On March 28, John Bosum showed his guns off at the Mike Gould Classic arm-wrestling competition in Toronto. In his weight class he placed third using his right arm. His left gun did a little better taking the number two […]

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 […]

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 […]

The world’s first Cree opera, Tomson Highway’s Pimooteewin: The Journey, is set to hit the road for northern Ontario with more than 35 dancers, singers and musicians. The show debuted last February in Toronto and will be making its way […]

A delegation of residential school survivors led by Assembly of First Nations Chief Phil Fontaine will travel to the Vatican on April 29 for an audience with Pope Benedict XVI. Fontaine hopes the Vatican will formally apologize to the survivors […]

Julian Tologanak, a 20 year old man from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, jumped from a charter plane that was flying from Yellowknife to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut on April 16, according to the Globe and Mail. Apparently the unidentified plane passenger had […]

The families of Maisy Odjick, 16, and Shannon Alexander, 17, have joined forces with the team from Search and Global One in an ongoing effort to recover clues to the teens’ whereabouts. The girls, who are both from the Algonquin […]