I think most of us feel like we have been through several very weird years with the Covid19 pandemic, climate change events like the recent forest fire...
November 11 or what we refer to as Remembrance Day is a very sad time for myself and my partner Mike. I have been doing a lot of research on my great-...
Minister of Natural Resources Linda Jeffrey had felt optimistic before the Nishnawbe Aski Nation chiefs declared their opposition to Bill 191, the Far North Act.
Basil Greene is looking for more Anishinabe content in the Child and Family Services Act.
While the issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women went national due to B.C.’s Robert Pickton case, it is also an issue in northwestern Ontario.
“In addition to British Columbia, Ontario has a very high incidence of missing Aboriginal women as well,” said Betty Kennedy, executive director of the Ontario Native Women’s Association. “We are hopeful in the future we will be able to engage with the justice department as well as policing to take a much more proactive approach in terms of dealing with this particular problem.”
Kakitashinchinchikatek ewaani-i-twaa shikwaa kakinisintwaa ikii anishinaabekweg o-oma miinsiwe akiink awaashiime kianikikentaakwaan api kaatipakonichi B.C. ka-oonchiich robert picton, mi-i-peshikwan esisek o-oma kiiwetinooknake Ontario.
Ontario is targeting the abuse of prescription drugs through upcoming narcotics strategy legislation.
“We know that there is a serious narcotics abuse issue facing many Ontarians and their families throughout our province,” said Health and Long-Term Care Minister Deb Matthews. “We are taking a range of steps that reflect the severity of the issue.”
The provincial government plans to introduce the legislation this fall to help address the abuse of prescription narcotics while ensuring access to pain medication for those who need it most.
Lac Seul is looking into obtaining provincial wood allocations to start up a pre-fabricated house-building factory.
“We put in a proposal to the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry to do with the wood supply competition,” said Lac Seul Chief Clifford Bull. “Our proposal centres around acquiring a pre-fab house-building factory in the community which would employ 40 people.
Northern Superior region leaders are upset thousands of Aboriginal artifacts are being excavated and shipped to Lakehead University without consultation with local First Nations.
“I was the first First Nation (person) that even knew about it,” said Red Rock Chief Pierre Pelletier, explaining he first found out about the excavation in late July. “I phoned (Fort William) Chief (Peter) Collins, all the chiefs around the region – none of them even heard about it.”
As Grassy Narrows women block access of ministry of natural resources enforcement officers to their traditional territory, the MNR said any back-road repair work requires approval before it can go ahead.
“Any work to repair roads on Crown land would be subject to the appropriate approvals including a work permit application,” said Michelle Nowak, an MNR regional communication and marketing specialist. “The ministry has not received a proposal or a work permit application for this work.”
First Nations and environmental organizations are questioning the rapid pace of development in the Ring of Fire.
Marten Falls Chief Eli Moonias brought up concerns that the Ring of Fire railway corridor study will jeopardize his community’s plans to build an access road.
I think most of us feel like we have been through several very weird years with the Covid19 pandemic, climate change events like the recent forest fire...
November 11 or what we refer to as Remembrance Day is a very sad time for myself and my partner Mike. I have been doing a lot of research on my great-...