Rick Garrick — Wawatay News

Titus Semple and Alanna McKenzie are looking to create greater success for First Nations people through their roles with Crupi Consulting Group in Thunder Bay.
“I have always felt that one way for our people to continue to succeed will be through business,” said Semple, who joined Crupi as a business development consultant about two months ago. “We are committed to building positive, mutually-beneficial relationships and opportunities with the full participation of First Nation individuals, businesses and communities.”

ᐊᓴᐸᓇᑲᐃᐧᓂᓂ ᑯᕑᐃᐢ ᐊᐣᑕᓴᐣ ᐅᐃᐧᑯᒋᑐᐣ 15 ᑎᐸᐦᐊᑲᐣ ᐁᐃᐧᐃᓇᑕᑫᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐅᐣᒋᒪᒋᔭᑕᑫᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑫᑌ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ.
␣ᐊᔕ ᓂᔓᔭᑭ ᐣᑐᒋᐱᒥ ᓇᓇᑲᑕᐁᐧᐣᑕᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐁᐃᐧᑐᑕᒪᐣ,␣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᐣᑕᓴᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ 1992 ᑲᔭᑭᐊᐧᓂᐠ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ ᐅᐣᒋ ᓇᐸᓀ ᑭᐡᑭᓂᑫ. ␣ᐣᑭᐊᔕᐧᑕᑫᐧᓇᐸᐣ ᐊᔓᑲᑦ ᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᓂᐱᓄᐠ ᐅᒪ ᐊᓴᐸᓇᑲᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᑲᒥᐣᐠ ᐁᐃᐧᐅᐣᒋᑲᑫᐧ ᔓᓂᔭᑫᑐᔭᐣ ᒋᔕᐯᐧᐃᐧᓯᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᔭᒥᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᓂᑲᒧᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ.␣
ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᐊᔕᐧᑕᑫᐧᐨ ᐅᐃᐧᑲᑫᐧᔓᓂᔭᑫᑐᐣ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐅᔑᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᐁᐃᐧᑲᒥᓂ, ᒋᐊᑕᐁᐧᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᐣᑌᐁᐧᓯᒋᑲᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᓇᑐᑕᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐅᐣᒋ ᓄᑕᑲᐧᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑲᐊᔭᒥᐦᐁᐃᐧ ᓂᑲᒧᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ.
␣ᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᑲᔦ ᐁᐃᐧᐃᔑ ᑲᑫᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱᔭᐣ ᓂᐊᐧᑲᐃᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ␣ ᐊᐣᑕᓴᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ. ␣ᑲᐃᐧᓂᐣ ᐣᑌᐯᐧᑕᓯᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑫᑯᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭ ᒋᑭᐃᔑᑲᐡᑭᑐᐸᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᑐᑕᐠ. ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑫᑯᐣ ᐃᐧᑯᒋᑐᔭᐣ, ᑌᐯᐧ ᑲᑲᐡᑭᑐᐣ.␣

The Deer Lake evacuation focused the story for a number of national and local media representatives during Nishnawbe Aski Nation’s July 21 media flight into the heart of the forest fire crisis.
“Yesterday was very smoky, but the wind has shifted,” said Deer Lake councillor Cory Meekis shortly after a four-engine Hercules aircraft took off from his community with a load of phase-one evacuees and their luggage. “We couldn’t even see 50 feet in front of us when we were driving.”

Sandy Lake Chief Adam Fiddler applauded the efforts of 20 community members who stayed behind with him after the rest of the community was evacuated due to smoke from forest fires.
“If they were not here with me, I would have sunk,” Fiddler said dur- ing a July 28 interview. “It was as if we were in a big canoe – they were the ones paddling and all I was doing was steering. If they were not here with me, we would have gone nowhere, so I really appreciated those 20 people who stayed with me.”

Whitewater Lake community members are heading back home after a nearby forest fire was water bombed by the Ministry of Natural Resources Aug. 4.
“I think it is safe now to go back to the community,” said Whitewater Lake Chief Arlene Slipperjack during an Aug. 5 interview. “I would like to thank the MNR on their quick response in dealing with this matter.”