On discovering that their funding from the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, which runs out on March 31, will not be renewed, the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal (NWSM) found their organization in a desperate situation. Reaching out for support, they called […]

Rhéal Charlebois’ handmade wooden goose calls are winning contests all over North America. What started as a hobby is becoming a full-time concern for the 43-year-old hunter and woodsmith from Mascouche, northeast of Montreal. Now he’s selling his goose calls, […]

Leaders of the Anishinabek Nation have said the federal government is being dishonest as they have been told that there will be no negative impact on Ontario Aboriginals from the proposed Harmonized Sales Tax. The leaders fear the negative impact […]

According to the Canadian Press, Natural Resources Minister Linda Jeffrey will introduce a motion on March 8 that will see Ipperwash Provincial Park converted to Crown land. Should this motion be approved, it could allow for the 40 hectares along […]

A dispute between the Innu Strategic Alliance (ISA), which represents members from five Quebec Innu communities, and the province of Newfoundland is raging on after the ISA staged a hunt of the George River caribou herd on land that is […]

When we think of gangs we usually think of poverty, violence and inner-city minority struggles common to big cities throughout the world. But strife can take many forms, shapes and sizes and so do gangs. In small Native communities, the […]

While the rest of Canada may still be reveling in the many historic and record-breaking moments of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, the James Bay Cree have their own Olympic legacy to celebrate. Not only did the Cree have […]

Inuit infants die at a rate three times higher than babies in the rest of Canada. That’s according to a new study published January in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, called “Birth outcomes in the Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada”. The […]

In looking to improve the Cree School Board’s low student success rates, the CSB recently announced that it would be improving the curriculum board wide, which has caused a stir in the community. “The school board, through the council of […]

The Grand Prix du Tourisme Québécois Desjardins 2010 regional gala took place in Ouje-Bougoumou, Quebec last week with more than a 100 people present. Many people were eager to see who would be going to the national gala to promote […]