The Conservative government’s First Nations Transparency Act is causing trouble and controversy for many First Nations governments. Many First Nations refuse to submit to the authority of the act. But the case of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake is different: […]

Le Salon de l’Amour et de la Séduction or, under its slightly less romantic moniker, the “Everything to do with Sex Show,” came of age with its 21st edition January 16-18 at Montreal’s Place Bonaventure. Needless to say it was […]

The dispute over school bus contracts between the Cree School Board (CSB) and the Cree Nation of Mistissini reached a new level at year’s end, when the CSB filed proceedings in the Quebec Superior Court in Amos against Mistissini. The […]

Alfred Loon thinks it’s time for your house to get connected to the 21st century. The President of the Eeyou Communications Network (ECN) and Director of Economics and Sustainable Development for the Cree Nation Government, Loon wants to connect every […]

Automotive companies flexed their muscle cars at the 47th edition of the Montreal International Auto Show (MIAS) at the Palais des Congrès January 16-25. Naturally, the auto show dedicated two neon-lit gallery rooms to custom car junkies, luring them in […]

For Sophia Gunner, working on the Lower Mattagami hydroelectric project was an opportunity of a lifetime. As an apprentice carpenter, she assembled and disassembled scaffolding and helped build concrete forms. The work was critical to building a series of large […]

In my travels through Asia this past winter, I realized how lucky I am to be living in a developed country. Many of the countries I visited, including Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Malaysia, often don’t allow their […]

Special by Lily Ryan, Editor of the West Quebec Post In my junk folder are hundreds of emails from a company called “News Canada”. This is a pseudo news agency that offers free newspaper content. I scan through their emails […]

His name is synonymous with economic development in Eeyou Istchee, and now Waswanipi’s Jack Blacksmith is back in charge at Cree Regional Economic Enterprises Company and the Board of Compensation. Having been on the entity’s board on and off since […]

The Stornoway mining company extends its gratitude and appreciation to the almost 1000 residents of northern Quebec who participated in their recruitment sessions over the past two weeks in Mistissini and Chibougamau. According to their administration, Stornoway interviewed a total […]