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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
Fort William declares emergency over flooding

Fort William First Nation declared a state of emergency due to flooding on May 20.
Chief Georgann Morriseau declared the emergency when it was determined that 40 to 60 homes were at risk of...

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Stories in Syllabics
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ᓂᐦᓯᐣ ᑭᐅᒋᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᓴᑭᑌᐠ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᓂᒪᐣ

ᑲᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐊᓂᒥᓭᓂᐠ ᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᓂᒪᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑭᑕᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᓄᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓂᔑᐣ ᐃᑫᐧᓭᓴᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐡᑭᓂᑭᑫᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧᐱᒪᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓴᑭᑌᐠ ᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ᐃᐃᐁᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒪᑯᐱᓯᑦ ᐁᐃᓇᓀᐤ ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓯᐨ᙮
“ᓂᔑᑕᓇ ᐯᔑᑯᔕᑊ ᐁᑕᓴᑭᐃᐧᓀᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓯᐃᐧᑫᐧ...

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Culture
Dec 01, 2015    0
Culturally sensitive long-term care beds needed in Sioux Lookout

The Registered Nursing Association of Ontario (RNAO) held a ‘Take Your MPP to Work” event May 10, where Kenora-Rainy River MPP Sarah Campbell toured the Meno Ya Win Health Centre, Northwestern...

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Environment
Dec 01, 2015    0
Wabigoon Lake wins another water challenge

Wabigoon Lake won its second award for drinking water quality in the past six months even though its source water is often muddy.
“To take that water and its colour and win for the best...

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Culture
Dec 01, 2015    0
An open letter of apology to my First Nation and Indigenous sisters

This is a sincere and long-overdue apology to the Anishinaabekwe and to all indigenous and First Nation women.
From the bottom of my heart, it is with truth, a humility, a love, and an...

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