I spent two weeks at Old Nemaska these past few weeks, enjoying the extreme weather: one day it was 31º C and the next only 5º. I must’ve burnt several boxes of mosquito coils as every day reminded me of […]

It’s about time, in many different senses of the word. For instance, the time it takes to download the simplest things from the Internet in Cree communities. The time it takes to get connected to the Internet, which some Cree […]

By contributor Isaac Voyageur “Shouk George, we’re almost there.” These words pierced the cold morning air on a bitter cold February morning. We barely took 10 steps and George refused to move because of the weight of our gear on the […]

While periodic rain throughout the day may have made the greens a bit slower, CREECO’s annual golf classic bested its goal in a benefit for Willie’s Place, the day centre for the homeless in Val-d’Or. According to CREECO President Jack […]

There’s a lot of tradition in the Cree-language album Nehiyaw Nikamonak: Oyoyowin ohci Nanaskomowin (Cree Songs: Howls from Gratitude), produced by the Northwest Territories Cree Language Program and the NWT Métis Nation. But Kyle Napier, who manages the Cree Language […]

Waskaganish’s Ryan Erless is no stranger to the James Bay Highway (JBH). He’s traveled up and down the 620 kilometres of the decaying two-lane road too many times to count. Like many Crees, Erless knows the highway’s most infamous potholes, […]

Montreal’s Aboriginal Day began with a group of young people carrying painted figures with huge, oversized heads on their shoulders down Place d’Armes in Old Montreal. Swaneige Ber carried a giant figure whose face looked like the sun, with human […]

When Gregory Louttit and his girlfriend Marjorie Herodier made the long drive to the Ottawa area for Amnesia Rockfest, they were hoping to hear some of the biggest names in music – Tenacious D, System Of A Down, Rob Zombie […]

Wemindji’s golden opportunity for the creation and operation of the Éléonore gold mine – detailed in the Opinagow Collaboration Agreement – finally became public June 19, save for the deal’s financial terms. It’s been more than four years since Goldcorp, the […]

Most of my non-Native friends find it funny that I can sit through a really bad movie. The fact is that for the first 15 years of my life all I got to see were mostly bad movies. The luxury […]