Cheryl Wapachee

Cheryl Wapachee works for CBC North's Cree unit in Montreal and is from the inland Cree community of Nemaska.

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Tributes pile in for Cree player, coach and hockey champion Charly Washipabano

Charly Washipabano is being remembered for his warmth and work developing hockey program across Cree communities in northern Quebec. He died Sunday after a health emergency, his family says. He was 41.

Fires, smoke in Cree territory make for scary travel

“We lived through this terrifying and traumatic experience on the Billy Diamond Highway,” wrote Joshua Paul Iserhoff on Facebook. 

Mohawk hunter supplies Mother's Day meal of traditional goose meat to Cree patients in Montreal

Cree Public Health asked hunters like Bob Patton Jr., a Mohawk from Kahnawake and Raymond Duff, a Cree living in Ottawa to harvest geese to help Cree get a taste of home during the COVID-19 lockdowns.

Cree hope toxic Quebec mine site can have a new life

Efforts to clean up one of the worst abandoned mine sites in Quebec are moving forward. Government officials, scientists and representatives from nearby communities recently met to continue work on a rehabilitation plan.

'Healthy minds, healthy hearts': Cree youth tackle diabetes, addiction at conference

The Cree Nation Youth Council teamed up with the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay for this year's winter gathering.

Cree translator in House of Commons 'proud' to be part of history

Priscilla Bosum was asked to simultaneously translate from Eastern Cree into English in the House of Commons for New Democratic MP Romeo Saganash.
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10 years sober: Cree woman shares impacts of alcohol in viral video

On the 10th anniversary of quitting drinking, Carol-Ann Tanoush of Nemaska, Que., shares an emotional video about the impacts of alcohol on her life and how she broke the cycle of addiction for her family.