With the New Year in full swing, for those looking to reboot their lives by studying for something different, finishing high school to be able to start fulfilling a career dream or just pursuing an academic interest that has long […]

Cree/Oneida standup comedian Charlie Hill passed away December 30 at the young age of 62 on his home reservation of White Earth in the state of Wisconsin after a long battle with lymphoma cancer. Hill’s career in show business began […]

The visionaries behind the creation of the First Nations Bank of Canada (FNBC) could not foresee the rapid growth of the first Aboriginal-owned banking institution. Last year, the FNBC launched a new banking platform that made its operations fully independent […]

Waswanipi’s Paul Gull is well on his way to meeting one of his major goals during his current term as chief of the Cree community: getting the band council’s finances in order. When Gull was elected almost three years ago, […]

It’s not uncommon to see people driving fast on the James Bay Highway, so neither is it surprising to see the police out in force hunting speeders. However, a rash of new public complaints about the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) […]

Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come has a unique perspective on his fellow Eeyouch and the ever-evolving communities they live in. Coon Come has watched the people of Eeyou Istchee touch the lives of many over the past year, through social […]

Val’d Or’s infamous low vacancy rate, currently less than 0.1%, is a main reason for the housing crisis in the “City of Gold.” That’s why the Val d’Or Native Friendship Centre is impatiently awaiting city council’s green light for an […]

In August 1979, 24-year-old college graduate Judy Campey boarded a northbound First Air flight from Quebec City. In this pre-Air Creebec era, taxi driver Sam Gunner met her at the Chibougamau airport. He drove her – and the local mail […]

While Stornaway Diamond Corporation spokesperson Ghislain Poirier insists that 2013 has been a “year of transitions,” the mining giant can boast of a successful relationship with their partners in the Renard Project, the Crees of Eeyou Istchee. “We are proud […]

As the New Year approaches we all begin to engage in the familiar ritual of looking back at the highs and lows of the past year to examine our successes and failures while looking towards to future at everything we […]