Rick Garrick — Wawatay News

Crisis teams have been dispatched to Wunnumin Lake after a house fire claimed the lives of two girls and a young woman on May 8.

The hearing date for standing at the joint inquest into the deaths of seven Nishnawbe Aski Nation high school students in Thunder Bay has been set for June 21.

Wabigoon Lake won its second award for drinking water quality in the past six months even though its source water is often muddy.

Crisis teams have been dispatched to Wunnumin Lake after a house fire claimed the lives of two girls and one young woman.

Mishkeegogamang Elder George Keesickquayash is enjoying his new home in the community’s recently opened Elders’ Complex.

About 800 Elders, vulnerable people, pregnant women, youth and their escorts have been evacuated from Kashechewan due to a high risk of flooding on the Albany River.

Webequie’s Angeline Shewaybick is looking forward to a career in mining after graduating with the highest marks in Oshki-Pimache-O-Win’s Mining Essentials program.

Aboriginal paintings and an Aboriginal Advisory Committee were recently introduced at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, but ongoing efforts are needed to improve Aboriginal health care.

Graduates of Oshki's Mining Essentials program were honoured with a ceremony in Webequie on May 1.

Spring melt and break up has forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from communities along the James Bay coast, including nearly all of Kashechewan.

Two northwestern Ontario Aboriginal health access centres are looking to add physicians and offer more primary and traditional care programs thanks to recently announced increases in provincial funding.

Eabametoong’s Ma-Nee Chacaby called for an end to Elder abuse in a recently released Thunder Bay Police Elder Abuse video.

J-G Grocery in Constance Lake is looking to deliver lower-priced groceries to remote communities across the north.

Talk4Healing coordinator Robin Haliuk and seven other Talk4Healing staff are looking forward to exercising regularly during this year’s Mocc Walk Challenge.

Juno-award nominee Don Amero recently performed for youth at schools in a number of Treaty #3 communities.