Shawn Bell - Wawatay News

In a signing last week that marked another step towards building an electricity transmission line to Pickle Lake and then connecting 10 remote First Nations to the southern electrical grid, 13 northwestern Ontario First Nations joined Goldcorp to officially incorporate Wataynikaneyap Power.
The April 4 announcement comes as pre-development on phase one of the project – a 300 km line to Pickle Lake that will replace an existing, insufficient line – continues and Wataynikaneyap Power works towards starting construction on phase one of the project in 2014.

For Nishnawbe-Aski Police Services (NAPS) officers in communities, it is business as usual, for now, despite the political wrangling surrounding the force.
Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) has signed onto a one-year funding extension for NAPS that will see the force continue patrolling 35 NAN communities.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) has signed an memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work with Ontario and Canada on improving education outcomes for NAN students.
The agreement, signed during the Spring Chiefs Assembly in Mattagami First Nation on Apirl 9, intends to help support NAN students attending school at both First Nation and provincial schools.

ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᓭ ᐁᑲ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᒋᔭᐸᑕᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐅᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᓭ ᐅᐡᑭᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓇᐣ ᐁᓇᐸᐱᑫᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᐱ ᐅᑕ ᑭᐡᑭᒪᓂᓯᐊᐧᐳᑲᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧᐊᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᓯᒧᑲᐟ ᑲᐅᒋᒐᑲᑌᐊᐱᑭᑌᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᑲᐅᒋᐅᐡᒋᑫᓭᐠ ᑭᒋᐸᐸᐳᓇᐱᑯᑲᐠ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐊᐧᑭᒋᐊᐧᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐠ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐊᐧᑭᑕᑐᐊᐧᐨ᙮
ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐊᑲᓯᐠ ᐱᓯᒧᑲᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᒐᑲᑌᐊᐱᑭᑌᐠ ᑭᒋᐸᐸᐳᓇᐱᑯᐠ ᐃᐡᑲᑌ ᑲᐅᒋᐅᐡᒋᑫᓭᐠ 10 ᑫᕑᐅᐊᐧᐟᐢ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᑕᐊᐱᒋᒪᑲᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᑌᐃᐧᔭᐱᑲᐟ ᑕᐅᒋᓴᑲᐱᑫᓯᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐸᑭ ᒣᑎᓂᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᐊᔭᒪᑲᐣ ᐃᐃᒪ ᐅᑕ ᐅᓴᑦ ᓂᐱᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᑲᐅᒋᐃᐧᑯᐱᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ᙮
“ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᑎᑭᑎᒥᐣ ᐁᓇᓇᑕᐊᐧᐸᑕᒪᐠ ᐊᐣᑎ ᐁᑲ ᒥᐡᑕᐦᐃ ᑫᑭᐅᒋᒣᑎᓂᑫᔭᑭᐸᐣ ᐅᓴᑦ ᑲᐊᑲᐧᑭᑌᐠ ᐃᐡᑯᑌ ᑲᐊᐸᒋᑐᔭᐠ” ᐃᑭᑐ ᑭᐡᑭᒪᓂᓯᐊᐧᐳ ᐅᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒉᒥᐢ ᒣᒣᑫᐧ᙮ “ᐅᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᑭ ᑕᐅᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᐣ᙮”

The Ring of Fire mining development could be Canada’s next oil sands, says federal minister of FedNor Tony Clement.
Clement, who was appointed earlier this year as the federal government’s point man on the Ring of Fire, told the Huffington Post that the mining development will change northern Ontario for the better.
“It has the potential to transform what was hitherto a very poor, underdeveloped area of Ontario and give people who live there, particularly First Nations people, a chance for a decent life,” Clement said.