Opinion
Celebrating Indigenous history
As the country wrestles with the interim ruling of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal issued Friday - that Canada is committing genocide against Indigenous Peoples – we mark National Indigenous History Month.
The power of the peoples’ judgment
The international Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal is in Tiohtià:ke this week, probing a legacy of missing children and unmarked graves associated with residential schools.
Men must stand up against violence
Last week marked the annual Moose Hide Campaign, a fast-growing, Indigenous-led movement coming out of BC with a simple goal, to unite folks around putting an end to gender-based violence once and for all.
Racism needs to be called out
“Stop drinking, Wab.” These words were uttered in the chamber of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly to Wab Kinew, who is the only First Nations premier in the history of the country.
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June 27, 2025Be mindful of where you read
Every child matters, no matter where they are from, and that was on full display last week, as a three-year-old toddler went missing and the province was gripped with her harrowing story, including all of us at The Eastern Door.
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June 20, 2025Sharing our truth
Every single day is Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we like to say, so why do we need a special one (June 21) to celebrate who we are, along with our accomplishments and achievements?
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June 13, 2025How safe do you feel?
We don’t know how many times we’ve written about this important issue, but it’s never a bad time to talk about things that need to be done – and things that should be tempered or avoided altogether.
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June 6, 2025Protecting our most vulnerable
When it comes to protecting our elders, you’re either actively part of some kind of ongoing work/solution, or you’re not.
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May 30, 2025All the king’s men
King Charles III opened his speech in Ottawa this week, to the House of Commons and the world, with a vapid land acknowledgement.
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May 23, 2025When games are more than just games
Our future leaders, both in sport and in life, are off to the First Nations Education Council Inter-School Games at the Universite Laval in Quebec City this week, and this is one of those times we get to pat them on the back and cheer them on!
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May 16, 2025The meaning of the Two Row
A number of Indigenous Members of Parliament (MPs) have been named to the federal cabinet this week, not the least of which was Mandy Gull-Masty, the former grand chief of the Grand Council of the Crees, who becomes the first Native person to lead Indigenous Services Canada.
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May 9, 2025The many faces of Missing and Murdered
To open the first week of May like a crisp page of chapter five for the year 2025, the first line of this story began with the title “National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ People.”
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May 2, 2025Meet the new boss, same as the old boss?
We’ll see, as Canada elected another Liberal government, albeit a minority, and there was plenty to unpack from it.
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May 2, 2025Sometimes you just have to fight
When your child is in crisis, you do what you must to keep them calm. That should be the mantra of every parent, and for the ones who are trying hard to be better and stand up for their kids, it is, but it isn’t always met with compassion and empathy from others.
