Sturgeon Falls
Sturgeon Falls is a community in Ontario.[1]
In Anishinabek News
- July 2014: Ephrem Commanda was among the first students to graduate from the high school located in this town.[2]
- September 2014: This is the location of White Woods Public School where Alexander Hebert is a student.[3]
- November 2015: The community is the location of Marco Polo Pizzeria, which began flying the Anishinabek Nation Flag in 2015. Local business owner Marco Lachance noted that First Nation flags were previously only seen on reserves in the area.[4]
- July 2016: The community is used as a geographic marker for the location of nearby businesses.[5]
- October 2016: The autobiography of Alcide Giroux is sold at the local Canadian Tire and the Tribune office in this community.[6]
- March 2017: The Nipissing Warriors won the Industrial League Championship held in this town in 1972.[7]
- April 2017: The town was established by the Sturgeon Falls Mill. The community's families were supported across generations by the mill's policy of hiring the children of employees.[8]
- April 2017: Teachers in this community worked with George Couchie to organize a four-part seminar series on Indigenous history.[9]
- November 2017: As of November 2017, Twiggs has a coffee shop in this community.[10]
- June 2018: Many youth from Nipissing First Nation choose to attend schools in this town rather than the local community school.[11]
- July 2018: The community is the location of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Elementary School. It served as the site for a multi-school cultural gathering in 2018.[12]
- January 2019: Evelyn McLeod moved to this location at age seven to begin school.[13]
- July 2019: Alex Hebert attends school in Sturgeon Falls.[14]
- October 2019: This community is the site of one of the four existing Twiggs Coffee Roasters locations.[15]
- December 2019: Alex Hebert attended school in Sturgeon Falls as of December 2019.[16]
- September 2020: A support rally for Mi’kmaw fishers was held in Sturgeon Falls on September 21, 2020. The rally in Sturgeon Falls was organized by Alex Maloney to bring awareness to events happening in Nova Scotia.[17]
- March 2021: Sturgeon Falls is the location of Northern Secondary School, where Jayden Restoule attended classes.[18]
- June 2021: Several individuals from this area faced charges for violating hunting and fishing laws over a 15-year period.[19]
- June 2022: Angelique Guillemette, the winner of the Anishinabek Catch the Ace jackpot, is from this community.[20]
- October 2022: The North Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre maintains 208 acres of land on Riding Stable Road near this community for land-based learning.[21]
- December 2022: Xavier Beaucage was cut from an A level hockey team based in this community before he moved to southern Ontario.[22]
- November 2024: A local youth hockey team from this area donned orange jerseys to honour survivors of Indian Residential Schools.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "A reconciliation teaching and kindness for Sturgeon Falls team", Anishinabek News, 5 November 2024 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Ephrem still inventive after all those years", Anishinabek News, 25 July 2014 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Student raises $7000 for Terry Fox Foundation", Anishinabek News, 25 September 2014 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Marco Polo Pizzeria acknowledges Anishinabek Nation traditional territory", Anishinabek News, 3 November 2015 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "The New Duchesnay Store serves up 10th anniversary with a smile", Anishinabek News, 11 July 2016 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "True stories from a Métis Trapper", Anishinabek News, 3 October 2016 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Nipissing Warriors players and fans unite community in new documentary", Anishinabek News, 29 March 2017 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "‘Mill Colonialism’ in Sturgeon Falls", Anishinabek News, 7 April 2017 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "North Bay and Nipissing First Nation on the road to reconciliation", Anishinabek News, 8 April 2017 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Twiggs with that, please: Jennifer Twigg driven to do as Twiggs opens first Sudbury location", Anishinabek News, 10 November 2017 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Indigenous knowledge must come first", Anishinabek News, 4 June 2018 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Drumming for a strong community on National Indigenous Peoples Day", Anishinabek News, 10 July 2018 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Anishinaabemowin Language Keeper and teacher precious to culture", Anishinabek News, 7 January 2019 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Point-of-sale PST exemption in Ontario: What you need to know", Anishinabek News, 24 July 2019 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Twiggs founder named Northern Ontario’s Entrepreneur of the Year", Anishinabek News, 1 October 2019 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Book review: Johnny’s Pheasant", Anishinabek News, 30 December 2019 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Local rally held to bring awareness to support Mi’Kmaw self-regulated lobster fishery", Anishinabek News, 22 September 2020 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Storytelling youth awarded for Paying Respect", Anishinabek News, 22 March 2021 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Court case deals with history and identity", Anishinabek News, 29 June 2021 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Group of educators Catch the Ace for over $15,000.00!", Anishinabek News, 3 June 2022 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "New school Seven Stones Learning Centre opens", Anishinabek News, 6 October 2022 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Young Nipissing First Nation teen toiling for Burlington hockey squad", Anishinabek News, 16 December 2022 (archived copy; original article).