While periodic rain throughout the day may have made the greens a bit slower, CREECO’s annual golf classic bested its goal in a benefit for Willie’s Place, the day centre for the homeless in Val-d’Or. According to CREECO President Jack […]

There’s a lot of tradition in the Cree-language album Nehiyaw Nikamonak: Oyoyowin ohci Nanaskomowin (Cree Songs: Howls from Gratitude), produced by the Northwest Territories Cree Language Program and the NWT Métis Nation. But Kyle Napier, who manages the Cree Language […]

Waskaganish’s Ryan Erless is no stranger to the James Bay Highway (JBH). He’s traveled up and down the 620 kilometres of the decaying two-lane road too many times to count. Like many Crees, Erless knows the highway’s most infamous potholes, […]

Montreal’s Aboriginal Day began with a group of young people carrying painted figures with huge, oversized heads on their shoulders down Place d’Armes in Old Montreal. Swaneige Ber carried a giant figure whose face looked like the sun, with human […]

When Gregory Louttit and his girlfriend Marjorie Herodier made the long drive to the Ottawa area for Amnesia Rockfest, they were hoping to hear some of the biggest names in music – Tenacious D, System Of A Down, Rob Zombie […]

Wemindji’s golden opportunity for the creation and operation of the Éléonore gold mine – detailed in the Opinagow Collaboration Agreement – finally became public June 19, save for the deal’s financial terms. It’s been more than four years since Goldcorp, the […]

While the Cree have been hard at work to see the Broadback River and the area surrounding it declared a protected area, a new campaign has been launched by the Quebec chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS). […]

When Kelly Bosum brought her toddler in for day surgery at Montreal’s Ste-Justine children’s hospital to have tubes put into his ears, the last thing she expected was to have her Aboriginal heritage insulted. According to Bosum, however, she has […]

The silver anniversary of the upcoming First Peoples Festival will be one for the ages. With the lineup of concerts, gallery events and parades, the weeklong festival takes place at Place des Festivals in the heart of downtown Montreal from […]

Robert Jr. “Bobby” Drapeau was a man of action. The 48-year-old construction veteran with a quick laugh and quicker wit never stopped moving. He died on the move, on a foggy evening June 11, when his twin-engine Piper Aztec crashed […]