President Raymond Menarick opened the James Bay Cree Communications Society AGA in Chisasibi on February 7. Community radio and the Cree regional radio have come a long way. No longer is the JBCCS plagued by having to live from week […]

In a hotly contested election in Waswanipi for representatives for the Board of Compensation and CREECO, Jack Blacksmith held on to his seat. Had he lost, the chairmanship of the Board of Compensation and presidency of CREECO would have been […]

Val-d’Or’s Friendship Centre welcomed the announcement of 63 new social housing units made January 26 by Val-d’Or, the Quebec government and the Office municipal d’habitation. The development will be named Les Résidences du Plateau. “Considering the crying needs for social […]

The province of Saskatchewan announced that it will cut off all funding by April 1 to the First Nations University of Canada because it have lost confidence in the school after a major funding scandal. Advanced Education Minister Rob Norris […]

ABIP LP, a Cree initiative that focuses on First Nation entrepreneurship and business development, launched a new, secured web 2.0-based toolbox platform aimed at supporting Native communities when starting their own business. Launched on February 2 at the Waskaganish First […]

Eleven-year-old Kwahara:ni Jacobs of Kahnawake took her first step along what could be the road to stardom January 19 when she belted out the U.S. national anthem at the Senators-Bruins game at TD Gardens in Boston. According to the girl’s […]

First Nations leaders in Ontario have slammed the provincial government for apparently demoting Aboriginal issues in a recent cabinet shuffle. Last week, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty took the Aboriginal Affairs Ministry away from its dedicated minister, Brad Duguid, and placed […]

According to a new long-term study conducted by the University of Saskatchewan, diabetes is hitting Aboriginal women harder than was originally thought. Though it has been documented in recent years that Aboriginal Canadians had the highest diabetes rates of anyone […]

The Secretariat to the Cree Nation – Abitibi-Témiscamingue Economic Alliance is inviting members to participate in the Northern Lights 2010 Conference, to be held in Montréal from January 27-30 at the Palais des congrès. The event, which aims to promote […]

The Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, a coalition of First Nations on Vancouver Island, have successfully forced the federal government into defending Canada’s human rights record before an international tribunal. The group has lodged a human rights complaint against Canada regarding 810,000 […]