Thunder Bay

Past and present Anishinawbe post secondary students took the opportunity of the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council (NNEC) annual Christmas dinner to honour Leona Scanlon for her work as an education councillor.

Students at the Ogden Community School in Thunder Bay experienced their first powwow on Dec. 14.

A youth still in elementary public school asked to speak in front of his youth peers during the Thunder Bay Urban Aboriginal Strategy (TBUAS) youth forum on Dec. 13.

A Canadian flag was suspended upside down by Idle No More participants outside the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development of Canada (AANDC) office in Fort William First Nation on Dec. 10.

Aroland Elder Ella Gagnon and a group of Lakehead University students are working on a quilt for display in the Aboriginal Cultural and Support Services Smudging/Cultural Room.

Wasaya Group raised $13,340 during a Dec. 5 fundraising benefit dinner for the Dennis Franklin Cromarty Living Centre and Youth Centres Thunder Bay.

Ishmael Meekis of Sandy Lake First Nation said he and less than 10 students learned a lot about organizing fundraisers during the United Way High School Challenge.

Over 50 participants staged a rally at the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development office in Fort William First Nation, protesting federal legislation they say impacts First Nations without consultation.

Generic oxycodone production and use of Suboxone for treating addictions were among the prescription drug abuse issues raised during the Nov. 27-29 Special Ontario Chiefs Assembly.

Two Dennis Franklin Cromarty First Nations High School students are looking forward to creating a Crime Stoppers video for their school.

Ideas to deal with gambling, alcohol and drug abuse issues were shared between workers of the National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (NNADAP) during a three-day Creating Opportunities for Change staff retreat in Thunder Bay.

Justice Murray Sinclair, chair of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), was in Thunder Bay Dec. 4-5 to take statements from those impacted by the Indian residential school system.