Archive - Jul 22, 2010

Leadership is one of the most important aspects youth can learn.

With plenty of employment opportunities available in Ontario's north, one of the only burdens to getting jobs is being properly trained for them.

Since a two-day protest in late-May in Grassy Narrows First Nation prevented Treaty Three Police Service officers from accessing the community, progress has been made in the relationship between officers and community members.

Ontario’s Aboriginal athletes are disappointed after the 2011 North American Indigenous Games were cancelled.

For several months of the year, geese provide sustenance for many families, but in a split second, with an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico several month ago, the hunters’ way of life could change.

Police have charged Jason D. Miller, 26, of Deer Lake First Nation with second degree murder in connection with a July 10 death in the community.

ᓂᐱᓇᒥᐠ ᑭᒋᔭᐦᐊ ᒪᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐸᐢ ᐅᑭ ᐅᔑᑐᓇᐸᐣ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂ ᐃᒪ ᐅᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᓂᔭᓄᑎᐸᐦᐊᑲᐣ ᓂᑲᑌ ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑲᓂᐠ ᒋ̇ᒪᓂᐠ ᐁᐦᑕ ᐁᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᔕᐃᐧᐢᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᒣᑲᐧᐨ 1990 ᑲᑭ ᐱᒥ ᐊᐦᑭᐊᐧᐠ.

Lakehead University’s Native Language Instructors’ Program students were impressed with the full-time Ojibwe immersion classes being held at an elementary school in Michigan.

Wasaya Group Inc. is planning a 20th anniversary celebrations in Wunnumin Lake July 28 and is offering discounted flight rates for anyone wishing to attend.

A small local community radio station in Sioux Lookout and Hudson celebrated 35 years July 14.

Tom Corston, of Chapleau Cree First Nation, was ordained as the new Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Moosonee July 5.

Norval Morrisseau’s seven children launched a lawsuit June 30 in a British Columbia Supreme Court against Gabe Vadas, who has been named the sole beneficiary of the famed artist’s estate.

This year’s Sioux Mountain Festival July 31 and Aug. 1 will feature a diverse mix of music, from folk to heavy metal, and a wide array of workshops, from belly dancing to comic books.

Kerri Man is a city-born First Nation youth with a love of the outdoors.