Archive - 1991

Graduation congrats go out to seven Lac Seul students of the Work Orientation Workshop (WOW) who had their grad ceremonies at the Sunset Inn in Sioux Lookout June 21.

Some lucky northern' kids will have plenty to do this summer. The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) has funded a pilot project to run summer recreation programs on six reserves.

Kingfisher's new Omahamo Hotel Complex was not even officially open last month, yet it was full to capacity. A year in the construction stage and still needing some major work, the twostory building was comfortable enough for a troupe of firefighters to claim as their residence.

t's now been one full year since Senator Lowell Murray, former minister of federal-provincial relations, officially declared the Meech Lake Accord dead. The Newfoundland and Manitoba Legislatures both adjourned before the June 22, 1990 deadline, without holding a ratification vote on the Accord.

Twelve Northern Nishnawbe Education Council students who graduated from high school in Sioux Lookout this year are like twelve major steps "giving hope to the communities", Ethel Blondin, the Native Member of Parliament from the Western Arctic said recently.

Like many northern communities, Pikangikum held its annual Treaty Day Celebrations June 20th to 22nd.