Grandson Jackson stands holding a pink blossom that if ingested could cause a drop in blood pressure, vomiting and death. In his other hand, a sprig of white blossomed s’ikshaldéen we’re harvesting ...

Everyone who knows me knows I’m an armchair enthusiast of everything Northern. One entire section of the bookshelf in my library is devoted to books about Arctic wildlife, Arctic peoples and Arctic ...

Toronto (CTV Network) — A plant long used by Indigenous people for medicinal tea has been shown to be effective against the parasite that causes drug-resistant malaria. Labrador tea, which refers to ...

Much of what is now considered modern medicine originated as folk remedies or traditional, Indigenous practices. These customs are still alive today, and they could help address a variety of ...

Today, we’re out with our pack of three dogs and berry buckets in the wilderness to check out the cranberry crop and harvest the last of the berries, plus pick some s’ikshaldéen (Labrador tea) too.