A condom wrapper sits sealed in a beluga intestine, hanging with other items like on a clothesline. A polar bear bone is filled with colourful resin, then, with along many others, placed into the shape of a spiral seashell. An assortment of aging sleds is pushed up precariously against the snow, evoking the idea of…

The Atlantic salmon cycle is an important part of many Mi’kmaq communities and that’s why a Mi’kmaw resource management group has released a game with the goal of educating youth to be better stewards for salmon. “How do you reach the youth? [By] using different channels that they are engaged with. To me, video games is a great…

Kaydie Dick says she feels “shy and a little bit proud” of a song she wrote and recorded in her northern Quebec community of Whapmagoostui for a new album. Dick and ten other young people from the most northern of the Quebec Cree communities are featured on the Whapmagoostui Youth Album, which was released recently…

At one time, Jordan McCue was down for the count after getting into a bout of fisticuffs that landed him in trouble with the law.  Now, the 27-year-old Curve Lake First Nation man is still fighting, but as a professional boxer.  Growing up in Curve Lake First Nation in Ontario, he said he struggled with mental health…

The odds are stacked against any kid in Pimicikamak who laces up their skates and dreams of the big leagues. In an isolated northern Manitoba community like theirs, also called Cross Lake First Nation, there are no scouts frequenting their games or state-of-the-art off-ice training facilities calling their names. And yet three lifelong friends from the community more than 500…

Does the sky look a little bit like seal intestines today? If there are some wispy white clouds, then it might look like that, says an elder from Arctic Bay, Nunavut. Tommy Tatatoapik said an Inuktitut word for partly cloudy, which is rarely used today, was inspired by what the membrane on the inside of a…