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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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Sep 15, 2022    0
It’s Up To Us To Save Democracy

What is it with all of the hate circulating these days? If anyone knows anything about being oppressed or hated it has to be Indigenous people like me. I grew up feeling discriminated against and...

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Sep 01, 2022    0
It’s Time To Say Meegwetch (Thanks) For Public Health

COVID19 is still a very prominent part of our lives. As much as we would like to think that this pandemic is coming to an end, it is still a very dangerous period for many people.

This...

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Aug 18, 2022    0
Keewaywin Conference honours community leaders

Timmins Mayor Kristin Murray and Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) Chief of Police Roland Morrison were recognized for their leadership roles on the second day of the Keewaywin Conference, held...

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Aug 18, 2022    0
Leaders want financial investment after the Pope’s visit

Grand Chief Derek Fox stressed how First Nation leaders are calling for a financial investment after Pope Francis made his residential school apology during his six-day “penitential pilgrimage” to...

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Aug 18, 2022    0
Award winning journalist Jody Porter passes

Former Wawatay News editor and CBC Thunder Bay senior reporter Jody Porter was remembered for her award-winning journalism on Indigenous and social justice issues after she passed on July 19....

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