We can all remember the story of Jordan River Anderson, a Cree kid from Norway House First Nation in Manitoba. Jordan had a rare muscular disorder that required years of medical treatment. When doctors finally said he could live in a home, the provincial and federal governments fought over who had to pay for necessary home care.
Halloween was always a big deal for me, my family and friends back in Attawapiskat when I was growing up. This event full of goblins, monsters and funny costumes is still prominent in remote Indigenous communities up the James Bay coast and across Canada.
As the moose says, turn down those headlights, man! Someone might get hurt!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
