While the snow may still be blowing as we move officially into spring, we’ll soon start craving the flavours that come with the change of season. For anyone looking for new spring inspirations on their dinner table, Penguin Books has […]
In The Issue
Eating Healthy at Santé Expo 2014
All sorts of culinary innovations are hitting the market, each promising to make you a better person from the inside out. But what products are actually worth exploring and what are purely marketing fads? The Nation visited the Montreal manger […]
Colon conversations: New effort to raise awareness about threat of colorectal cancer
Raising awareness about colorectal cancer is a priority issue for the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay. According to CBHSSJB statistics, the disease is now the most frequently diagnosed cancer in Eeyou Istchee, responsible for 12% […]
Cindy Blackstock on the federal government’s case at the Human Rights Tribunal
Cindy Blackstock is the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, which filed a Human Rights complaint in 2007 against the federal government over chronic underfunding of First Nations child welfare programs. As a result, Blackstock […]
Candidates for Ungava riding speak about where they stand on the issues
After months of talk about the Parti Québécois’ controversial Charter of Values, job losses in a declining economy, a possible referendum, mass corruption at the Charbonneau Commission and more finger-pointing than a summer at the playground, it is almost time […]
A discussion with Grand Chief Coon Come on the Quebec election
As voting day in Quebec looms amid rumours of a referendum and whether First Nations issues are being addressed or if treaty lands would even stay part of the province, the Nation felt that it was time to check in […]
Val d’Or residents celebrate its annual anti-racism week
This year’s anti-racism activities in Val d’Or began with major victory for the city’s Native Friendship Centre. Just as the event was kicked off March 17, the municipal government announced it would fund the Kijaté, a social-housing project that will […]
Student heavy equipment operators are motivated to succeed in Sabtuan program
By Andi Christine Bednarzig It was still dark at 6 am when Paul Paquette parked his white pickup truck in front of the Tim Hortons in Mistissini. He did a quick head count. All seven of his students were there, […]
Koostachin superhero unveiled
Late last year, DC comics artist Jeff Lemire announced that he was in the process of creating a new Cree superhero based on late Attawapiskat activist Shannen Koostachin. Koostachin, who died in a car accident in 2010, was renowned for […]
Three stories of loss and redemption
A sense of loss underpins Robert Morin’s 3 Histoires d’Indiens, a French-language film set for release on April 11 that follows the journey of five First Nations youth living in a small community. The three stories Morin recounts highlight the […]