Category: News
NAHC Tryouts
With the 2012 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC) fast approaching, tryouts have now been scheduled for the teams that will go to Saskatoon representing Eastern Door and North (EDN). Team organizers are seeking male players born in 1994 or 1995, and female players born in 1992 or 1993 to ...
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It may feel like spring in the southern regions of Quebec, but that is not keeping mushers from taking part in two dogsled races this month.
Despite freezing rain in the days leading up to the event and temperatures forecast to be well above freezing on race weekend, the Fourth International ...
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Mining in northern Quebec was once a “hit-and-miss” prospect. Miners might hear stories about shiny or glittering objects found on the surface of the land by Cree trappers. Prospectors would arrive looking to confirm the story. Sometimes the hunch would pan out and the miner would strike it rich. Other ...
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February was a strange month for Vancouver’s Goldcorp Inc., Canada’s largest producer of gold and the company in charge of opening the Éléonore mining project in the Wemindji area.
In early February, Goldcorp chairman Ian Telfer was named as a person being investigated by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) with relation ...
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In November, the newly minted company C-Bay Minerals took over the Lac Doré Complex of eight mines in the Chibougamau/ Oujé-Bougoumou area. C-Bay Minerals Inc., jointly owned by Nuinsco Resources Limited, based in Toronto, and Ocean Partners Holdings Limited, headquartered in London, England, intends to revitalize the region’s copper-mining industry.
Mining ...
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Boasting that they are “Canada’s newest high-growth iron-ore producer”, Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited (LIM) has their efforts focused on the Schefferville Projects, which span from northeastern Quebec over to western Labrador.
With 400,000 tonnes of iron-ore product sold in 2011, operating permits and agreements in place for this year, a ...
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Just 50 km south of Goldcorp’s Éléonore mining project and just a few clicks away from EM-1 is Eastmain Resources Inc.’s Clearwater flagship, the Eau Claire deposit.
As President Don Robinson explains, the company was drawn to the area because it has the same mineral potential as that of Val-d’Or, Timmins ...
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A homegrown Quebec company based in Montreal, Osisko Mining Corporation’s flagship is the Canadian Malartic gold deposit in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.
After several years of preparation, the company finally poured their first gold bar on April 13, 2011 and commercial gold production began soon after on May 19.
To the company’s credit, ...
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Based in British Columbia, Pacific Bay Minerals Limited has exploration projects on the go both nationally and internationally with claims in Quebec, BC, the Yukon and Argentina.
According to David H. Brett, President & CEO of Pacific Bay Minerals, the company has three separate projects in the Otish region. The main ...
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On March 8, the people of Chisasibi elected Davey Bobbish as their new Chief. The race between six candidates began when former Chief Abraham Rupert announced that he was stepping down due to health reasons at the start of 2012.
In most cases, the Deputy Chief would step in to finish ...
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For the crowd that gathered for the official opening of the Wemindji Justice Centre on Friday, February 17, there were moments of laughter to balance against the new building’s serious purpose.
Following a speech by Geoffrey Kelley, Quebec Minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs, Wemindji Chief Rodney Mark gave a speech while ...
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On February 24, the McCord Museum hosted the opening of a very special exhibition: Inuit Modern, The Esther and Samuel Sarick Collection. Shown last year at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Inuit Modern is on loan to the Montreal museum until the end of September 2012. The exhibit, co-curated ...
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There is a great difference between getting back to nature and then getting back to nature in style or at least so it may seem when you go to great big hunting, fishing and camping expositions in the great big city.
From camouflage gear for every single part of your body ...
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On February 27, the Cree Nation of Mistissini finalized a work agreement with the Quebec government ensuring the First Nation has a part in the extension of Highway 167 that will stretch 250 km north of Chibougamau, through the Otish Mountains.
The planned extension of Highway 167 is an integral part ...
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You know something big is afoot when a considerable smattering of sharp-dressed young people brave subzero temperatures early on a Saturday morning in the middle of winter. That was the case on the morning of February 11 at McGill University’s Chancellor Day Hall. Everyone was on hand to hear different ...
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There are growth spurts and then there are unreal growth spurts but that is what Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) has achieved. Back in the mid 1990s the yearly conference was hosted entirely in one hotel and had perhaps 5,000 participants. This year, the 2012 conference saw 30,000 ...
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“It’s that time again…. the annual spring Dog Clinic is coming! The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) announces its return to the James Bay communities to provide vaccinations, deworming and spaying/neutering for dogs and puppies of all ages. IFAW has been providing support and services to the James Bay ...
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On October 20, 2011, the Canadian Red Cross (CRC) announced receiving a donation from the Patterson Foundation in order to support its initiative to set up on-reserve satellite offices in First Nations in both northern and southern Ontario.
Having found the location for the southern Ontario office, the CRC recently issued ...
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On February 16 and 17, members of the Combined Forces Organized Crime Unit with assistance from the Moosonee Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police charged two men under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
The police charged Rene Allen Sutherland, 39, of Timmins, with three counts of Possession of a Controlled ...
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Tears flowed February 22 in Whapmagoostui, the day of the Doris Sheshamush’s funeral. “The funeral was packed,” said neighbour Sonny Orr. “It’s sad because it’s been the fifth funeral this year.”
Sheshamush was found by police frozen to death February 18 in the afternoon after allegedly leaving her house few hours ...
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Attawapiskat will be receiving 22 modular homes funded by the federal government to aid those affected by urgent health and safety concerns, announced John Duncan, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development on February 23.
“The arrival of these modular homes demonstrates our government’s commitment to the residents of Attawapiskat First ...
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Nearly everyone agrees that the Quebec government’s Bill 14, An Act respecting the development of mineral resources in keeping with the principles of sustainable development, is an imperfect document. Tabled in May 2011 by Serge Simard, Minister for Natural Resources and Wildlife and Minister responsible for the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region and ...
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Welcome to Nation Health Matters. This is the first of a new monthly health column that will explore different health topics that are being covered in the media or suggested by the readers of the Nation or health professionals working in Eeyou Istchee.
If you have a health topic that you ...
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It’s an experience that can cause high blood pressure, and increase one’s chances for heart attacks and strokes. The stress and anxiety leads to drug and alcohol use, among other unhealthy habits. And it can all start with something as simple as “that shirt’s gay”.
Elementary and high schools in the ...
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James Bay Beavers Pee Wee CC
The James Bay Beavers Pee Wee CC concluded their road trip to Quebec City with a run to the quarterfinals of the 37th edition of the International Pee Wee BSR tournament. The Beavers defeated a Swiss team and two teams from France before falling 3-0 ...
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Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) says it’s time for Canadians to face “some hard truths” about their history and residential schools. “It was not simply a dark chapter,” says a report by the TRC, but “an integral part of the making of Canada”.
Justice Murray Sinclair says an Interim Report ...
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