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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
Wabasse reelected in Webequie

Cornelius Wabasse received 58 per cent of the votes in being reelected chief of Webequie First Nation.
The election was held Jan. 28. Wabasse will serve a term of two years.
Former...

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Dec 01, 2015    0
Lives going up in smoke

The goal is smoke-free First Nations.
The means to get there: encourage the youth, who will be the future leaders, not to start smoking and to lobby their community leaders to start smoking...

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Dec 01, 2015    0
ᐯᒪᑎᓯᐧᐊᑦ ᐊᔕ ᐊᐧᐊᔑᒣ ᐊᓂᐊᔭᒪᑲᓐ ᓴᑲᐧᓭᐧᐃᓐ

ᒋᐃᔑ ᑲᐧᑫᑌᐱᓂᑲᓂᐧᐊᑭᐸᓐ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᒃ ᓴᑲᐧᓭᐧᐃᓐ ᒋᐊᔭᒪᑲᓯᓄᑭᐸᓐ
ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᐯᒥᓇ ᐳᓫᑕᓐ ᐧᐊᐧᐁᓇᒋᑫᐧᐃᐧᑫ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᓐᑌᕆᐅ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᓇᒃ ᒥᐅᐧᐁ ᐁᓂᐧᐁᒃ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑲᔥᑭᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᓐ ᑲᑲᓱᒥᐧᑕ ᐅᔥᑲᑎᓴᒃ ᐊᓂᔥ ᐊᒥ ᐅᑯᐧᐁᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᐊᓂ ᓂᑲᓐ ᑫᓂᑲᓂᑕᒪᑫᐧᐊᑦ ᑕᐧᐃᑕᒪᑫᐧᐊᒃ ᐁᑲ ᒋᓴᑲᐧᓭᓂᐧᐊᒃ ᒥᓇᐧᐊ...

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Dec 01, 2015    0
Revelation helped Sainnawap butt out

Darryl Sainnawap smoked all through his teens.
“I started smoking when I was 12,” said Sainnawap, a councillor in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, during the Tobacco Talk youth gathering in...

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Dec 01, 2015    0
School pressures caused closet smoking addiction

Higher education led Jackie Moore down the dangerous path of addiction.
While attending the University of Toronto to complete graduate work for her studies, the Constance Lake band member...

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