Andrew Yesno was thawing a couple of geese he pulled from the freezer to pluck when the telephone rang inside his parents’ house. He washed his hands, picked up the phone and heard the voice of Eabemetoong’s acting head nurse on the other end telling him his results were back and he was positive for…

The Supreme Court of Canada will not be hearing the case of the young man who went on a shooting rampage in La Loche four years ago. As usual, no reasons were given in the court’s statement released Thursday morning. The long legal case is now over. It means Randan Fontaine will now serve the full…

A First Nation in Manitoba is taking as many precautions as they can think of to move ahead with their band’s election this Saturday. “It’s a very difficult decision,” said Deborah Smith, chief of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, about 65 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.  Smith is finishing her first two-year term as the chief of her…

Within 24 hours, Master Cpl. Christopher Keesic expects to receive orders to begin house-to-house checks on the more than 2,400 people living in Moose Factory in far northern Ontario. It’s an escalation of the work he’s already doing with the Canadian Rangers to help Moose Cree First Nation prepare for the pandemic. “People are definitely concerned, especially with COVID-19 being…

News that the mining sector has been added to the list of priority activities in Quebec is being met with concern from some Indigenous leaders in the province. Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonatan Julien announced on Monday that mining operations in Quebec are now on the list of priority activities and services, meaning they…

For the first time in her life, the chief of Pictou Landing First Nation says she can’t smell the familiar stench of effluent being dumped into Boat Harbour.  It’s been nearly three months since the Northern Pulp mill in Abercrombie, N.S., shut down and stopped sending effluent to the harbour that surrounds the First Nation. Some…