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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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Oct 16, 2020    0
Strange Days Ahead

Tah-gwah-gun, or the fall season has always been a time of foreboding and worry for every culture in the northern hemisphere. It means that winter is on the way and for my people, it meant that we...

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Education
Oct 16, 2020    0
JUNIOR CANADIAN RANGERS FROM NORTHERN ONTARIO AWARDED BURSARIES


Two Junior Canadian Rangers from Northern Ontario are among 10 Junior Rangers from across the Canadian North who have won Canada Company bursaries to assist with their education.

Both...

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Oct 03, 2020    0
Canadian Rangers resume training in Northern Ontario

The Canadian Rangers have completed their longest military operation in Northern Ontario, according to the officer commanding the Canadian Army’s 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group.

“What...

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Community
Oct 03, 2020    0
Annual vigil for missing and murdered Indigenous women and their grieving families will go ahead despite pandemic

The head of the national organization that represents Indigenous women in Canada says the Covid-19 pandemic will not stop the annual vigil for the thousands of First Nations, Métis and Inuit women...

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Environment
Oct 03, 2020    0
More concerns raised over Bill 197

The Matawa Chiefs Council issued a rejection of the provincial government’s Bill 197, COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020.

“The main point, as we stated in our (Aug. 28) press release, it’...

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