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A four-year-old boy from Waswanipi is in serious condition at the Montreal Children’s Hospital after a vicious attack by a group of stray dogs.
Jordan Icebound was attacked on the afternoon of February 4 in the community.
“We’re trying to clean up some of the stray dogs in the community right now,” ...
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The Cree entertainment dollar is worth millions for neighbouring towns like Val d’Or and Chibougamau, so the town of Amos recently decided that a great way to attract their northern neighbours is to woo them in their own communities.
During the week of January 16, eight members of the Amos Chamber ...
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A Waswanipi youth, who cannot be identified because of his age at the time of the crime, was sentenced to seven years in last year’s New Year’s Day slaying of 29-year-old Junior Morin in Val d’Or.
On January 12, the male youth received the maximum sentence for youth in the matter ...
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A bizarre murder case that saw an alleged murderer roam free in the community right up until he pled guilty in an Amos courtroom is finally over.
Mistissini’s Emmanuel Blacksmith pled guilty January 12 to a reduced charge of manslaughter in the killing of 48-year-old Mario Fortin of Chicoutimi at the ...
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Bishop Caleb Lawrence of the Moosonee Diocese was in Mistissini recently to help unite the various Christian churches and foster better relations among them.
The various heads of the Baptist, Anglican and Pentecostal churches were “concerned about the way that the different churches don’t seem to be acting in supportive ways ...
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Freddie Jolly, an environmental activist and hunter-trapper from Nemaska, has been charged with armed assault and uttering death threats, according to the Sûreté du Québec.
SQ spokesman Pierre Lavoie told the Nation that Jolly was charged after a Christmas Day party he had with two friends at his camp near kilometre ...
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The people of Kashechewan were hit with another tragic setback recently as the local jail caught fire and took the lives of two prisoners.
The incident on Sunday, January 8, also left an officer seriously burned when he tried to free the men by unlocking their cell doors. Another officer and ...
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The Cree Radio Network is down due to technical problems with the uplink equipment. The equipment is obsolete and no replacement parts are available because they are no longer manufactured.
The James Bay Cree Communications Society was hoping a new fibre-optic network or support high-speed Internet would be available already, as ...
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The Ontario government, in partnership with the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres, has established a new community-based program to help urban Aboriginal children and youth.
Starting this year, “Akwe:go,” which means “everyone” in Mohawk, will be aided by the province who will provide more than $2 million annually to the ...
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Here are the events for the Christmas season. Some communities had not set dates for certain events therefore they are not published.
Waskaganish: The Elders luncheon will be held at the Kanio Kashee lodge on December 7 at 3PM.
The annual Christmas dinner, put on by the band council, will also be ...
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In an historic first, the Naskapi of Kawawachikamach and the Innu of Matimekush and Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-Utenam have purchased a 217-kilometre portion of the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway.
The group, called Tshiuetin Rail Transportation Inc., bought the 50-year-old rail service from The Iron Ore Co. of Canada for ...
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The federal government says it will spend up to $2 billion to compensate former residential school students.
“It is an agreement for the ages,” said Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
Fontaine was one of the first to go public years ago with his own story of sexual ...
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Chisasibi resident Irene Pepabano has been sentenced to 42 months in jail for the July 2003 drunk-driving incident that took the lives of three of her passengers.
She was sentenced in Chisasibi November 25. Since she was not in custody at the time, the 42 months does not include time served.
Pepabano’s ...
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In what is being touted as a way to improve the lives of Canada’s Aboriginal people, Ottawa has ponied up $5 billion to take the first step.
The 19 delegations at the first ministers meeting on aboriginal issues in late November, hammered out agreements for federal investments in Aboriginal housing, education, ...
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• Best Female Artist: Tagaq CD: Sinaa Nunavut
• Best Male Artist: Diga CD: Earth Is Crying Northwest Territories
• Best Producer/ Engineer:
Tagaq (Nunavut)
CD: Sinaa
Producer: Juan Hernandez
Engineer: Jose “Triki” Trincado
• Best Album Design: Oscar Poza & Montse CD: ...
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The hope and prayers of environmentalists are slowly dwindling.
The Em-1 reservoir north of Chibougamau is now blocking the Eastmain River. It will eventually result in the flooding of 600 square kilometres.
“I don’t have any regrets,” former Grand Chief Ted Moses told a reporter at the scene. “The way of life ...
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The community of Attawapiskat on the western James Bay coast announced the signing of an Impact Benefit Agreement with De Beers Canada for Ontario’s first diamond mine November 4.
The signing of this agreement follows the community ratification of the agreement in June and recent approval of the federal and provincial ...
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The Cree Village Ecolodge in Moose Factory has bragging rights for the next year.
The MoCreebec business won the national Air Canada Business of the Year Award in the single unit category on October 24 from the Tourism Industry Association of Canada.
“We were pleasantly surprised,” said MoCreebec Chief Randy Kapashesit. “These ...
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The American Indian Film Festival celebrated 30 years this month and with the milestone came yet another award for talented Director Shirley Cheechoo.
Cheechoo’s film, Johnny Tootall, took home Best Feature Film in the award ceremony in San Francisco on November 12.
Hank Williams First Nation and Sleepdancer were the other nominees.
Cheechoo, ...
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Cats and dogs beware; your days of prowling around town might be over.
Seven of the nine communities in Eeyou Istchee will be visited by a free pet clinic this summer, sponsored by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, and World Society for the Protection of Animals.
Their goal is to spay ...
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According to Mayan legend, the world will end. It’s also been foretold by the Bible that the four horsemen will ride among mankind, wreaking havoc among sinners unfortunate enough to have been bypassed by the Rapture. Indeed, the Hopi Nation even went to the United Nations to warn the world’s ...
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Christmas came early for me this year. On December 2, I was the proudest father in the Cree Nation. I witnessed my daughter Phoebe receive the Gold Award for New Business of the Year from the Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce at the Ottawa Business Achievement Awards 2004! As we ...
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Occurances-October 20 to November 2
19 October
Careless Use of a Firearm – At 6:01 am police received a call of shots fired. Two shots were heard coming from near the track and field facility. A minute later police received another call of three shots fired at Sunset Street. Five individuals were ...
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When a native spends a great amount of hard-earned money in a non-Native business, he should expect to be treated with the respect and the customer service entitled to anyone who brings livelihood to a business. That is what Kevin Gunner of Waswanipi thought when he walked in Gagnon & ...
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Criminals in Mistissini beware; the police are soon to be equipped with weapons that are traditionally used by SWAT teams. These weapons are the latest tools in crime fighting on Native reserves. The weapons include a bean bag gun, a taser gun, and what is known as an Arwin, a ...
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Free spay and neutering clinics for dogs will be held at the fire halls in Nemaska and Waskaganish the first week of December. They are being put on by The International Fund for Animal Welfare and The World Society for the Protection of Animals.
Representatives of the two groups were in ...
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