Rick Garrick — Wawatay News

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.

Deer Lake’s Antonia Meekis and two other Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School students, along with three student buddies, were recently awarded iPad minis for quitting smoking.

Chief Ruben Cantin has joined his voice to the Assembly of First Nations in opposing federal Bill C-27, the First Nations transparency act.

Youth from Sachigo Lake presented a $49,040 cheque to Dennis Franklin Cromarty high school after completing their 1,100 km walk to Thunder Bay.

Lac Seul First Nation is developing a culinary school and restaurant in an old grocery store in Hudson.

A group of Youth for Lakes walkers is raising concerns about Lake Winnipeg’s deteriorating environmental conditions by walking more than 2,100 kilometres to Ottawa.

Moose Cree artist Duane Linklater is raising concerns about the environment through his video art exhibition: Something About Encounter.

Lac Seul First Nation is preparing a culinary school to open in 2014, to train cooks for industries and camps across northwestern Ontario.