Thunder Bay

The 2012 recipient of Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service’s Wilfred Chum Coach Officer Award enjoys passing on his knowledge of the Albany River to youth.

A special Aboriginal fine art and crafts show was recently held in Thunder Bay to coincide with Rendez-Vous 2012, a gathering of more than 850 health professionals from around the world.

A healing lodge near Thunder Bay welcomed international delegates to show traditional ways.

CBC reporter and former Wawatay editor Jody Porter spent much of the month of August researching and preparing a documentary on the death of Charlie Wenjack, who was 12 years old when he died in 1967 while attempting to walk home to Marten Falls from the residential school in Kenora he had been taken to.

Dennis Franklin Cromarty First Nations High School’s Dakota Meekis wants to help Shelterhouse Thunder Bay clients more often than the school’s current once-a-month volunteer effort.

The need to tell Aboriginal stories by Aboriginal writers from northern Ontario is at the core of a project initiated by Journalists for Human Rights (JHR), a Canadian-based media development organization.

A solar energy power development tour was one of the highlights of this year’s Northern Ontario First Nations Environment Conference.

A handful of directors who had their films screened at this years’ Biindigaate Indigenous Film Festival were on hand after their screening to answer audience questions.

Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School recently added golf to the list of extracurricular activities offered to students.

NDN Cars composer Keith Secola rocked Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin auditorium on Sept. 29 along with Shy-Anne Hovorka, Classic Roots and a group of Aboriginal musicians.

The fourth annual Biindigaate Indigenous Film Festival not only showcased over 35 Aboriginal films from filmmakers both regionally and internationally, but also featured an art show and concerts at various venues in downtown Thunder Bay.

Finding an affordable and safe place to live in Thunder Bay has never been easy for a lot of First Nations individuals who have to move to, or reside in, Thunder Bay.