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WIKWEMIKONG—Last Friday, several Wasse-Abin High School students launched their musical careers at the school’s first annual Rezfest—a concert showcasing original songs that students wrote as part of the new business music program at the school, a joint project with Coalition...

WIKWEMIKONG–As a result of a request from the Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service, the North East Region Criminal Investigation Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has just completed a theft investigation in which over $100,000 in funds belonging to the Wikwemikong...

WIKWEMIKONG—Ngwaagan Gaming Recovery Centre Inc. (Rainbow Lodge) in Wikwemikong has been selected as one of five First Nations communities in the province to host an Ontario Community Wellness Development Team (CWDT) to provide mental health and addictions expertise and support...

The 3rd annual Wasse Abin Fashion Gala was another huge success with unique designs for all occasions.

WIKWEMIKONG––“Totally unacceptable,” said Andrew (Stitch) Manitowabi when asked about the federal government’s response to the Wikwemikong Lands and Resources department concerns about several leaking oil wells that threaten the community’s watershed and its water supplies. “The...

Chief Duke Peltier reads the swearing in ceremony in both Anishinaabemowin and English by Michael Erskine

WIKWEMIKONG—The Community members of the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve are proud descendants of the Anishinabek Warriors that fought in the War of 1812. One of these warriors was Mookomaanish. He was awarded a sword by the British Crown for his contributions to the War...

Tom Sasvari The Recorder MANITOULIN––The communities of Assiginack and Wikwemikong are in a state of shock after two young Island children died in separate drowning accidents while at family gatherings. On Monday, July 23 at 7:30 pm, a young couple, Victor Reckman and Karen James...

MANITOULIN—Manitoulin Island has been shocked and saddened by the news of two child drownings within a two-day period: a six-year-old boy on Sunday at Wikwemikong and a 20-month-old boy on Monday on South Bay in Assiginack. The Wikwemikong incident took place at the King’s Bay...

by Alicia McCutcheon Beginning early Thursday evening, the protestors began to block traffic for all those trying to come to or leave Wikwemikong, demanding that Chief Hazel Fox-Recollet meet with them to hear their concerns. For hours, the grandmothers and their supporters...