As Goose Break excitement takes hold of Eeyou Istchee, it is important to keep safety top of mind. First-timers and young children should be given extensive safety instructions before heading out. But for the rest of us, here are four […]

As baking is nothing more than delicious basic chemistry, naturally it would take a mathematician to perfect recipes that significantly cut back on refined sugar while maintaining the flavour and integrity of the recipe. However, Joanne Chang has written a […]

I am sitting here feeling sorry for myself. After a rigorous game of road hockey tonight, it occurred to me that I am getting old. When my friends Jack and Brynn asked me to join them in a friendly game […]

I very much enjoyed my time at the newly renovated Capassit Lodge in Oujé-Bougoumou recently. It is all class – magnificent. Since it is still under construction, sometimes things might not have gone as smooth at a well-established hotel. But […]

I don’t think there is a culture on this planet that doesn’t honour their mothers. Though the modern Mother’s Day is relatively new, hundreds of years ago both the Greeks and the Romans had festivals honouring motherhood. It is only […]

Niko Trapper, a 14-year-old former Mistissini resident, was recently selected as Rookie of the Year in the Bantam CC division in Saguenay. Nominated by coaches of the Ambassadeurs de Chibougamau, a league committee voted Trapper as the number one rookie […]

Nutrition North Canada (NNC) has appointed a new member to its advisory board. Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Minister Bernard Valcourt appointed Tracy Rispin to the NNC Advisory Board March 27.  The minister cited Rispin’s “extensive knowledge of First Nations […]

As April is oral health month on the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay’s calendar, Cree children in all nine communities have been asked to “drop the pop,” for their health and for their teeth. Why […]

They were plucked from the land in their youth. On April 2, it was discovered that five hunters from Mistissini – David Jimikin, Emmett Coonishish, Chiiwetin Coonishish, Kevin Loon and Charlie Gunner – had perished in a tragic hunting cabin […]

It has been a difficult couple of weeks for the people of Eeyou Istchee. The death of five young men in a tragic fire at a hunting cabin in Lake Bussy, 200 kilometres north of Mistissini, is a devastating loss […]