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Tom Longboat Day to be marked June 4 across province of Ontario

“This legendary Canadian has been ignored for too long,” Eglinton-Lawrence M.P.P. Mike Colle said after Ontario members of...

Sharing John Paishk’s drum with the world

Four years after witnessing the drumming and dancing at Sandy Lake, I photographed John Paishk of Red Lake, Ont., with his...

Beaver animal of choice in Mattagami

It was a beautiful day to visit Mattagami First Nation April 24 to check out the annual Beaverfest celebration in the...

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A dozen snow walkers, between 9 and 49 years of age, participated in a four day Kwe-ta-po-ha-kun Youth Camp near Fort Albany First Nation. Submitted photo
Jan 26, 2016    0
Peetabeck (Fort Albany) Snow Walkers

“How far did you walk?” asked the Elder.

“We walked 12 kilometers today, coming home,” replied the Snow Walker.

“Kah…‘neeshaw ay-skwaw-ping’ – ‘twice as far as the eye can see.’ That...

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Jan 20, 2016    0
Fort William First Nation left without immediate access

Ontario Provincial Police closed Highway 61 on the Kaministiquia River Bridge after an accident this morning with traffic halted on both sides, which left Fort William First Nation once again...

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(from left to right) Sophia Edwards, Mary Cecile Patrick, Catherine Sutherland, Mary Ann Gull, Joanne Hunter, Felicia Danesi. Missing in the group picture is student Denise Patrick. By Pam Chookomoolin
Jan 16, 2016    0
Peawanuck support worker trainees fundraise for Syrian Refugees

How does a fly-in, isolated Northern Ontario community help Syrian refugees? In Peawanuck, community members decided to host a penny and bake sale.

In early December a group of students...

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Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh Bishop Lydia Mamakwa, centre, National Indigenous Bishop Mark MacDonald, right, and Diocese of Algoma Bishop Stephen Andrews, left, during the Dec. 6 Cree language service at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Thunder Bay. Photo by Rick Garrick
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Cree service held at St. Paul’s

Anglican Church Bishops Lydia Mamakwa and Mark MacDonald and Reverend Kenina Winter performed a healing service during the Dec. 6 Cree service at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Thunder Bay.

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Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler is calling for a fourth phase in the inquest into the deaths of seven Nishnawbe Aski Nation high school students in Thunder Bay to implement inquest recommendations. Photo by Rick Garrick
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Jan 16, 2016    0
Student death inquest continues in Thunder Bay

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler is calling for an extension of the inquest into the deaths of seven NAN high school students in order to implement recommendations.

“Phase...

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