Tasha Gilley didn’t want to drive home after her staff Christmas party at Lanes at Membertou, a bowling alley on the Membertou First Nation in Cape Breton. She’d had a few drinks and left her vehicle in the parking lot. Gilley had to work the following day and wasn’t able to return to the business to retrieve…

Kelly Fraser, the beloved Inuk singer-songwriter from Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, was an “incredibly kind person” and “fiercely open with her fans” in the hope sharing her struggles would help them know they’re not alone, her family said in a statement Monday morning. Fraser, 26, died by suicide Christmas Eve in Winnipeg, where she had been living, her family…

How do you fully capture generations of cultural history in one historic photo exhibition? You don’t, says Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) Grand Chief Peter Johnston. “This is a very, you know, a very small taste of what happened,” he said, as he looked over the photos on display at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre…

Nova Scotia Community College has opened smudging rooms at each of the college’s 13 campuses across the province.  Jude Gerrard, Mi’kmaq and Indigenous advisor at Nova Scotia Community College and a member of Millbrook First Nation, N.S., helped facilitate the opening. Previously, smudging was only done outdoors at campuses, and required 24 hours notice.  “The question I always ask…

North·Photos Every year, our readers deliver incredible photos from around the North, and 2019 was no exception. From Northern lights to northern life, here’s a look at the best of the year: your top 10, plus 20 honourable mentions. Social Sharing From Northern Lights to northern life: Your top 10 photos of the year, plus…

Two homegrown films are finding success in Hollywood on their own terms — by putting Canadian stories and settings front and centre. The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open, which has received glowing reviews from major outlets including the New York Times and the L.A. Times, follows two women who meet by chance near…