From the desk of Jonathan Garlow

When people in the community see me in the village or at a restaurant, I am often asked “so how’s the paper going?” In the…

The difficult sayings of Nelson Mandela

The Facebook community has been remembering the Mandela the revolutionary man and anti-colonial freedom fighter this week.

Neil Young Honours the Treaties

Neil Young has announced that he will perform 4 benefit shows in Canada to raise money for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) Legal Defense…

UN Special Rapporteur encounters Idle No More revival

The United Nations has dispatched James Anya, a law professor and special human rights envoy to assess the situation of indigenous peoples within Canada. Anya…

Article puts Cleveland Indians racism in proper context

An article highlighting a controversial image released by the National Congress of American Indians has been circulating on Facebook this week. The poster uses fabricated…

Turn in your ARMS

With 15,694 likes and almost 8,000 shares this picture has been circulating around Facebook conspiracy pages and is generating interesting conversation and support from gun…

Video of Amazon gold mining devastation goes viral in Peru

Illegal gold-mining operations in the Amazon have turned portions of the landscape there into a ‘moon-like’ wasteland according to video uploaded by Peruvian Journalist Güido…

United Nations suggests Canada should investigate missing women

Cuba and Iran supported a UN report that suggested Stephen Harper needs to address the 668 aboriginal women that have gone missing or were murdered…

What’s #Trending: Sept 25, 2013

Naniamo News runs blatantly racist article On September 22, 2013 thousands of people in Vancouver took part in a reconciliation walk to support the victims…

Should Have Fought Harder

By Jonathan Garlow

Voyager1 Enters the Final Frontier

Some folks may remember when the Voyager1 satellite launched in 1977 to explore the solar system. This week it was confirmed by NASA that Voyager1…

Impaled “Redskin” prop causes controversy

This controversial image is causing quite a stir on social media this week. A overzealous Philedelphia Eagles fanatic is holding a impaled head of a…

Does Facebook Make you Unhappy?

Taking a break from internet slang this week we will play a bit of catch up with internet news and information. Does Facebook Make you…

Our Language is Sovereignty

My Dudah's English (language) name was Frances Butler and she married Joseph Garlow back before there was hydro on Six Nations Reserve No. 40.

Memes (pronounced ‘meems’)

There’s times when I use terms and phrases in every day speech that are commonly used online but just sound weird to say out loud…