Police are investigating the September 27 death of Michael Shields after the man attempted to commit suicide in a Kativik Regional Police holding cell on September 14. Because Shields died of an attempted suicide while in police custody, Quebec law […]

Recently, I ended up driving along a lonely stretch of Highway 11 in the middle of the night. I was on a long ride back from New Liskeard after visiting some friends. I drove home in the dark in my […]

As the children played off to the side and the wife of the late Tommy Neeposh, Kitty, looked on, the Neeposh family of Mistissini were gathered by the transfer tunnel to inaugurate the Tommy Neeposh Scenic Lookout near the Rupert […]

In early October, Buffy Sainte-Marie returned to Montreal to perform at the Église St-Jean-Baptiste as part of the Pop Montreal music festival. When tracked down in New York City a week before her arrival, Sainte-Marie was curious about the venue. […]

The Cree Nation of Mistissini is now strictly enforcing a minimum of 70% school attendance for students who want to play hockey or broomball both at home and in tournaments. John S. Matoush, the Mistissini Band Councilor who is in […]

Westlake Hockey Development co-founder and director Carl Michaelson has been playing hockey all his life. Originally from Hudson, Quebec, Michaelson’s interest and love of the sport devotion has led him to the creation of a hockey development camp. This past […]

On October 4, 72 communities organized vigils and marches across Canada to remember the over 500 missing or murdered Native women in Canada. Though some groups estimate the number to be much higher, the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) […]

Education has been a hot topic in Eeyou Istchee for some time now between the recent Cree School Board elections and various education reforms that have brought new information into the public view. In light of this, the CSB held […]

The movement to find out whatever happened to Canada’s growing list of over 520 missing and/or murdered Aboriginal women is taking off. This year, the Cree Indian Centre of Chibougamau (CICC) successfully pulled off their event to remember those sisters […]

We were scrambling over the rocky shoreline at Pemaquid Point, Maine; five buddies from Canada and their American host, also an old friend. The water glittered like thousands of diamonds as the shorebirds wheeled and dived and called out above […]