Rule of Law or Rule of Lawyers?

We often hear from the righteous voices of the U.S. and Canada when looking at countries and peoples they view as inferior, that the “…

Neil Young calls Fort McMurray a “wasteland”

Wearing his signature crumpled hat and a green “Go Family Farms” T-shirt, Canadian rock legend Neil Young raised some eyebrows in Washington last week when…

Brantford – and all that Jazz

[tweetable]The 6th annual Brantford International Jazz Festival attracted thousands to Harmony Square in Brantford[/tweetable] with a long list of world-renowned jazz artists and a few to…

Friday 13th brings brisk business to New Credit

The weather was not ideal, but an estimated 30,000 bikers from throughout Ontario and upstate New York braved the cool and wet weather to make…

Wendat Nation buries grave-robbed remains of 1,760 ancestors

Any people would be horrified to think of the remains of their ancestors totalling a large part of their nation to have been stolen from…

Akwesasne Pow Wow 2013 wrap-up.

The 13th Annual Akwesasne Pow Wow was held September 7 and 8, 2013 on Kawehnoke (Cornwall Island). Event organizers declared the event a success. The…

Harvest Festival and Pow Wow bring thousands to Archeological Site

The Museum of Ontario Archaeology hosted its 5th Annual Harvest Festival and Pow Wow over this past weekend at Attawandaron Park in London. Enjoying perfect…

Short Hills Should Be a Lesson in Settler Animal Advocacy

In January of 2013 a proposed traditional hunt at the site of the Short Hills Provincial Park in Thorold, Ontario dominated local news headlines in…

Growing thick skin

The morning of my double mastectomy the sun was shining. It was a beautiful morning and the summer sun was reflecting off the dewy grass,…

Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs go 4-0 so far in Jr. B schedule

The Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs have been hot right out of the gate this year and are riding atop the Golden Horseshoe Conference with a perfect 4-0…

Desperate measures did not detour the Chiefs in Game #5

It was an emotional series with more than enough distractions. But despite racist comments from a few BC fans, an attempt to stop Six Nations…

Chiefs’ long Mann Cup drought is over

It’s been 17 years since the Mann Cup was last hoisted by the Six Nations Chiefs, but the OLA Major Series Chiefs ended the drought…

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…

Matawa First Nations drops legal challenge to Ring of Fire project

The nine Anishinaabe communities represented by the Matawa First Nations – spread across the James Bay Treaty #9 and the Robinson Superior Treaty areas –…

Wendat Nation buries grave-robbed remains of 1,760 ancestors

Any people would be horrified to think of the remains of their ancestors totaling a large part of their nation to have been stolen from…