With a new, pro-business Liberal government, the beginning of a provincial consultation process on uranium extraction and new legal manoeuvres by Strateco, the battle over uranium mining in Quebec is reaching a tipping point. Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come was […]
Archive for May, 2014
Power struggle heats up: Tug of war over control of Cree assets between BoC and CDC
An ongoing publicity campaign by the Board of Compensation and Creeco, in the pages of the Nation and elsewhere, has raised the ire of the Grand Council and the Cree Development Corporation just as the CDC is supposed to assume […]
Saganash reacts to the Anaya report, looming FN crisis
Last October, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya visited Canada to see how its First Peoples were faring. Not well, it appears. His report released May 12 highlighted a looming “crisis.” Citing the “jarring […]
Are you prepared? How to keep your family safe from flooding, forest fires and more
Are you and your family ready for when disaster strikes? Do you have an emergency plan and kits ready? What if the roads into your community are closed? Would you have enough supplies in your home to last until they […]
Flooding again drives residents from Kashechewan and Attawapiskat
After declaring a state of emergency on the weekend of May 10, all 2000 residents of Kashechewan were evacuated via military planes to nearby Ontario communities as sewage backed up into some 40 homes and damaged the local nursing station. […]
A goose and a rabbit recipe for your spring table
While Irish cuisine may not be familiar to people in northern Quebec, it is entirely possible to take inspiration from the majestic land of shamrocks and sheleighlys. Paging through The Country Cooking of Ireland, Colman Andrews’ 2009 cookbook, is to […]
Drug busts hit Waskaganish, Mistissini
A crackdown on drug trafficking this month culminated in arrests and seized contraband in two separate communities. The Eeyou Eenou Police Force (EEPF) executed the most recent bust in Waskaganish on May 19. After months of investigation, the Waskaganish detachment […]
Spring Goose Hunt
The seasons are changing and this has never been so evident in Eeyou Istchee. One person said the winter held back the spring Goose Break hunt by almost a month. May 21 saw Sonny Orr getting his first goose in Whapmagoostui although the large flocks […]
In honour of mechanics
I am not much of a mechanic but I am handy enough to be able to do basic maintenance on my truck and motorcycle. Like most guys I know from remote First Nation communities, I am more or less like […]
The value of Goose Break
It had been some time since I took a real Goose Break and it was hard to explain the importance of it to non-Crees. Even my wife looked at it as a vacation rather than what it really was and […]