The chief of Smith’s Landing First Nation near Fort Smith, N.W.T, is calling on the territorial government to speak out against a northern Alberta mining project.  “The government of the Northwest Territories is strangely silent … on the oil sands projects,” Chief Gerry Cheezie said.  Cheezie said that N.W.T. Premier Caroline Cochrane should be hosting meetings…

Melissa Peter-Paul drives from her home in the Abegweit First Nation in Prince Edward Island to gather the materials she needs for her art. But it’s not paint or clay she comes to collect. It’s roadkill.  Peter-Paul is a quillwork artist. She uses porcupine quills to create intricate designs that can stand alone in a…

It’s disrespectful that Premier John Horgan won’t meet with five hereditary chiefs who oppose a natural gas pipeline while he is touring northern British Columbia, says the highest-ranking chief. Chief Na’moks, who also goes by John Ridsdale, said the chiefs have asked the premier for a face-to-face discussion about the Coastal GasLink project. Na’moks said he was frustrated Horgan didn’t…

Canada Goose has launched a new collection of Inuit-made parkas.  The collection called Atigi 2.0 has 90 parkas made by 18 seamstresses who all live in Inuit Nunangat — Inuit regions of N.W.T., Nunavut, Quebec to Newfoundland and Labrador. Last year, Canada Goose launched project Atigi with 14 original parkas. Stephanie Pitseolak’s parka for Canada Goose.…

When Howie Miller first started performing stand-up comedy more than 20 years ago, plenty of his jokes were at his own expense.  “There used to be a huge amount of not only self-deprecation but also Indigenous deprecation,” the Cree comic said. “I wasn’t doing it 100 per cent the way I wanted to because I…

An aspiring musician hopes his “reality rap,” rooted in northern B.C., will inspire Indigenous youth.  “I grew up in the ‘hood and the reservation,” Dino Alec told CBC. “Now people say I … give them hope.” 2sockZ films a rap video in his old Prince George neighbourhood. (Dino Alec/Contributed) By day, Alec, 25, works as a carpentry apprentice at the Site C…