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First Nations hockey team gets NHL treatment from St. Louis Blues
March 29, 2019 at 3:59 pm
A young First Nations hockey team enjoyed the NHL treatment earlier this month, courtesy of St. Louis Blues star Ryan O’Reilly. The First Nations Elites AAA Bantam squad were invited by O’Reilly and his mother Bonnie to spend the day with members of the Blues before taking in the action at the Canadian Tire Centre as St. Louis..
Compensation for Indian Day School survivors could be delivered by late fall
March 29, 2019 at 3:55 pm
After 10 years of struggle, Indian Day School survivor Garry McLean missed seeing justice done by three weeks. McLean, the representative plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit representing students at the schools, died February 19 – just before he could attend the signing of an agreement with the federal government to settle the..
First Nations cultivate community laws on cannabis
March 29, 2019 at 3:52 pm
In Canada’s rush to legalize cannabis, many First Nations felt that there was inadequate consultation and preparation regarding issues such as revenue sharing, regulatory control and taxation. Some have chosen not to wait for provincial governments to dictate the terms of cultivation, sales and distribution. Listuguj Mi’gmaq..
Dawnland documents the Maine-Wabanaki Truth and Reconciliation Commission
March 29, 2019 at 3:50 pm
According to some First Nations legends, hope and justice begin in the east – where dawn’s light first reaches Turtle Island. This is one underlying theme of the award-winning documentary Dawnland, which recently screened at Montreal’s Concordia University as part of the Cinema Politica series. The film follows the Maine-Wabanaki..

New paediatric guidelines say to start risky foods early and often

March 1, 2019 at 4:55 pm

The Canadian Paediatric Society is now recommending the introduction of foods such as peanuts and eggs for at-risk children as..

Indigenous singer iskwē shines in Montreal

March 15, 2019 at 3:23 pm

Her full traditional name – Waseskwan Iskwew – translates as Blue Sky Woman. But iskwē believes she has come from the stars. The..

Aren’t they our best friends after all?

March 1, 2019 at 4:40 pm

Those eyes again! The same as last week. Piercing through the brush, watching. We have all seen them around – the wandering,..

New-look Rupert River Cup tournament provides thrills and surprises

March 29, 2019 at 3:56 pm

Changes to the format and scheduling at this year’s Rupert River Cup made for exciting game play at the hockey and broomball..

In The Issue

Odawa Friendship Centre faces closure

After working to find beds for Ottawa’s homeless population for 10 years, the Odawa Native Friendship Centre will close on March 31. Odawa is the latest friendship centre in Canada to be gouged by funding cuts. The centre relied heavily […]

by Jeremy East / on February 20, 2015 at 10:07 pm /

Preventing Aboriginal women from falling through the cracks

When Mistissini teenager Lynn Iserhoff went missing in Montreal in early January, only to turn up a few days later at a west-end police station, she managed to evade a fate that continues to befall thousands of Aboriginal women across […]

by Amy German / on February 20, 2015 at 9:57 pm /

Grand Chief Coon Come addresses pressing issues at public meeting

Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come addressed a town hall meeting in Mistissini February 3 to talk about a variety of issues, including education credits for residential school survivors, the Baril-Moses Agreement and the evolution of the Cree Development Corporation (CDC). […]

by Will Nicholls / on February 20, 2015 at 9:26 pm /

Programs and ideas for improving your health during the cold months

With the light and warmth of summer months away, the natural inclination is to bundle up in front of the TV as much as possible. However, this is the worst plan for your health as human beings need to be […]

by Amy German / on February 20, 2015 at 8:24 pm /

Iqaluit is the centre of a growing protest against the high cost of northern food

Like a lot of recent social movements, Feeding My Family started as a Facebook group, set up by Iqaluit’s Leesee Papatsie in 2012 to raise awareness about the absurdly high cost of food in the North. But it wasn’t until […]

by Jesse B. Staniforth / on February 20, 2015 at 8:20 pm /

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Jordin Tootoo recounts how he went all the way

Jordin Tootoo, the first and still only Inuk to play in the National Hockey League, is enjoying something of a rebirth this year with the New Jersey Devils. It’s another in a long series of second and third chances for […]

by Lyle Stewart / on February 20, 2015 at 8:13 pm /

The Grand Chief responds to Quebec Bar Association report on Northern justice

At the end of January, the Quebec Bar Association released a report that detailed how above the 49th parallel the justice system was “failing” in just about every way because of a serious lack of infrastructure and resources. The report […]

by Amy German / on February 20, 2015 at 8:10 pm /

Barriere Lake Algonquins sue federal government over management secrecy

The Conservative government’s First Nations Transparency Act is causing trouble and controversy for many First Nations governments. Many First Nations refuse to submit to the authority of the act. But the case of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake is different: […]

by Jesse B. Staniforth / on February 20, 2015 at 1:23 am /

Montreal’s annual sex salon was all about broadening your sexual horizons

Le Salon de l’Amour et de la Séduction or, under its slightly less romantic moniker, the “Everything to do with Sex Show,” came of age with its 21st edition January 16-18 at Montreal’s Place Bonaventure. Needless to say it was […]

by Joshua Grant / on February 6, 2015 at 11:25 pm /

The Cree School Board tries to enforce contract in court

The dispute over school bus contracts between the Cree School Board (CSB) and the Cree Nation of Mistissini reached a new level at year’s end, when the CSB filed proceedings in the Quebec Superior Court in Amos against Mistissini. The […]

by Jesse B. Staniforth / on February 6, 2015 at 11:22 pm /

IN THE ISSUE

First Nations hockey team gets NHL treatment from St. Louis Blues

Compensation for Indian Day School survivors could be delivered by late fall

First Nations cultivate community laws on cannabis

Dawnland documents the Maine-Wabanaki Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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