Many people are curious about Native spirituality. I was born and raised in a remote Native community on the James Bay coast. You would think I was exposed to an Aboriginal spirituality but you would be wrong. There was plenty […]
Archive for December, 2009
The Price is right
Ask any hockey fan what is the toughest job in the game and they’ll say goaltending. In Montreal that job falls to Carey Price, the goalie who hails from Anahim Lake, British Columbia. Price credits his parents, Lynda and Jerry […]
Road tripping as addictions therapy
Though he might have only known sobriety for two months and counting now, Nemaska resident Wayne Rabbitskin has already come up with an innovative plan to get kids off drugs by showing them the consequences. Rabbitskin is an awareness, prevention […]
Dam doors lowered on the Rupert River
Less than a decade after the announcement of the Paix des Braves agreement, the doors have closed on the Rupert River. At 11am on November 7, the doors were lowered on the dam, signalling the end of an era on […]
A Guide to Giving
Somehow it always seems as though as soon as the first day of December rolls around the speed of life moves excessively faster until the big day hits 24 nights later. It’s not just the parties or the fact that […]
Fools’ gold?
The Algonquins of Kitigan Zibi say Quebec’s investment in a foreign-owned gold mine project at Malarctic demonstrates the government’s complete disregard for their territorial rights to the region – to say nothing of the environmental costs of the controversial massive […]
Friendship Centres Storm the Hill
Because they have not seen an increase to their core funding budgets since 1996, the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) took many of their members to Ottawa on November 17 to deliver their message straight to where it counts […]
One more river
We looked at our river, about a year after it had been completely dammed to allow for the huge reservoir behind it to fill up. The rocks on the side of the river were slick with green algae, common on […]
The Cree Quebec relationship is at a crossroads
Recent events raise questions about the relationship between Quebec and the Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee. An independent report mandated by the government condemned Quebec for its failure to honour its obligations to the Cree Nation in its 2001 legislation […]