Every October, out come the pink ribbons as marches and fundraisers are organized to help fight women’s cancers. In Eeyou Istchee, breast -ancer screenings for women between the ages of 50-69 are handled in a unique way – every two […]
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High spirits abound despite the waits to be first buyers of legal cannabis in Montreal
Sprawling lineups were a fixture at the few operational Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC) storefronts on the first day of legal, Canada-wide cannabis sales. In Quebec, 11 shops opened their doors to customers, three located in Montreal. And it wasn’t […]
Waskaganish’s ‘forbidden’ powwow a resounding success
It was a windy and rainy evening when we arrived in Waskaganish on the first evening of the community’s much-contested powwow September 21-23. The winds were so strong they knocked the powwow tent down. Besides worrying about the weather, there […]
Eeyou Istchee will tolerate cannabis when Canada legalizes it
In the past 12 months, according to the Cree Health Board, more than one in four Crees have used cannabis – including more than half of Cree high school students. One in six Cree high schoolers used cannabis daily. Like […]
Biggest natural disaster since 1998 ice storm hits Ottawa
The Cree School Board’s post-secondary department (CSBPS) is implementing new safety protocols and procedures to better prepare their students after the six tornadoes that ravaged the Ottawa-Gatineau region last month. Environment Canada reported three tornadoes, most likely EF-1 tornadoes with […]
Volunteers walk Montreal streets to protect the city’s most vulnerable
The Wolf Pack Patrol is a volunteer-run organization started by Al Harrington, a former outreach worker for the Native Friendship Centre of Montreal, just over six months ago in response to a lack of support for the vulnerable Indigenous men […]
Royal Mint releases $30 coin celebrating the fancy dance
The Royal Canadian Mint partnered up with McGill University’s First Peoples’ House (FPH) September 21 to present their new limited edition silver $30 coin depicting a fancy dancer in full regalia. The Mint used the opportunity of the FPH’s 17th […]
Crees offer solidarity to Finnish Indigenous communities
For many Indigenous groups fighting to maintain their culture, it can often feel like a lonely, uphill battle. Standing up to corporate interests is never easy, but the rise of an interconnected world can support international resistance. Facing dispossession of […]
“I’m only six years old, I can’t travel alone” Cree parents prevented from accompanying son on medevac to Montreal
Seriously ill, Pelle Loon Jr. couldn’t understand why he was boarding an airplane to Montreal all by himself, as his mother tearfully tried to explain what was happening on the tarmac in Chibougamau. The six-year-old boy was being medevaced to […]
Grand Chief Abel Bosum invested into the Order of Canada
After a successful career as a Cree negotiator and a victorious bid for the office of Grand Chief of the Council of the Crees in 2017, Abel Bosum can now add an Order of Canada to his impressive list of […]