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? We … Read more
Deep ground nuclear repository is a bad idea All is not as it seems with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s (NWMO’s) statement earlier this month trumpeting its success in finding two communities willing to host the underground burial of Canada’s used nuclear fuel. NWMO announced it had selected the Revell Lake area between Ignace and … Read more
Red Rock Indian Band members receiving land claim funds Adult members of the Red Rock Indian Band can get their share of a recent land claim settlement now. According to a notice shared on social media, the First Nation began issuing payments on Monday. Cheque are being issued to members who show up at the band office and … Read more
‘Lives depend on it’: First Nations push back against delays on police funding The lawyer representing the Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario called Canada “utterly cowardly” for its request to delay a human rights hearing. The Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario (IPCO) is asking Canada to withdraw its motion to adjourn an Ontario Human Rights … Read more
Ford promises anti-encampment bill without notwithstanding clause The Progressive Conservative government has announced that it is bringing forward legislation to crack down on homeless encampments by giving municipalities new powers and funding to allow cities to disband them. But after weeks of floating — and defending — the possible use of the notwithstanding clause to allow … Read more