The Wawatay News newspaper seems to have disappeared. Like the old quote by TS Eliot, the publication went out “not with a bang but a whimper.” I left Canada in December to head out on a two-and-half-month-long voyage to the […]

Among the greatest dangers of life in a remote northern Aboriginal community during the cold winter months are home fires. In the past, our homes were surrounded by many dangers associated with fire and the potential for disaster. Since electrical […]

Long ago, one of my favourite escapes during cold February days was to the outdoor ice rink next to our old school in Attawapiskat. After winter blizzards, the ice surface would be covered in drifting snow three to four feet […]

In my travels through Asia this past winter, I realized how lucky I am to be living in a developed country. Many of the countries I visited, including Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Malaysia, often don’t allow their […]

This past holiday season I decided to take a tour of the Far East. One of the most interesting visits was to India. I had caught the flu on the tour so I arrived in Delhi sick and the smog […]

This is the time of the year that I fear for my safety the most. The reason for my fear has to do with winter driving on roads anywhere in the Canadian north. One stretch in particular is very dangerous. […]

Here we are heading into the New Year of 2015 and ready to celebrate another Christmas. When I was younger and still drinking, the holidays were an excuse to party. Although I, and everyone around me, had good intentions to […]

Resource developers and First Nations are finding common ground when it comes to the creation of projects on traditional Native lands. The main ingredient to successful partnerships that benefit everybody seems to be respect. I have watched First Nations all […]

It’s hard to believe how much life has changed since the Internet started to develop in the mid-1990s. When I first started writing I would send my stories to publications by fax. Then along came email and my job got […]

I recall my early infatuation with “kah-mee-nah-mee-kok”, literally translated from Cree as “the thing that flies” or in modern English as “airplanes”. Every day after school in the autumn my friends and I ran from our dusty gravel playground to […]