The Thunder Bay police have told Donna Atlookan-Mekanak they may never know definitively the circumstances that led to her 26 year-old son’s 2018 death, but they believe it was suicide. Her son, Timothy Atlookan, originally from Eabametoong First Nation, was found dead in a park across from the Thunder Bay courthouse on the morning of Oct.…
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A Whycocomagh, N.S., teen is considering quitting hockey after he says racial slurs were hurled at him during a recent home game. Sixteen-year-old Logan Prosper is a forward for the Cape Breton West Islanders. He said the taunting started midway through the second period at their game in Chéticamp against the Northside Vikings Midget A…
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The Law Society of British Columbia has moved to require Indigenous cultural competency training for all practising lawyers in the province, in response to gaps in legal education that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission identified. “Lawyers and the law created a justice system that discriminates against Indigenous people,” said society president Nancy Merrill, noting that it…
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Pushing through the brush and stepping over fallen trees, Stephane Friday looks around and smiles. “It’s my first time here,” says the 25-year-old from Kashechewan First Nation, about 30 km north of this stand of bush on the side of the Albany River. “I’m just embracing it. Just looking at the trees.” Friday might have…
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Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI), the organization that represents the Inuit of Nunavut in negotiations, says it has uncovered a 30-year-old document containing secret instructions to government lawyers to “block” the use of Inuktut. In a news release sent Thursday, NTI said the documents obtained via an Access to Information request show “Prime Minister [Brian] Mulroney and…
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If you live in Ontario’s far north, you know how expensive food can be. One First Nation community on the James Bay coast is taking a proactive approach to making food more affordable by creating a co-op. The idea started about four years ago when people in Moose Cree First Nation were surveyed about the…
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