Rick Garrick — Wawatay News

Aroland First Nation has filed a freedom of information request relating to the Cliffs Natural Resources chromite mine project in the Ring of Fire.
Aroland Chief Sonny Gagnon said he discovered the provincial government and Cliffs had been holding confidential meetings during a May 1 meeting with Joseph Carrabba, Cliffs chairman, president and CEO.
“I just wanted to know what they are not revealing to us,” Gagnon said, “especially when they are going to make decisions affecting my First Nation and my membership.”

A mother of five wants to increase awareness of policing among children and youth in her community after graduating from Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service’s Auxiliary Constable program.
“It will help me to be a role model in my community,” said Mattagami’s Deanna Heyte, one of 18 auxiliary constables who graduated on May 4 at NAPS headquarters in Thunder Bay. “It will allow them (children and youth) to be able to ask questions and maybe help them in deciding to take a career in policing as well.”
Slate Falls’ Lenny Tyler Loon said the Auxiliary Constable program was “a blast.”

Aroland First Nation has filed a freedom of information request relating to the Cliffs Natural Resources chromite mine project in the Ring of Fire.
Aroland Chief Sonny Gagnon said he discovered the provincial government and Cliffs had been holding confidential meetings during a May 1 meeting with Joseph Carrabba, Cliffs chairman, president and CEO.
“I just wanted to know what they are not revealing to us,” Gagnon said, “especially when they are going to make decisions affecting my First Nation and my membership.”

A social networking model describing a Metis family was one of the highlights during the April 17 Metis Recognition and Rights panel discussion at Lakehead University.
“I’m fascinated by Brenda Macdougall’s social networking model for trying to figure out the historic connections,” said Jean Teillet, a lawyer with Pape Salter Teillet Barristers & Solicitors in Vancouver, great-grandniece of Louis Riel and one of three panelists in the panel discussion. “It’s a pretty interesting thing to see and quite an advance on the way we’ve been able to look at Aboriginal communities.”

“We know it is the Anishinabe way of life to work in clusters.”
Those were the comments of Linda McGuire, Aboriginal mentoring coordinator with PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise, as she spoke about creating clusters during the launch of a new series of online workshops aimed at connecting Aboriginal women from northern communities with northern business leaders.