program suffer from poor allocation of funds, shabby police facilities, and a lack of...

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Community
Dec 01, 2015    0
Neskantaga issues call to action over living conditions

Neskantaga recently issued a call to action to improve living conditions after three youth committed suicide since last summer, including a 16-year-old girl on April 2.
“I have to do...

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Environment
Dec 01, 2015    0
From Hollywood to goose hunting on James Bay

When my college friend Tyler Angeconeb offered me the chance to join him on a trip to Los Angeles to attend a Hollywood premiere, I was esctactic.
After all, how many people get a chance to...

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Health
Dec 01, 2015    0
NAN holds 24-hour ceremony in Ottawa for missing, murdered women

NAN Women’s Council held a 24-hour ceremonial drumming on Victoria Island and Parliament Hill to demand a national public inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women.
The...

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