As the New Year approaches we all begin to engage in the familiar ritual of looking back at the highs and lows of the past year to examine our successes and failures while looking towards to future at everything we […]

Over $70,000 in prize money was up for grabs as the 33rd annual CREE Senior Hockey and Broomball Tournament got underway December 5 at the Air Creebec Centre in Val d’Or. Once again, the four-day event attracted thousands of Crees […]

Former Oujé-Bougoumou Chief Sam Bosum may have been honoured as the Aboriginal Developer Award of the year for his decades of work in the mining industry, but he has no intention to rest on his laurels. For nearly 50 years, […]

The struggle against apartheid in South Africa changed the way the world saw race relations. At the centre of this struggle was one man – Nelson Mandela. His familiar smile and compassion stood out as a testament to his ability […]

In the 1970s and 1980s, environmental and conservation concerns were hot-button election issues. The media made environmental and conservation stories a priority. As a child at school, I remember learning about air and land pollution, the negative effects of big […]

Greetings from sunny Val d’Or or as we call it, Sin City! Though I think there’s less sinning during the wintertime – no? I had a good night’s rest there at the Quality Inn and Suites (they have the most […]

Alcohol and substance abuse counsellors sometimes say a person has to hit rock bottom before they can start climbing out of the nightmare of their addiction. For political junkies in Canada, this past year had to mark a new low […]