Rick Garrick — Wawatay News

Police are investigating the death of 38-year-old James Wasawa of Eabametoong First Nation.
The man was found Sept. 27 after Nishnawbe Aski Police Service were called with a report of the deceased man at about 8 a.m.
The Ontario Provincial Police North West Region Crime Unit, under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, was called in to assist in the investigation at the request of NAPS.
A post mortem examination took place Sept. 28 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.

Former Lac Seul chief David Gordon is running for his second term as councillor at large in the upcoming Sioux Lookout municipal elections.
“I would like to capitalize on my experience from the last four years,” Gordon said, explaining his first four years in municipal government were a real learning curve. “Now I feel really comfortable in that environment so I think I can work towards making changes a lot more effectively.”

Noront Resources Ltd. has announced a positive assessment of a standalone nickel copper platinum group metal mine and mill complex for the Eagle’s Nest deposit in the James Bay lowlands of northern Ontario.
“The preliminary assessment demonstrates a robust return on investment,” said Wes Hanson, CEO of Noront. “The project offers a number of business opportunities for the First Nation communities of Marten Falls and Webequie, the two communities closest to the project.

A jigging Elder was one of the highlights of Anishnawbe Mushkiki’s 10th anniversary celebration: A Decade of Community Success.
“A lot of older people came – I saw one person get up and jig while the jiggers were on,” said Martha Mawakeesic, Anishnawbe Mushkiki’s FASD, nutrition and parenting worker. “And they enjoyed themselves. A couple of them were in wheelchairs.”

“We’re broken, broken from the past and it’s like a ripple effect that needs to stop and the real healing begin.”
Those were the words of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug’s Tina Sainnawap as she described the story of her eight nieces and nephews, whose parents had committed suicide, during the beginning of Andree Cazabon’s documentary film 3rd World Canada.
Sainnawap attended the film’s Sept. 30 premiere at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and its Oct. 2 screening during the Bay Street Film Festival in Thunder Bay.