Indigenous leaders in Quebec say reconciliation is put at risk if the Canadian justice system doesn't change in the wake of Colten Boushie's death.

A seniors activity centre in the James Bay Cree community of Chisasibi turned to social media Tuesday in an attempt to increase the chances traditional meat will be on the menu. Its asking hunters to make donations of wild meat.

Efforts for official recognition by a small group of landless Quebec Cree living on the Ontario side of James Bay moved forward last week as the Cree Nation Government threw its weight behind a plan that would see MoCreebec become the 11th Quebec Cree community.

It had all the hallmarks of a perfect emergency measures test, but this time, in the James Bay community of Chisasibi, it was real.

Officials in the James Bay community of Waskaganish have called off the search for two hunters who have been missing since mid-October. The bodies of two other hunters have been found.

The season's first winter storm in the James Bay region of Quebec has put the water and ground search for two missing Cree hunters on hold, and led to school closures, power outages and cancelled flights and Halloween activities in several communities.