Wawatay Online, November 27, 2008, Volume 35, No. 24

Chief Ron Wesley and the community of Cat Lake First Nation are thrilled about a community-based land use planning process they are engaged in.

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Defenceman Tim ‘Moose’ Kavanaugh of Eagle Lake First Nation has returned to Thunder Bay to play for the city’s AAA Minor Midget Kings this season.

At the age of 34, Tania Cameron has already accumulated 16 years of active involvement in politics.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy was disappointed the Nov. 19 throne speech failed to address First Nations issues.

Revitalizing spiritual connectedness defines the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Day of Prayer.

Diabetes is one of the fastest growing diseases in Canada and one of the biggest threats facing the health of our population.

Sabrina Boucher has been eating healthier and living a more active lifestyle since she found out she has diabetes this past January.

Denise Baxter learned the value of community-based education during her first teaching assignment in Constance Lake First Nation.

Youth sit aboard the Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School float in Thunder Bay’s Santa Claus parade Nov. 15.

Riley Gibbins gets a hand from the Nishnawbe Aski Nation mascot during the Santa Claus parade in Thunder Bay Nov. 15. NAN had a float in the parade.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy speaks during NAN Day of Prayer at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay Nov. 14.

Elders Josias Fiddler and Louis Waswa have a chat during the NAN Day of Prayer at DFC.

OPP Sgt. Marty Singleton, North West Region Aboriginal Relations Team coordinator and an Eagle Lake band member was one of the mentor officers involved with Northern Police Experience.

Catherine Cheechoo sits atop the NAN float in Thunder Bay’s Santa Claus parade Nov. 15.

A drummer performs on the Shkoday Abinojiiwak Obimiwedoon float during the parade.

Nishnawbe Aski Police Service joined the Thunder Bay Santa Claus parade this year.

With the absence of an Aboriginal sporting body in Ontario, it could get tougher to have the province represented at venues including the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG).

When I attended a residential school survivor hearing in Winnipeg recently, I was reminded I never had to go to residential school, was never abused, and never had to hear the school bell calling me.

I took a walk into the woods the other day. It had been a miserable week with wet and cold weather that kept me indoors most of the time.

She sat there, looking up towards the sky as flakes of snow fell on her.

Tim Kavanaugh shares a laugh with head coach Derek Levanen while posing for a picture at Westgate Collegiate and Vocational Institute, where Tim maintains a B average.

AAA Minor Midget Kings assistant captain Tim Kavanaugh works hard at an after school practice.

Nishnawbe Aski Police Service Const. Mathew Shawinimash makes a save against the Army team during the sixth annual law enforcement hockey tournament in Thunder Bay. NAPS won the game 6-3.

Bobby McPhail (16) skates up the ice with the puck, fending off an attack from the Thunder Bay Centre for Youth player. NAPS won 6-4.

Chiefs in the Sioux Lookout area are supporting a funding application from the Municipality of Sioux Lookout to study the establishment of an urban reserve.

This group walked behind the NAPS truck offering well-wishes and good cheer to the gathered masses at the parade.

Flora Meeseetawageesic has wanted to be a police officer since she was a young child.

“The Will to Live is the hardest chain to break.”

Martin Aboriginal pilot project coming to Fort Frances

A number of Aboriginal Fort Frances High School students will soon learn accounting from mentors at BDO Dunwoody.

A southern Ontario MPP has introduced a bill to commemorate June 4 as Tom Longboat Day.

Thomas Masakeyash outside his home in Mishkeegogamang First Nation Nov. 20 with a beaver he trapped.