Two poems written by a man who killed an Indigenous woman have been removed from the parliamentary poet laureate website. The poems by Stephen Brown included one about a sex worker, eliciting a chorus of public concern, including from Manitoba MLA Nahanni Fontaine, who said they showed disrespect toward his victim and other missing and…
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A Manitoba legislator is calling on Canadians to contact the federal heritage minister to remove two poems, written by the killer of an Indigenous woman, from the parliamentary poet laureate website. Nahanni Fontaine says in a series of tweets that the inclusion of poems by Stephen Brown, including one about a prostitute, constitutes “blatant disrespect”…
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Just in time for its 60th anniversary, Łutsël K’é Frontier Fishing Lodge will become the property of the local Dene band. Corey Myers, the new general manager, announced via Facebook that the Witherspoon family, which took over the lodge in 1990, would be selling the lodge to the Łutsël K’é First Nation. “After 29 years…
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The new Super 8 hotel in Moosonee is still encircled with construction fencing, but they’re already getting calls for reservations. “Since we’ve started construction we’ve heard from a few government agencies asking when it’s going to be open, because they want to book rooms,” says Rick Poulin, the CEO of the Moose Cree Group of…
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I am a Wolastoqi journalist from Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) in northwestern New Brunswick. My nation’s traditional unceded territory stretches all along the Wolastoq, commonly known as the St. John River, from Quebec down to the Bay of Fundy. “Made from this land” is a series that explores different arts and crafts of Wabanaki people across…
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A renowned carver of monumental B.C. totem poles has turned his hand to the creation of tiny Haida emojis for the digital age. Jaalen Edenshaw’s traditional art, which includes masks, canoes, and red cedar totem poles 13 metres high, is on display in galleries around the world. Now, his Haida emojis are available on the Apple app store, free to all. “This felt…
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