For as much as it’s been a long time coming, the Crees of Eeyou Istchee will finally realize the long-term dream of creating their own Cree energy company. Though the company has yet to be given a name, settle on […]

Checking out the latest thing on the net and in the papers, listening to the chatter on the usual lines, it’s hard not to notice that Mother’s Day is upon us. Sometimes people forget, like I do once in awhile, […]

Pope Benedict XVI met with a delegation of Elders, residential school survivors and Aboriginal leaders led by National Chief Phil Fontaine on Wednesday, April 29 in Vatican City, Rome. The delegation attended an outdoor general audience in St. Peter’s Square […]

According to Robert Mackey, communications officer for the Katavik Regional Police Force, a man on the Inuit side of town in Great Whale has cut off his own hand. On April 22, the police in Kuujuarapik received a call at […]

As Crees throughout Eeyou Istchee prepare to hit the bush for Goose Break 2009, the first goose of the season has already been shot in each community. This year’s bragging rights go to: Chisasibi – Matthew Happyjack Eastmain – Jamie […]

Though the World Health Organization is still reluctant to raise the flu alert from phase 5 to the highest level of phase 6, the Cree Health Board is still responding to the H1N1 strain influenza outbreak. The CHB is asking […]

I never really enjoyed watching television news. I remember viewing the regular nightly news program up north when I was a child. Mom and dad sent us to bed every night just as CBC’s 10 o’clock “National News” with Knowlton […]

Since the Second World War, to be a unionized autoworker in Canada was to belong to the labouring elite. High wages, job security, great benefits and a generous pension were guaranteed those, mostly in Ontario, who were lucky enough to […]

In this letter, I will talk about what the drug dealers are doing to our children and especially to our people! Everyone knows what’s happening in our own backyards that drugs are escalating in our Cree communities! I know, because […]

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted on September 13, 2007 by United Nations General Assembly and Australia has finally become its 144th signatory. Endorsing the non-binding Declaration on April 3, the only three G8 […]