The Val-d’Or Native Friendship Centre along with other stakeholders in the city’s homelessness issue met with representatives from three levels of government – federal, provincial and municipal – on May 26 to discuss various city proposals for its most vulnerable […]
Archive for June, 2014
By finding my dad, Cyprien, I found myself
My mother, Lucy Bosum, wept as she heard the decision of my grandparents. The answer was “No!” My biological father, Cyprien Caron, had proposed to marry my mother, but my grandparents could not overlook the clash of their cultures […]
N’we Jinan : The story behind the music
Soulful song goddesses, cutting-edge rappers, precocious kids, metal dudes, scribes of prose and poetry, rockers with a cause, unlikely hip-hop heroes and community activists are some of the labels for Eeyou Istchee’s newest superstars; the youth whose voices, songs and […]
Devotions to Dad: Three Crees talk about life, love and learning from their fathers
For most of us, Dad was the first man that we really get to know and love. He was often our childhood hero and the man we rushed home to every June with our homemade Father’s Day cards. Whether or […]
Sustainable forestry in Eeyou Istchee
About 200 people attended the Working Together for a Sustainable Forestry conference May 27-28 at the Forestel Hotel in Val d’Or. Organized by the Secretariat to the Cree Nation Abitibi-Témiscamingue Economic Alliance (SCNATEA), the event gathered representatives from the Cree […]
The Mistissini Runners’ Club leads the trend in physical fitness in the Cree Nation
The first time I ever went for a run, it was because my runner girlfriend dared me to do it. She told me to set the pace and said she’d catch up to me; in about 10 seconds she told […]
Heavens above
I am dazzled by the starry night sky. I have always taken a great comfort in looking up at the stars. When I look up to the heavens and the greater universe I find a perspective of the world that […]
The poverty of Conservative policy
Canada is quick to speak out against human rights violations abroad, and to brag about its foreign aid to combat poverty around the world. It would be nice if the government would do the same at home. Given the desperate […]
Joshua’s laws of summer fashion
I’d like to begin with shout-outs to everyone at Peawanuk, Attawapiskat, Kashechewan, Fort Albany and Moosenee Factory (combined) and finally, Marina Lebrun in Timmins, Ontario. Air Creebec flies into all these places and carries this wonderful magazine. I have never […]
A people’s march says no to tar-sands pipeline
On a Saturday morning in early May in the sleepy bayside village of Cacouna, mist floats dreamily in the broad skies and winds of the St. Lawrence River. We wake from our sleeping bags at a youth centre to share […]