A ceremony held June 21 at the Val-d’Or Aboriginal Day celebrations commemorated the Kijaté Project, a social housing initiative aimed at creating affordable housing for Indigenous families living in the Val-d’Or area. But it was a long time coming. According […]
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Delilah Saunders in recovery from acute liver failure
Delilah Saunders is a fighter. An artist, an author and a composer, the Inuk for Labrador is also an activist on behalf of Indigenous women. It was no surprise that Saunders was awarded the 2017 Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience […]
It’s a new year
The past year has certainly been one to remember. It wasn’t just the political face of the United States that changed as Trump stomped into the White House, but also the Cree political world. Matthew Coon Come decided that he […]
In play we are finding our way
School is out for the holidays and my friends and I are eager to head out into the winter weather. None of us are thinking about Christmas or New Year’s but just happy to have time off school. We busy […]
The heart of the volunteer
When we used to organize our tournaments, we’d look for volunteers to help out. Their question would be, “Well, how much do I get paid?” I’ll leave that there. It was funny sometimes when the search for volunteers was returned […]
Centre of the hockey universe
Hockey players and fans from across Eeyou Istchee descended on Val-d’Or as the 37th Annual CREE Senior Hockey and Broomball Tournament rolled into town for four days, November 30 to December 3. The city briefly became the Centre of the […]
MMIWG inquiry criticism overshadows education, finance agreements at AFN gathering
Despite a rocky start, chiefs at the annual Assembly of First Nations winter gathering held in Ottawa December 5-7 agreed to move forward on “historic” deals on finance and education with Canada. “We’ve made gains, but challenges remain,” AFN National […]
The decline of the woodland caribou is everyone’s responsibility, says Grand Council
The Grand Council of the Crees (GCC) is calling on every member of the Cree Nation to do their part to protect a dwindling herd of woodland caribou. In a recently adopted resolution, the GCC condemned caribou hunting in Eeyou […]
Fly Buys: Drone Delivery Canada successfully completes test flights from Moosonee to Moose Factory
Once thought of as pie-in-the-sky scenario, we could literally soon be seeing pies in the sky. After being granted permission by Transport Canada to conduct Canada’s first commercial tests, Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) of Vaughn, Ontario, completed several successful trial […]
Business Exchange Day allows Cree businesses to speed date with others
Organized by the Secretariat to the Cree Nation Abitibi-Témiscamingue Economic Alliance, the Business Exchange Day is an event at which entrepreneurs schedule matchmaking meetings with other businesses. This year’s exchange was held in Val-d’Or November 29. “The event places a […]