This shows you what is wrong with our electoral system. The Liberals got 50% more votes than the NDP but ended up with just over half of the seats. Why vote? Chances are your vote is not going to count. We need to move to a Proportional Representation System of electing our representatives provincially and … Read more
Residents unable to vote in several First Nations and rural communities Residents of some rural communities in Thunder Bay-Superior North have been frustrated in their efforts to participate in Ontario’s provincial election. Staffing issues at Aroland First Nation, Long Lake 58 First Nation, Caramat, Pays Plat First Nation and Rossport meant there was no local polling … Read more
Doug Ford pledges to fast-track mining and resource development Expanding a provincial financing program that guarantees loans to Indigenous-owned resource projects, putting millions into training First Nations workers and a plan to designate mineral-rich regions of the province as areas of “strategic importance” were several pledges Conservative leader Doug Ford made while in Thunder Bay. … Read more
Some First Nations in Kiiwetinoong have no voting locations yet Cat Lake has a polling location lined up for the Ontario election, but it seems a lot of other First Nations in the Kiiwetinoong riding do not. The campaign manager for one of Kiiwetinoong’s candidates said Tuesday in a post on Facebook that voting locations … Read more
Liberal leader pledges more family doctors while in Thunder Bay The Ontario Liberal party is pledging to ensure everyone in the province has a family doctor within four years. Liberal party leader Bonnie Crombie continued to make improving health care a main focus of her visit to Thunder Bay this week as she toured Confederation … Read more
Remote First Nations look for more fire safety training With little resources to address fire-related emergencies, fire safety remains a significant concern in many First Nations in and outside Northwestern Ontario. “I’ve been to over 25 communities in Northwestern Ontario. I’d say over 90 per cent of them don’t have a fire department and over 90 … Read more
NWO Indigenous opposition to nuclear waste storage site highlighted in report Opposition by area Indigenous leaders to the proposed nuclear waste disposal site slated to be built west of Ignace is highlighted in a larger report studying Indigenous nations’ attitudes to the nuclear industry. The report was co-published between the CEDAR project and the Passamaquoddy … Read more
Court rules First Nations’ prior consent is not required for land transfer Two First Nations have failed to persuade a court Ontario is breaching their rights by transferring some Crown land to the Municipality of Red Lake without their consent. The land in question is a 190-acre parcel within Red Lake’s boundaries known as Harry’s Corner. Wabauskang and … Read more
Eagle Lake has a bone to pick with the NWMO Chief Bernadette Wabange wants to make this clear: Eagle Lake First Nation has no legal fight with Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation. “I really need to stress that this fight isn’t against our neighbouring First Nation,” she told Newswatch Wednesday. Instead, she said, her band’s disagreement … Read more
This is the point that I have been making for quite a while now. The unhoused/addicts/mentally ill Industrial Complex. We have many organizations, largely funded by governments, whose entire business model depends on the existence of unhoused/addicts/mentally ill people living out doors in public spaces. The staff of these organizations are paid. How much? … Read more