Archive for June, 2012

Let them eat caribou

On May 16, Olivier De Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, concluded a politically contentious 11-day visit to Canada for an investigation into poverty and hunger. During his investigation De Schutter visited several First Nation communities […]

Power to the people

Nothing else sounds quite like a riot squad’s concussion grenade. It’s more than a gunshot, more than a firework. The explosion it makes sounds more like the word “boom” than anything else you’ve ever heard explode. And when it happens […]

Ready the workforce

  With mining projects popping up like dandelions all over Eeyou Istchee, so are training programs for the Cree in order to get as many into the workfore and reaping the benefits of these projects. At the end of March, […]

Being responsible

  If there’s one thing that Dr. Gordon Edwards of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility wants you to know about uranium mining, it’s that a single mistake can last 100,000 years. Invited to Mistissini on Tuesday, May 15, by […]

Illegal practices

  Although the Plan Nord has the potential to bring millions of dollars of investment into northern Quebec, and specifically Native communities, it seems as though some have come to see it as a way of making a quick buck. […]

Celebrating Eeyou Istchee’s finest

The Wemindji Community Hall was filled with police on April 13, but there was no emergency and no arrests were made. The community of Wemindji held a banquet recognizing the accomplishments of the Eeyou Eenou Police Force and to give […]

Commodes throughout the ages

  There are a few things that mankind cannot avoid and must deal with – yes, it’s about what to do with all that human waste we pump out from our innards on a daily basis. Back in the day, […]

Strawberry Fields Forever

  One must love the government no matter what. At least this is the feeling one gets when they take a look at Quebec’s Bill 78 entitled An Act To Enable Students To Receive Instruction From The Postsecondary Institutions They Attend. […]