Are you and your family ready for when disaster strikes? Do you have an emergency plan and kits ready? What if the roads into your community are closed? Would you have enough supplies in your home to last until they […]

After declaring a state of emergency on the weekend of May 10, all 2000 residents of Kashechewan were evacuated via military planes to nearby Ontario communities as sewage backed up into some 40 homes and damaged the local nursing station. […]

While Irish cuisine may not be familiar to people in northern Quebec, it is entirely possible to take inspiration from the majestic land of shamrocks and sheleighlys. Paging through The Country Cooking of Ireland, Colman Andrews’ 2009 cookbook, is to […]

A crackdown on drug trafficking this month culminated in arrests and seized contraband in two separate communities. The Eeyou Eenou Police Force (EEPF) executed the most recent bust in Waskaganish on May 19. After months of investigation, the Waskaganish detachment […]

The seasons are changing and this has never been so evident in Eeyou Istchee. One person said the winter held back the spring Goose Break hunt by almost a month. May 21 saw Sonny Orr getting his first goose in Whapmagoostui although the large flocks […]

While rapper/singer/speaker David Hodges may have worked with youth all over the province at everything from anti-bullying workshops to musical projects; there was absolutely nothing on earth that could have ever prepared him for the wealth of talent and what […]

The federal government’s controversial First Nations Education Act has been put on hold following the May 2 resignation of Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Atleo supported the education bill, which has been criticized by […]

Edith Cloutier, President of the Regroupement des Centres d’amitié Autochtones du Québec (RCAAQ), was officially invested into the Order of Canada May 7. Cloutier has worked to improve the lives of urban Aboriginals for years. This is particularly true in […]

Looking for summer fun outside of Montreal? The Rest of Quebec offers a more human pace to summer celebration The Gatineau Beerfest A fairly new event to the Quebec festival scene, Gatineau’s Festibière is a three-day outdoor party in Jacques-Cartier […]

As the thaw has begun throughout Eeyou Istchee and many a Canada goose has met its destiny in the belly of an Eeyouch or filling a deep freezer awaiting an upcoming feast, dreams of summer vacations have already begun to […]