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After 30 years of waiting, Great Whale finally has a new health clinic. Designed in the shape of a circle, the new clinic is shared between the Cree and Inuit people of the community. “In the 60’s, everyone was together. But the jBNQA split everyone up. The Inuit had their ...
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The forced move from Fort George Island to Chisasibi was so devastating for the residents, that many didn’t care about the appearance of their new town. But this summer, that will change. Chisasibi is planning a complete re-landscaping with grass, flowers and new walking and cycling trails that will circle ...
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Eastmain has a nightly walk that’s getting a lot of people in good shape. Contact Eastmain Sports and Recreation for more information.
The Waskaganish “weight-off” competition is still going strong, and the pounds are dropping off faster than you can say “double cheeseburger and large fries”. At last count, the Band was ahead of the School Board by 2.69 pounds.
In total, the School Board has lost an average of 3.91 pounds ...
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The healing process is also starting in Chisasibi, where a new Wellness Centre recently opened.
The Centre will offer solace, arts and crafts, community activities, healing circles, talking circles, a safe house for battered women and their children, as well as a centre for individual counselling for survivors of abuse.
The safe ...
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A.fter all the controversy surrounding recently acquitted O.J. Simpson he wants peace and quiet. When asked why he chose O.J. as the place to go he replied, “Hey, they named the town after me so the least I can do is move there.”
Residents shouldn’t expect to see O.J. on the ...
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“I was hurt that first day when they told me to keep an eye
out,” stated Officer Gak, the newest addition to the brave
boys guarding the PM.
“I’ll match my eye against any two they have. I don’t blink so I’ve got an advantage,” said the alien from the Andromeda System. “Besides ...
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Are you faster than a speeding .3030 shell? Can you leap tall teepees in a single bound? Well, now how about trying something that’s really hard—the Cree First Nation Fitness Challenge ’96, organized by Nemaska’s Recreation Dept.
Competing for over $34,000 in prizes, the best athletes in the Cree Nation are ...
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Twelve Crees have graduated from an eight-week police training course at the Institut de police du Québec, based in Nicolet. A graduation ceremony was held in Chisasibi on March 14.
The 12 are: Johnny Matthew, Stanley Rednose, George Sham, Clayton Stewart (who also won an award for best pressure point techniques), ...
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Crees are vital to Chibougamau’s economy and their contributions to the town need to be better appreciated, says the local chamber of commerce.
“Crees make up 50 per cent of the commerce of the city. The client is always right,” said Jocelyn Gagné, an administrator for the chamber of commerce and ...
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Montreal’s International Centre of Contemporary Art is now exhibiting a collection of artwork entitled, “Amazons of the North: James Bay Revisited,” which will be shown until April 14.
The project is the work of two Germans, painter Rainer Wittenborn and journalist Claus Biegert. They documented the Crees in the 70’s and ...
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Chief John Kitchen has entered a not-guilty plea to charges of drinking and driving stemming from an incident last summer.
Kitchen was taken into police custody after a van he was driving went off the highway near Waswanipi’s Band Council office. Three passengers were in the vehicle at the time of ...
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Youth councils have been active in the Cree communities for only a few short years, but youth leaders want to take a second look at their mission and get an idea of how the councils are perceived by Cree youth and political leadership.
Rhonda Oblin, a Cree student taking public relations ...
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The Waswanipi band was in for a surprise after a series of fires forced them to take a closer look at their new insurance policy.
A fire in the community’s cafeteria put the fryer out of commission and cost the band a couple of thousand dollars. A house caught fire with ...
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The campaign to get Leonard Peltier out of jail is being stepped up as the number of people signing petitions and letters on behalf of the AIM activist tops 30 million.
Twenty years ago, Peltier was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for allegedly killing two FBI agents in a shootout ...
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By the grace of fax technology, the results from the 13th Annual Chisasibi Invitational Hockey and Broomball Tournament, held Feb. 29 to March 3, have generously been made available to us, The Nation. We now pass them on to you, our gentle readers.
Broomball
Champs: Waskaganish Starlites, 2, $3,000
Finalists: Wemindji Wolverines, 0, ...
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If you’ve been wondering how you’re ever going to get rid of those extra pounds you gained over Christmas, here’s the good news. Diets don’t work. Why not? Because people hate diets. Once you crack — and sooner or later everyone does — you take revenge on the hated diet ...
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This quick and easy spaghetti recipe uses less fat. As you know, too much fat in your diet is bad for your health.
You can make it with fresh vegetables or canned. Fresh is better. And healthier too!
Serves eight people:
100 gr mushrooms
2 green peppers
6 tomatoes
3 celery stalks
3 onions
2 carrots
1 lb medium ground beef
1 ...
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Laura Bearskin was 16 and eight months pregnant when her father died.
“It was very difficult for me, losing my father and having a baby at such a young age,” she said.
Before he passed away, Laura’s father suggested he call her child Billy, if it was a boy.
Today, at 26 and ...
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FROM THE HOME OFFICE IN RADISSON, QUEBEC: THE TOP 10 LIST OF WHY SMOKING IS SO COOL
10 hurting children whose lungs are so much more vulnerable
9 Expensive. If you start smoking at 13 and smoke a pack a day, by the time you turn 30 you will have spent around ...
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Please accept our apologies concerning the article “Cree to play for Montreal Canadiens,” volume 3, no. 5, which said that the hockey game was supposed to be televised on RDS Feb. 11 th.
The reason for not broadcasting the game had to do with an outstanding invoice ($ 15,000) which the ...
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Waswanipi Chief John Kitchen and the community’s band council have passed a resolution opposing Domtar’s proposed N-822 logging road.à
Domtar has proposed to build a 59-km road cutting through virgin forests in Category II land northwest of Waswanipi.
After strong pressure from community members and council members, Chief John Kitchen agreed to ...
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One of Northern Quebec’s biggest mining companies is being taken to court by indigenous people and environmentalists from South America.
Cambior Inc., which operates five mines in Abitibi, also runs a mine in the country of Guyana from which 2.9 billion litres of cyanide sludge spilled into one of the nation’s ...
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Hydro-Quebec has provoked the ire of the new Natural Resources Minister, Guy Chevrette, by asking for a 4.7-percent increase in electricity rates.
“It appears to me to be fairly high, thank you. It forces me as a minister to question Hydro-Quebec closely,” said Chevrette.
“At a time when the state is bleeding ...
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The Canadian government is finally taking an official stand supporting the partition of Quebec should it go independent.
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and a top federal minister announced in late January that Cree and other territories that strongly want to stay in Canada can do so if Quebec leaves. “The basic ...
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The official team list for the 1996 Raid des Braves has now been finalized. The Cree teams are…
Duff Team de Radisson (Brian, Gary and Barry Duff)
Chisasibi Team (Brian Bearskin, Archie Moar, Reginald Sam)
Team Waswanipi (Don Saganash, Marcel Gull, Peter Longchap)
Pimpichuu Team of Mistissini (Larry MacLeod, Stanley Mianscum, Abel Mianscum)
Eastmain Team ...
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