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 Health Unit and the William A. George Extended Care Unit in Sioux Lookout.

On April 5, the doors of the new Tim Horton’s in Sioux Lookout opened to the public...

Queen Elizabeth District High School students and Pelican Falls First Nation High School students came together to present Northern Expressions, an art exhibition featuring Northern Nishnawbe Education Council’s expansive art collection May 1.

Despite the overcast weather conditions, nearly 500 people attended the 13th annual Pow-Wow at Pelican Falls on April 20 and 21.

In November 1991, the Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Management Board (SLAAMB) was formed to improve the chances of First Nations people living in and around Sioux Lookout...

Rhoda Tait is 75 years old, her hands are gnarled from rheumatoid arthritis and she walks with the help of a cane.

The town of Sioux Lookout recently celebrated 100 years of being a municipality. Today more than 50 per cent of the people who live in Sioux Lookout, Hudson and extending through to the Lac Seul First Nations land are of native ancestry.

Harvey Kakegamic of Sandy Lake helped resurrect the Northern Bands Hockey Tournament, held in Dryden during March break.

Halfway through the game it looked like the Kasabonika Islanders would cruise to an easy victory over the Weagamow Hawks.

The Northern First Nations Hockey Tournament ended early last weekend but not just because it featured fewer teams than usual.

Barry Waboose’s efforts to save two lives and deliver a baby were recognized on March 14 by the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority.

Lac Seul Eagles beat the Bushtown Jets to capture their third straight Northern First Nations hockey tournament

As health care providers in the Sioux Lookout zone work to educate communities on the ongoing spread of Hepatitis C and the potential for an HIV outbreak in northern Ontario, the importance of needle exchange programs in First Nations is being highlighted.