District News

Experimental Lakes team worked with Indigenous elders to translate research videos into Anishinaabemowin A project coming out of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) has worked to translate two educational videos into Anishinaabemowin, and created several new words in the language in the process. The […]

Weechi-it-te-win Family Services will be having a gathering on the Day of Truth and Reconciliation, to acknowledge and honour survivors and those that never returned home. The public is invited to share the Day of Truth and Reconciliation. – Thursday, September 30th at our Family Healing Program, located at 71 […]

There is currently one fire with the status of not under control in the northwestern region, said Chris Marchand, fire information officer with the Aviation Forest Fire and Emergency Services centre in Dryden. There are currently 20 active fires in the region, with Red Lake 226 not under control, one […]

Joelle Mandamin is an Indigenous Care Coordinator at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBHRSC). She provides a variety of supports to Indigenous patients and their families. In June 2021, the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) and Grand Council Treaty #3 partnered to hire Joelle Mandamin as the […]

By encouraging fluent speakers to pass on their language, Seven Generations Educational Institute (SGEI) hopes to reverse some of the negative effects of colonization and residential schools. A new program through SGEI seeks to encourage fluent Anishinaabemowin speakers to learn how to better teach their language to others. Waawaategiizhook, Shannon […]

The West Rainy River Lions Club draw at the Rainy River Walleye Tournament was held at the Big Tent on Saturday, September 18, 2021 just after 6:00 pm. WRRD Lions President Richard Trenchard drew the three winning tickets from the drum. Winner of the Princecraft Vectra 21 Pontoon Boat was […]

When summer holidays ended we began to think of the return to school and of the harvest. Winter preparations were on my mother’s mind as we never quite knew what lay ahead. Her main concern was for the warmth and comfort of our family and the animals and she spent […]

Naicatchewenin First Nation elder Gilbert Smith, 74, has opened a new self-healing space on 18 Anishinaabe Road, Naicatchewenin, out of which he is looking to help both native and non-native people.  “This is not only for Anishinaabe,” Smith said. “The non-native people are accepted here. I don’t pick and choose […]

If you’re between the ages of 16 and 30, a new survey has been launched to get your opinion on what life is like in your small northern Ontario town and what can be done to make it better. As part of a joint venture between the Northern Policy Institute […]