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City offices closed While closed to the public, City staff are still here to serve you by phone or e-mail. Contact today Twinning of Highway 17 to begin this fall after historic ceremony Written by Ryan Forbes Monday, May 03 2021, 5:00 AM Shoal Lake #40 Chief Erwin Redsky (left), Washagamis Bay Chief Marilyn Sinclair (second left), Wauzhushk Onigum Chief Chris Skead (second right) and Dalles Chief Lorraine Cobiness (right) of the Four Winds partnership. Picture taken prior to the ...

  WINNIPEG -- A virtual sacred ceremony Friday between four First Nations and the Ontario government confirmed consent for the twinning of the Trans Canada Highway from the Manitoba-Ontario border to Highway 673. The four First Nations involved formed the Niiwin Wendaanimok Partnership in 2018, and include Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation, and Washagamis Bay First Nation. “Today is a historic event, using Manito Aki Inakonigaawin ...

Share this article " How will we keep the Holocaust relevant when there are no survivors left to tell their stories?" TORONTO, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - One week today, Liberation75 will host a free, virtual event from May 4-9 to mark the 75 th anniversary of the liberation from the Holocaust. Liberation75 guest speakers will include (clockwise from top-right): Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, Rosalie Abella, Elisha Wiesel (CNW Group/Liberation75) "The Holocaust is a lesson abou...

Kenora-area First Nations agree to allow Highway 17 twinning to start Community leaders say the project will create hundreds of jobs. Apr 8, 2021 10:57 AM By: TbNewsWatch.com Staff Two provincial ministers and leaders from four Kenora-area First Nations signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Feb. 5, 2020 (Government of Ontario) KENORA, Ont. — The leadership of four First Nations say they conditionally agree to allow the Government of Ontario to begin the twinni...

Kenora, ON, Canada / 89.5 The Lake Apr 7, 2021 8:52 AM Four of the first nations around Kenora have given their blessing to the first phase of twinning the Trans-Canada Highway. The Dalles, Rat Portage, Washagamis Bay and Shoal Lake #40 says they willing to give conditional support for the project, which includes the double laning of Highway 17 from the Ontario/Manitoba border to Highway 673. The leaders of the first nations say they are inviting Ontario cabinet ministers to attend a special ce...

Article content A group of Treaty 3 First Nation leaders have given Ontario their conditional consent to begin twinning the Trans-Canada Highway from the Ontario border, with shovels expected to be in the ground this fall. The project was announced early Wednesday morning, following approval from the Niiwin Wendaanimok Partnership (‘Four Winds’), a group of Treaty 3 leaders from Wauzhusk Onigum, Shoal Lake 40, Niisaachewan Anishinaabe (Dalles) and Washagamis Bay First Nations. In a media re...

Three northwestern Ontario communities will be getting economic development support thanks to a Fednor grant. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Apr 06, 2021 7:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 6 FedNor has announced $770,000 in funding for three northwestern Ontario communities to hire economic development officers.(fednor.gc.ca) Three northwestern Ontario communities will be receiving economic development support thanks to a FedNor grant. The agency announced last week it was pledging $770,00...

Chief Marilyn Sinclair, Obashkaandagaang First Nation. The federal government is spending 770 to create or retain Economic Development positions in Washagmis Bay, Dryden and Machin. The money comes from FedNor. Chief Marilyn Sinclair of Washagamis Bay says the money will help the community with a couple of economic opportunities they are pursuing. “It will create a lot of opportunities, especially the internet,” states Sinclair. “Our people…some are without the internet.  So that’s g...