Moose culture
As the moose says, turn down those headlights, man! Someone might get hurt!
Voices
ᐋ ᐄᔮᔨᐧᒫᓂᐧᐃᒡ
It means nothing
The Bloc Québécois has stepped up to the plate and finally admitted something we all knew all along. Essentially, that their promises and oaths – like those of the Parti Québécois – mean nothing to them.
Displays of hate
The Quebec provincial election was straight out of a dystopian movie. Besides the anxiety of having my giant face on signs on every power pole in town and the outcome of the elections, many things went wrong.
The end of fall
Our pan is filled with fatty caribou meat, all diced up and waiting to boil. It’s a dangerous concoction, as stories are told of someone who choked on the thick liquid fat after sipping a cold drink. This meat is so rich, you need hot water to wash the fat down your throat, so it doesn’t gel and get stuck, causing asphyxiation and possible death. So, make sure to have a hot tea or drink in hand.
Discrimination
Exactly a week after the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, the United Conservative Party of Alberta elected a new leader to replace the outgoing Jason Kenney, and thus, a new premier for that province since the UCP forms the government. It’s going to be interesting times for Alberta, as now-Premier Danielle Smith made clear in her first days in office.
Orange Shirt Day 2022
September 30 marked the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a national holiday in Canada commemorating the memory of the residential school era that affected thousands of Indigenous children and their families across the country.
Last mile
It’s finally a relaxing day after nearly 2,000 kilometres guided by a global positioning device that made me go in circles a few times. The snake merging and the rapid pace of the local traffic made it a hard for the new guy in town, namely me.
Teach the truth
The Day of Truth and Reconciliation is a day to… well, saying celebrated and honoured brings into question just what we are honouring. So, maybe remembered? It’s hard to use a single word that encompasses all that the day is supposed to represent. In the end, it is a day to reflect on Canada’s legacy with its Indigenous population and what it did to them.
Can we live and survive the same way our ancestors did in this modern world?
New awards and initiatives unveiled at Cree Annual General Assembly
It’s up to us to save democracy
What is it with all the hate circulating these days? If anyone knows anything about being oppressed or hated it has to be Indigenous people like me. I grew up feeling discriminated against, and I had to push myself to leave my remote First Nation and venture out into the greater world for school at first and then later to work at writing.