Quebec hockey fans may best remember John Chabot as a young centre for the Montreal Canadiens. Indeed, Chabot has enjoyed a hockey career as an NHL player and coach that can be considered successful by any standard. Today, Chabot […]
In The Issue
Shannen’s dream lives on
She was the voice of a generation of children who had grown up without a school and the face of a movement to fight the Canadian government for educational equality. Though she died in 2010, a new book allows […]
Seeing is believing
“Unless you can actually fly in there, you would never believe that what you were seeing was in Canada,” says Charlie Angus, Timmins-James Bay NDP MP in reference to the Third World-like living conditions in Attawapiskat, Ontario. Attawapiskat is […]
A call to craft and artistry
The Cree Native Arts and Crafts Association (CNACA) has seen its own share of growing pains, much like any other entity in the Cree nation but six years later it is struggling to gain new ground. As one of […]
Challenges obliterated
Setting out to the change the way young Crees think about working in the field of business, the Cree Nation Youth Council (CNYC) recently hosted its own Cree Youth Business Symposium to inspire a new generation of Crees when […]
Pre-development splendour
The community of Waswanipi, the Grand Council of the Crees and GéoMégA Resources gathered the media at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Montreal on October 20 to announce and sign an exclusive pre-development deal for a rare-earths mining project. […]
An equal partner
History was made on November 7 in Oujé-Bougoumou’s Albert Mianscum Memorial Sports Complex where representatives from Canada, Quebec and Eeyou Istchee gathered to sign an amendment to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA) officially recognizing Oujé-Bougoumou as […]
COTA emerges with new board
According to a statement released by the Cree Outfitting and Tourism Association, a new board of directors has been elected as of late August at its most recent AGA held in Wemindji. COTA’s new board is as follows: Julie […]
Residential schools not “genocide” according to John Duncan
During the announcement for an installation to commemorate the survivors of the residential-school system, Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan stated that the residential-school system was not in fact an act of genocide but rather the product of an “education […]
Waswanipi signs predevelopment deal with Geomega Resources
The community of Waswanipi, the Grand Council of the Crees and Geomega Resources gathered the media at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Montreal on October 20 to announce and sign an exclusive predevelopment deal for a rare-earths mining project […]











