Home Blog

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...

Latest Videos

News Blog

Dec 01, 2015    0
NNEC lawsuit settlement ‘acceptable to plaintiffs’

Dear Editor,
I am the counsel who represented Rachael Paquette-Flanagan and John Dudley in their claim against Northern Nishnawbe Education Council (NNEC). I received a copy of the Wawatay...

Read more   
Dec 01, 2015    0
Accountability through courts

Dear Editor,
The lawsuit brought by Pikangikum against Robert Nault (Decision in Nault, Pikangikum case could take months, June 23), strikes me as sound leadership by a First Nation for all...

Read more   
Dec 01, 2015    0
Bernier understood the need to work together

Sandy Lake Elder Jonas Fiddler remembers how his father, former chief Thomas Fiddler, and former MPP Leo Bernier brought modern transportation and communications to his community.
“Leo (...

Read more   
30 Editions from 30 Years
Dec 01, 2015    0
Friendly competition
Read more   
30 Editions from 30 Years
Dec 01, 2015    0
Cheechoo now a free agent after contract buyout

The Ottawa Senators bought out the contract of Moose Factory’s Jonathan Cheechoo June 29.
Cheechoo was set to earn $3.5 million next season in the final year of his contract. The team was...

Read more