Attawapiskat loses a good friend
Attawapiskat suffered a tragic loss October 29 when Father Rodrigue Vézina, Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate, passed away in Richelieu, Quebec, aged 87 years.
Voices
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Winter is coming
The weather forecasts are ever-important to life in Canada. I did not fail to notice the mid-October, 50-centimetre snowsquall in Winnipeg, the geographic centre of North America.
Land back
On Sept 27th, half a million people were taking the streets of Montréal to march for climate alongside Greta Thundberg.
Going viral
I’ve never had a social media post go viral before. However, a photo I took of the Montreal climate march on September 27 went around the world a few times
Overcoming cynicism
“Willful and reckless.”
Hope feels good
I was on the land this week surrounded by fields of green grass and on high ground overlooking Lake Temiskaming (an Algonquin word meaning deep open waters) in what is known as Temiskaming Shores.
On the boardwalk
In Mistissini there’s a boardwalk that links Hudson’s Bay Point to MacLeod Point.
A license to grill
I slipped on my new shirt, bought from a high-end men’s shop for the tall and the brave
Hunting with respect
Hunting season is upon us. The Cree of James Bay are out on the land hunting while many more non-Native people are eager also to bag their moose or partridges
Simple good cooking
Grand Chief Abel Bosum frequently speaks about the housing shortage in our communities.