Ensuring that Cree benefit from new gold mines
What remains after the gold rush?
Business
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Pandemic response dominates discussion at virtual AGA for CreeCo and BOC
The Board of Compensation (BOC) and CreeCo held their fifth annual general assembly July 29, and for the first time in the organization’s history the event took place entirely online.
Indigenous businesses access emergency loans from Aboriginal financial institutions
The global economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is catastrophic, with trade upended and countless businesses forced to close indefinitely.
Eeyou Istchee tourism industry hopes to relaunch after collapse
On June 8, Eeyou Istchee began the process of deconfinement. Health and safety measures which have been in place for the past three months are slowly being lifted.
How to navigate the bureaucracy of emergency financial support programs
A dizzying array of funding programs is now available to help individuals and businesses get through the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Frontline heroes
Challenging times can help us realize the importance of what we still have left.
Richard Mianscum’s burgeoning career gave him a way to overcome his struggles
When an Elder asked Mistissini’s Richard Mianscum if he could make a king-sized bed, it would turn out to be just the push he needed to get his life back on track.
What’s new at the Montreal Outdoor, Hunting and Fishing Show
Every year I wonder why there aren’t more Crees attending the Montreal Outdoor, Hunting and Fishing exhibition. It also adds a little anticipation to the annual spring goose hunt.
Montreal Auto Show highlights the green future of driving
The Montreal International Auto Show at Palais des Congrès exhibited some stunning new 2020 production-ready models and futuristic concepts January 17-26
Adels Restaurant remembers founder in the way he knew best: breakfast
They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. That said, there was a free breakfast the morning of December 31 in Mistissini. From 8-11 am Adels Restaurant served 350 free breakfasts to honour founder Charlie Brien, who passed away in 2002.