Wawatay Online, July 24, 2008, Volume 35, No. 15

Negotiations aimed at raising the standard of policing for Nishnawbe Aski Police Service have broken down.

The fifth annual Cree Hoops Basketball Tournament was hosted in Moose Factory, July 18-20.

A new initiative announced by the province will require early consultation and accommodation with First Nations before mining development and forestry can go ahead.

The 45 members of the Constance Lake Junior Canadian Ranger Patrol have been judged the best out of 600 Junior Canadian Rangers in Northern Ontario.

“I can make up a story at the drop of a hat.” At 64, professor Delores Wawia has had a lot of practice at telling stories. As the oldest of twelve children, she started young.

Workshop speaker Laurie Moyer leads a self-esteem game at a youth conference in Lac Seul.

This has been an exciting past ten days of musky fishing for some keen anglers. The elusive musky population has started to show themselves with a hearty and aggressive appetite.

Scott Ward demonstrates hoop dancing in front of a group of youth.

Katherine Koostachin of Attawapiskat First Nation is congratulated by Elder Joseph LaCroix on becoming a new lawyer at the Call to the Bar Ceremony in Ottawa June 13.

Big Trout Lake youngsters playing volleyball, Big Trout Lake, 1990.

Brigadier-General Jean Collin, commander of the army in Ontario, presents the annual award for the best Junior Canadian Ranger patrol to Master Corp.

An exploration agreement was signed by representatives from Lake Shore Gold Corp. and the First Nations of Mattagami and Flying Post July 18 at the Wabun Tribal Council Office in Timmins.

Timmins-James Bay MPP Gilles Bisson drums with youth and outreach workers from Thunder Bay Neighbourhood Building Capacity Program. From left are Bisson, Rob Spade, Jolan Chum and Jerry Dampier.

Hockey Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier takes a break during the Mushkegowuk Council Youth Department Golf Classic to read Wawatay News.

Actor Dakota House, centre, holds a SEVEN magazine, accompanied by two Reddnation members.

Wasaya Airways chief pilot Donnie Macklin speaks to students at the second annual Summer Aviation Camp offered by the airline in conjunction with Wasaya WeeCheeWayWin and Confederation College’s Avi

There was quite a crowd gathered in Lac Seul on July 16 and 17. The gathered crowd was due to a youth conference initiated and organized by youth, labeled “Indian Summer Tour.”

By late September, Kashechewan First Nation will no longer be served by Nishnawbe Aski Police Service.

Lawyer Etienne Esquega wrote the following column on behalf of Gord Keesic for Your Money Matters.

NDP federal candidate Tania Cameron is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to clean up what the party calls one of the most “contaminated areas in Canada.”

Flying Post, Mattagami sign exploration deal with Lake Shore Gold   In the spirit of working together, two Wabun Tribal Council First Nation communities and Lake Shore Gold Corporation signed an Exploration Agreement at the Wabun office complex in Timmins on July 18.

We need to hear your voices. Yeah, you! In previous years, Wawatay News would receive more letters to the editor than we could print.

My brothers and I grew up working with tools, machines and vehicles that we used to build, renovate and demolish.  We did this from the time we were young.