Lenny Carpenter — Wawatay News

It is easy to get lost and distracted in this modern world.
Commutes, paperwork, deadlines, politics and daily gossip often complicate our daily lives.
The Internet and TV obscures our sense of place in the world. Often, we are consumed and distracted by these extraneous details that really have no impact on our day-to-day lives.
And there are the hardships we all face, related to money, addictions, family...even death.

Two First Nations youth advancing their education at a Thunder Bay employment and training agency had the chance to talk to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne during her visit to the city on May 23.
Sarah Mickelson, a Sachigo Lake First Nation member, was working on an assignment to gain her Grade 9 English credit at YES Employment Services when Wynne approached her.
“She was just right there, it was nerve wracking,” Mickelson said, laughing at the memory.
Mickelson told Wynne she was there to gain high school credits so she can enter Grade 10 in the fall.

Four people died when an Ornge air ambulance helicopter crashed near Moosonee in the early hours of May 31.
Two pilots and two paramedics were on board the Sikorsky S76 helicopter that was on its way to Attawapiskat around 12:11 a.m. to transfer a patient when ground control lost contact with the aircraft shortly after it left the Ornge Moosonee base.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre at CFB Trenton was contacted and at around 6 a.m., a military search and rescue aircraft located the crashed helicopter about a kilometre away from where it took off.

Ornge officials have confirmed that all four crewmembers died when its air ambulance helicopter crashed near Moosonee in the early hours of May 31.
Two pilots and two paramedics were on board the Sikorsky S76 helicopter that was on its way to Attawapiskat around 12:11 a.m. to transfer a patient, when ground control lost contact with the aircraft shortly after it left the Ornge Moosonee base.

Although water levels have stabilized and residents who were evacuated have returned to the community, Kasabonika Lake is still trying to recover from the loss of a youth from suicide.
Kasabonika Chief Gordon Anderson said the mood in the community is “not too good.”
“A lot of people are still affected especially with the suicide that we had,” he said. “There’s still a lot going on with the youth.”