Opinion

Finally, I’m in my fourth and final year of law school and this semester our class got to be in a community on the northern tip of Vancouver Island for field school, where we were welcomed into the Big House.

L297, the debut short story collection by Yellowknifer Joseph LaBine, centres the fractured lives of eight memorable characters and the odd, hopeful habits they develop.

A common frustration we hear from union members experiencing workplace issues is a lack of meaningful engagement from senior management.

Well, it is certainly looking a whole lot like fall outside and the leaves are indeed falling at an alarming rate.

Jean and I recently spent a glorious eight days on the shores of Great Bear Lake delivering an on-the-land workshop called the Deline Women’s Healing Camp. Woohoo!

While tourists are slowly returning to the territory, moves are being made in the right direction to increase the enjoyment of their visits.

A good tracker learns to read the signs. The leaves on the trees are starting to change colour and fall to the ground. So, fall is here, even though it doesn’t officially arrive until Sept. 22 this year. I guess because we live in the North, it unofficially arrives a little early. To me, fall starts when I can no longer comfortably wear shorts.

What does it mean to bring the past, forward to the present, honouring lessons learned along the way towards integration and evolution, towards a future that represents each of us as nations, unique, individual, of value — dancing in our sacred ecstatic differences, utilizing economy, politic, and society as expressions of compassion, connection and freedom?

If you’re looking for a place where political interests collide with business, labour, academics and social justice groups, then it’s the minimum wage.

In 1974, regional communities had no voice regarding the onslaught of legislation passed in the new legislative assembly powers.