The updated Canada Food Guide was released in January and at first glance it may appear that following the new plant-heavy guidelines could be a challenge for residents of the north. Not, however, according to Chantal Vinet-Lanouette, a nutritionist at […]

I was watching Tout le monde en parle recently. Hubert Lenoir, a 24-year-old singer and songwriter, was being interviewed on the hugely popular Radio-Canada program about the success of his recent album Darlène. Lenoir is an eccentric artist who does […]

In the past 12 months, according to the Cree Health Board, more than one in four Crees have used cannabis – including more than half of Cree high school students. One in six Cree high schoolers used cannabis daily. Like […]

Accessible only by air or by ship in late summer, organizing events in the northernmost Eeyou Istchee community of Whapmagoostui is no easy feat. However, that didn’t stop a dedicated group of community members from launching an ambitious five-day music […]

Justin Allen, a 34-year-old musher, says wolves are challenging his dog sledding journey home to Saint John, New Brunswick. “I didn’t have as much sleep as I would have liked,” he said, “I would have to stay outside with my […]

  It was a privilege and shock for Dr. Sarah Pash when her name was called at the 5th Outstanding Women Awards gala. “I think I blacked out,” joked Pash when asked what she said in her acceptance speech. “It […]

I had the honour of attending Boyce Richardson’s 90th birthday party March 21at his home in Montreal. After nine decades, the combative journalist has lost none of his fire, much less his humour. His son, my good friend Thom Richardson, […]

(Jarret Leaman and me Mathias Jolly) It’s about time that conversations about same-sex relationships came out of the closet in Eeyou Istchee, says Mathias “Maloose” Jolly. Jolly was the organizer of Eeyou Istchee’s Two-Spirited Community Support Conference, which took place […]

Yvonne Neeposh, a Cree Elder from Nemaska, said she felt she was walking down memory lane when she attended the Footprints: A Walk Through Generations exhibit with two of her granddaughters. One tool in the exhibit that Neeposh remembers using […]

Eeyou Istchee For those who want to stay in the communities while honing their skills for a new career, the Cree School Board and Cree Human Resources Development work together to offer a wide variety of vocational courses that meet […]