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The Inuit of Nunavik have reached an agreement with Canada and Quebec that would pave the way for them to take control of their traditional territory and have a full say in the future of health care and education.
The Nunavik Regional Government will perform the functions of a municipality as ...
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The body of Clark Small of Waskaganish was found the morning of August 22 by locals camping on Jacobs Island. The 22-year-old man was lost in a boating accident while traveling back from Moosonee through James Bay. SQ officer Stephan Lefebvre is in charge of any past and pending investigations.
Inclement weather forced football-hungry youngsters into Mistissini’s arena during the first day of the Fourth Annual Football Camp August 13-15, but that turned out to be only a minor setback as over 250 kids came out for days two and three that were conducted outside under a sinister-looking but cooperative ...
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When kids head to class this fall, they’ll likely be exposed to more than just the A-B-Cs and 1-2-3s. Unfortunately, schools tend to be a breeding ground for germs and bacteria – including the dreaded pink eye. Are you prepared for when your child catches it this back-to-school season? If ...
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Hundreds of non-native teachers working in the north have won a major battle with Revenue Canada, which has accepted arguments by the Northern Quebec Teaching Association over the way evaluations of the housing accommodation tax in the north is calculated.
NQTA President Patrick D’Astous and 40 teachers fought for more than ...
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The Kativik Regional Police Force seized 1.8 kilos of cannabis at the Kangirsujuaq Airport July 31. Constables Shawn McDonald and Jeffrey Marcoux, of the Aboriginal Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, had secured a warrant for theseizure three days in advance. The KRPF claims the marijuana had a street value of ...
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Waskaganish’s Rod Blueboy is staking his claim as the fastest Cree men’s competition distance runner, winning his 34 km event with a 2:17:55 time in the 12th Annual Cree Nation Fitness Challenge, held in Nemaska July 27-29.
The challenge featured over 30 competitors in eight competitions, including swimming, cycling, portage canoeing ...
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Telebec Mobilité has invested almost $300,000 to bring cellular phone service to Waskaganish. The community’s 2,200 residents gained cell phone coverage July 18.
Telebec already provides service to Chisasibi, Matagami, Chibougamau, Mistissini, Waswanipi, Nemaska, Eastmain, Vald’Or and La Sarre.
Vincent Guimont, Vice-President of Sales and Strategic Solutions at Télébec, said the band ...
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The unrecognized Cree community of Washaw Sibi, near Amos, has rescheduled an election for Chief after a conflict over who is eligible to vote in the election. The new vote is August 9 (after Nation press time), according to Washaw Sibi returning officer Simeon Trapper.
In the running are current chief ...
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The Cree community of Fort Albany, Ontario, is in a crisis that looks to some like a repeat of the horrors that residents of their sister community, Kashechewan, have endured over the past four years.
Serious cases of mould, fungus and dangerous toxins contaminate 26 houses that are less than seven ...
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With epidemic rates of diabetes and obesity, Eeyou Istchee desperately needs healthier eating habits. Whapmagoostui chef Nelly George’s solution targets the early stages of a child’s life -when he or she develops their taste for food at the local daycare.
“I learned a lot from my mother, she taught me how ...
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Ouje-Bougoumou will host a day-long mountain bike competition August 2 with cash prizes on offer for the fastest peddlers.
Featuring six open competitions, the event will start at 9 am with the children competing until they reach the minor and senior competitions.
For minors aged 13 to 17, the entry ...
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The Cree Nation Midget AA hockey club will be hosting a tryout camp for the 2007-08 season August 24-26 at the Sarah Stephen Memorial Arena in Waskaganish.
The camp is open to any midget-aged players along with last year bantam from any community within the Cree Nation.
For application forms, ...
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The first Cree Healing Conference will be held on Fort George Island August 27-30.
Each day of the conference is organized by theme:
August 28 focuses “The Individual”;
August 29 “The Family”;
August 30 “The Community as a Nation.”
The workshops will deal with the various aspects of community development and progress. ...
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The Chisasibi Jays overpowered all comers in their community’s Second Annual Invitational Softball Fast Pitch Tournament, winning six straight games in the men’s tourney and capping the championship by shutting down the Eastmain Fireballs July 15 with a final score of 4-0. On the women’s side, the Chisasibi Hawks defeated ...
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Inuit hunters in Nunavik are being asked to return to dogsledding as climate change continues to eat away at ice floes, making snowmobiling increasingly dangerous, according to Martin Tremblay, an environmental researcher with the Kativik Regional Government, which oversees Quebec’s Artie region.
Inuit hunters’ dependence on snowmobiles for transportation over the ...
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Waskaganish has announced the candidates for their upcoming election on August 14. Please note that voting will be between the hours of 8 am and 8 pm that day at the Gathering Place. Advance polls will take place at the same time and place on August 9. Here is the ...
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An Agreement was reached by Canada and the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) dealing with certain past and future obligations of Canada to the Cree People in the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (1975). Grand Chief Matthew Mukash and Federal Minister Lawrence Cannon announced the proposed Agreement ...
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Here is what some of the Chiefs of other aboriginal communities and groups are saying about the $1.4 billion agreement. The deal, signed July 16 between Canada and the Cree Grand Council, will give the Crees control over services such as policing while paving the way for self-government negotiations.
Phil Fontaine, ...
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If “O” stood for outstanding, Quebec-based Cirque de Soleil’s spectacular aquatic show at the Bellagio in Las Vegas would be selling itself short. The name actually stands for ‘eâu’, which is the French word for water – and for good reason. Most of the show is done from the blue ...
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Boucherville-based Strateco Resources Inc. has announced its intention to build Quebec’s first uranium mine in Eeyou Istchee’s Otish Mountains. It could be in operation as early as 2011.
The mine has been in the exploration stages for a couple of years. Strateco is expected to spend $16 million on drilling and ...
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Karate has come a long way in the past two years in Eeyou Istchee, and judging by the success Cree Karatekas are having at competitions, the sport looks like it is here to stay.
Thanks to the Simba Academy, which employs traditional Japanese knowledge in its approach to the martial art, ...
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Four Cree students at Quebec’s Stanstead College are taking home prizes from the school’s Baccalaureate and Prize Giving ceremony. Dawn Namagoose of Eastmain won the Junior School prize for most improved in French Second Language. Nemaska’s Shannon Wapachee won the Art Prize for Grade 7. The musical performance prize was ...
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Carl Bosum from O.J., currently attending Canadore College in North Bay, Ontario, was recently caught in the act feeding goslings near the pond at Canadore College. After being asked why he was feeding them rather than killing and plucking the geese, Carl replied, “Fattening up for next year!” So, to ...
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Sheila Watt-Cloutier of Kuujuaaq was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the United Nations for her work in bringing global awareness to the impact of climate change on arctic communities.
Watt-Cloutier said her goal is to put a human face on the often technical issue of climate change. “There is no ...
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A Quebec Human Rights Commission report says that more than half of Nunavik’s children live in homes that house an alcoholic or a drug addict.
The study found that family dysfunction is widespread and is exacerbated by overcrowding, substance abuse and violence. Some children in the 139 cases examined have been ...
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