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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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Dec 01, 2015    0
Questions arise over blanket policy at OPP detachment

A Mishkeegogamang elected official is questioning the Ontario Provincial Police policy against providing blankets in the Pickle Lake OPP jail cells.
“If you ask (jailed community members) if...

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Dec 01, 2015    0
Shannen’s Dream campaign launched Nov. 17

Shannen’s Dream is alive and well.
Six months after Shannen Koostachin died in a car accident, her dream that all First Nation children should be able to get an education in clean, “comfy”...

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Dec 01, 2015    0
Haircutting incident heading to human rights tribunal

The haircutting incident at a Thunder Bay school that prevented a First Nation boy from following his traditional dancing practices is going before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.
“It...

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Dec 01, 2015    0
AIDS among Aboriginals growing

Aboriginal people are overrepresented in the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Canada.
For cases in which ethnicity was provided, the rate of reported AIDS cases in Canada among Aboriginal people...

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Fibre optics to connect 26 NAN communities

Muskrat Dam Chief Gordon Beardy believes future generations across Nishnawbe Aski Nation will benefit from a new fibre optic broadband network set for construction.
“It will promote their...

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