19-13-May 4, 2012
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Trying to cover a Plan Nord event in Montreal turns into a face-off with the police
My assignment was to cover the Salon Plan Nord, held April 20-21 at Montreal’s Palais de Congrès. A publicity and business event with free entry for the public, the Salon was billed as an opportunity for the curious to “get all of the relevant information about this project that will span a generation”.Hidden calorie bombs
“Health foods” that could be sabotaging your diet
Would you feed your child a chocolate bar for breakfast or eat a bag of candy as a mid-morning snack? If the thought of this sound appalling to you then you are in the vast majority of folks who would like to eat healthy and feed their families nourishing foods.
The next generation
Cree Nation Youth Council prepares for upcoming elections
The Cree Nation Youth Council prepares for its upcoming elections, which will produce a new Youth Grand Chief and Deputy Youth Grand Chief.Issues of sovereignty and cultural identity
The Indigenous Peoples and Governance (IPG) working group organized a four-day conference titled “How to Break Out of Colonialism?” at the Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal April 17-20.The future of Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations
Despite its name, the “General Principles of Indigenous/Non-Indigenous Interactions” workshop was anything but general: it was specific, complex, varied and it provided attendees a wealth of information to consider.Resources and economic autonomy
At the How to Get Out of Colonialism conference, held in Montreal on April 19, McGill Professor Roderick Macdonald opened his presentation with a troubling anecdote.It’s not only one community
Uranium. The very word makes us cringe. Past experiences for Aboriginal peoples have been unpleasant to say the least.Closer to home
The second edition of the Amos Hunting and Fishing Show is a success
The Amos Hunting and Fishing Show returned this year for a successful second edition April 12-15. It was held at the Hotel des Eskers in Amos with 16 companies showcasing their hunting and fishing goods.Looming demise
The story behind the possible closing of Montreal’s Native Friendship Centre
It was scandalizing headline news across Canada that many Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians alike are still trying to wrap their minds around, that the Native Friendship Centre of Montreal (NFCM) had in fact lost its core funding and will most likely force its doors to close after 37 years.Old-style justice
Reaching wrong-doers the way generations of the past were able to do
Justice used to be done very differently in the Cree Nation. As Public Health Officer Charles Esau explained over the traditional lunch honouring the opening of the Waskaganish Justice Centre, the sixth such facility to open in a Cree Nation community, “The way they used to do things was when somebody did wrong, there was a council of older people that discussed with him what he did.
There’s life out there
By the time you read this, you will notice that there aren’t very many occupied seats on the plane you are sitting on. That is simply due to one reason – yes, GOOSEBREAK!!On top again
Cree hotel wins prestigious award in Val-d’Or
It has only been open for over a year and already the Quality Inn and Suites is going to have to clear some more shelf space for another award.Goose hunt update
The goose hunt has picked up since the last update with many if not all nine Cree communities getting their first goose. Marcel Blacksmith from Mistissini and Simian Mianscum from Waswanipi were the first to shoot some geese.