Appearing at the 2010 Traverse City Film Festival in Traverse, Michigan, for a screening of Rezolution Pictures’ smash success documentary, Reel Injun, director Neil Diamond and Producer Ernie Webb received two prestigious awards from the festival. At the festival, highlighted […]
Category: In Brief
Murder in Chisasibi, one arrested
Chisasibi Police say they have arrested Willard Hester, 37, of Waskaganish in connection with the stabbing death of a local resident, 25-year-old Aaron Bearskin, the son of Alan Bearskin and Virginia Salt. Police were first alerted to the murder scene […]
Accident claims Pikogan man near Chisasibi
Pikogan resident Terry Polson, 31, died in a car accident near Km 60 between Chisasibi and LG 1 at about 11:30 pm on July 29, according to Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Anne Mathieu. “We know that the man, Mr. Polson, […]
John Kim Bell to lend expertise to First Nations University
Brookfield First Nations energy advocate at Brookfield Renewable Power and famed Mohawk composer John Kim Bell has been appointed leader of Strategic Business Development for First Nations University. The troubled Saskatchewan university lost its federal funding earlier this year as […]
Senate passes Bill S-4 to help abused and divorced Aboriginal women
The federal government has passed the controversial Bill S-4 to keep Aboriginal women from losing on-reserve homes as a result of abuse or divorce despite the pleas of Native women’s groups to stop the bill. The women’s groups have been […]
Nunavik to get $60 million more for healthcare
Quebec premier Jean Charest flew to Nunavik on July 6 to announce that the region would be getting a 60% increase in healthcare dollars. In Nunavik’s new seven-year deal with Quebec, the province will up health and social services spending […]
Virtual walk from Mistissini to Nemaska launched
Chronic Disease Agent Sol Awashish, with the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, has launched a virtual walk from Mistissini to Nemaska to promote healthy living. According to Awashish, the idea isn’t to actually get anyone […]
Ontario Power Generation starts hydroelectric project with Moose Cree First Nation
Construction has begun on the largest hydroelectric development project in northern Ontario in over 40 years. Dubbed the Lower Matagami Project, the new development will nearly double the output of the four hydro stations already on the river by adding […]
Child advocates say a plan is needed for Canada’s Aboriginal children
A report released on June 23 by the Canadian Council of Provincial Child and Youth Advocates, titled Aboriginal Children and Youth in Canada: Canada Must Do Better, has pointed to how Aboriginal children and youth are the most “important and […]
Upcoming Mistissini Elections
Band council elections in Mistissini will be held on Wednesday, July 14 (8am to 8pm), at the Emmet H. Macleod Conference room in the Issac Shecapio Sr. Administration Building. Advance polls are set for July 6 and 7 (8am to […]