A long-term foster home is being sought for four-year-old May, a shy energetic child who enjoys music, loves to play dress up and seems to be more comfortable in the company of adults. She is currently in an emergency foster […]
Category: In Brief
Chief Wahoo hits the showers
Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians have at long last decided to sideline “Chief Wahoo”, their oft-criticized, cringe-inducing mascot. After dubiously gracing the caps of the ball team for more than 60 years, the absurd caricature is finally being phased […]
Ontario reneges on logging promise at Grassy Narrows
Grassy Narrows First Nation’s decades-long battle to curb mercury poisoning in their community encountered a disturbing setback this holiday season, courtesy of the Ontario government. Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals approved plans for 10 more years of clear-cut logging in the […]
Update on Floyd Visitor’s condition
The heartwarming story of Floyd Visitor marrying off his daughter from a hospital bed via a FaceTime connection touched many when it was published in the November 15 edition of the Nation. At the time, as he received treatment for […]
Coon Come questions new mining law
The Quebec National Assembly’s vote to adopt Bill 70 earlier this month was met with concern buy several Aboriginal leaders, including Cree Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come. The PQ government bill, which amends several aspects of the province’s Mining Act, […]
R.I.P. Billy Jack
Actor/director Tom Laughlin died December 12 from complications after contracting pneumonia. He was 82. Laughlin gained a huge cult following in the early 1970s after directing and starring in Billy Jack, a film about a half-breed Vietnam veteran who protected […]
Allies join efforts for homeless Native women and their kids
The Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal (NWSM) and Batshaw Youth services launched a joint project December 2 to ensure Aboriginal foster children are placed with culturally sensitive families. The NWSM works with women whose children are placed in foster care. […]
Odjick: One hit over the line
Former Montreal Canadiens and Vancouver Canucks enforcer Gino Odjick, 43, was admitted to a Gatineau psychiatric hospital December 3 for undisclosed reasons. Sources close to “the Algonquin Enforcer” say he claims his problems stem from the numerous concussions he suffered […]
From senator to journo?
Controversial senator Patrick Brazeau of Kitigan Zibi has landed a new gig as a “journalist.” Brazeau was hired by the Halifax arm of Frank, a satirical and gossip magazine, that lampoons Canadian politicians. Brazeau came to prominence when he boxed […]
Forgotten code talker heroes honoured
When many people think of the world-famous code talkers, the Native Americans who used their language to transmit messages in wartime that enemies could not decipher, they immediately think of the Navajo tribe. Earlier this month, the United States government […]