A winter worthy of its name
Wow… what a winter! My shovel is my best friend these days and like most of our best friends, it’s there when I need it
Voices
ᐋ ᐄᔮᔨᐧᒫᓂᐧᐃᒡ
Surfing for faith
One’s faith is determined by the belief in one person or a collective. One’s faith can grow and expand onto others quickly, some take centuries to flourish, some are done in secret and some right out in the open
Mary
I moved up north, over a year ago, for many reasons
“Not ideal”?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the arrest of pipeline protestors in northern BC recently was “not an ideal situation” – but that the rule of law must be respected
#SomeoneILoveUsesDrugs
The RCMP raid at the Unist'ot'en protest camp in northern British Columbia shows the ugly side of this so-called land of human rights that is Canada
Disaster free
As the New Year approaches, we now see that 2018 was a fairly calamity-free year
Christmas was a long time coming
Christmas has once again come and gone. Everyone was running around buying gifts, decorating their houses, attending church services to commemorate Christian holy days and generally enjoying a lot of excitement and anticipation
Métis mischief
The Métis triggered a wave that started in Winnipeg last month, and then rolled right across the country.
A sense of entitlement
Last summer, Robert Lepage’s theatre production, Kanata, sparked controversy. The play, a collaboration between Ex-Machina and the French theatre company Théâtre du Soleil, addresses the relationships between Canadians and Indigenous peoples
Brain Drain
A recent article in The Atlantic magazine, “The Blackfeet Brain Drain” made an impression on me