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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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Grudniski brings DARE to Slate Falls

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service is offering a ‘DARE’ing new program to combat drug abuse in First Nation youth.
Slate Falls Const. Kyle Grudniski is one of seven NAPS officers trained to...

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The best things in life are free

Snow started trickling down on the evening before we went to the hospital. During the night, the snow thickened and was starting to cover the earth in a light blanket.
For two days, the snow...

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All the mornings of the world

There are moments here when the light comes to fill you. When the sun floods across the peak of the far mountain and everything is thrown into a veil of red you can feel it enter you, lift you,...

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Land-use plans include protected areas

Continued from previous column published in the Nov. 12 and 25 and Dec. 9 editions of Wawatay News
Bill 191 provides First Nations “through community-based land-use planning an opportunity...

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