Another roar around the big screen as the Habs score again, officially announcing the spring season with a sunny playoff forecast and a decent probability of a Stanley Cup. I was a few hundred metres from home as the cheers […]

While rapper/singer/speaker David Hodges may have worked with youth all over the province at everything from anti-bullying workshops to musical projects; there was absolutely nothing on earth that could have ever prepared him for the wealth of talent and what […]

The federal government’s controversial First Nations Education Act has been put on hold following the May 2 resignation of Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Atleo supported the education bill, which has been criticized by […]

Edith Cloutier, President of the Regroupement des Centres d’amitié Autochtones du Québec (RCAAQ), was officially invested into the Order of Canada May 7. Cloutier has worked to improve the lives of urban Aboriginals for years. This is particularly true in […]

Looking for summer fun outside of Montreal? The Rest of Quebec offers a more human pace to summer celebration The Gatineau Beerfest A fairly new event to the Quebec festival scene, Gatineau’s Festibière is a three-day outdoor party in Jacques-Cartier […]

As the thaw has begun throughout Eeyou Istchee and many a Canada goose has met its destiny in the belly of an Eeyouch or filling a deep freezer awaiting an upcoming feast, dreams of summer vacations have already begun to […]

The Grand Council of the Crees welcomed a new Director of Cree Quebec Relations on April 15 as Melissa Brousseau Saganash replaced Tina Petawabano in the position. Saganash was just settling in to her new job – a key position […]

Getting a product-distribution business started, especially one serving major mining companies in the Cree Nation, is a difficult project. Waskaganish’s Darren Weistche learned that the hard way. But Weistche’s example proves that a combination of ambition and persistence can get […]

Sometimes the devil is in the fine print. Other times, however, you sign up for something that seems perfectly reasonable, only to learn later that the real price is far more than you’re willing to pay. That’s what happened to […]

These days my mind is filled with worry. I have been watching the events unfolding in the Ukraine. I find it unbelievable that the world’s major powers are taunting each other on Russia’s doorstep. This major conflict wouldn’t be so […]