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Eagles, Spyders and Ninjas – oh my!
Racers, roadsters, choppers, dirt bikes, three-wheelers, ATVs, side-by sides – Montreal’s Motorcycle Show at the Palais des Congrès February 27-March 1 was chock-full of motorized magnificence. The Harley Davidson space was crammed with curious onlookers vying for the opportunity to […]
Awards gala honours women of Eeyou Istchee
By Andrew McClelland The third Outstanding Cree Women Awards to celebrate women who’ve made inspirational contributions to Eeyou Istchee were held March 7 in Val-d’Or. Nine women were honoured at the gala, timed to coincide with International Women’s Day on […]
A quarter century after the Odeyak
The Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute plans to commemorate historic journey The great canoe was called the Odeyak because that word represented the mixing of two cultures: “ode” from Cree and “kayak” from Inuktitut. And even if they weren’t even born […]
Eeyou Istchee TB rates remain among the lowest in Native communities
The success of years of tuberculosis prevention and control has left Eeyou Istchee with one of the lowest TB rates among Indigenous populations in North America. According to Dr. Kianoush Dehghani of the Cree Board of Health and Social Services […]
Snow racers blast cross-country in James Bay
The last couple weekends have been busy for snowmobile enthusiasts in the James Bay region with two major cross-country races: one as part of the Festival Folifrets in Chibougamau on February 26 and the annual Mistissini Cross-Country on March 6-8. […]
Oujé’s Sam Bosum recognized for his success in the industry
In the late 1950s, a teenaged Sam Bosum began helping his father and brother in the bush as they and many other Crees from Oujé-Bougamau, Mistissini and Waswanipi began working in the mining industry. It was there that he first […]
A lull in Wawatay
The Wawatay News newspaper seems to have disappeared. Like the old quote by TS Eliot, the publication went out “not with a bang but a whimper.” I left Canada in December to head out on a two-and-half-month-long voyage to the […]
The fish, she is small
One of the most memorable times of my childhood, in the late 1960s, was fishing at the first rapids, the present site of La Grande 1. This special annual harvest was a day-long event that netted thousands of fish. The […]
Got a heart?
Visiting Val-d’Or recently, I finally had a chance to visit one of my old haunts… the infamous Chateau Louis bar. It no longer serves alcoholic beverages, however. Now it instead helps those who would frequent the establishment for its historical […]