Brandon Sun By: Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press Posted: Save to Read Later
TORONTO - Indigenous women must be squarely at the forefront of efforts to combat the national tragedy of violence against them, a new Ontario government report asserts.
People sing and beat drums while participating in a march calling for justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver on Sunday October 20, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
TORONTO - Indigenous women must be squarely at the forefront of efforts to combat the national tragedy of violence against them, a new Ontario government report asserts.
Kenora MP Eric Melillo says RCMP personnel won’t be headed to Pikangikum First Nation.
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Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police won’t be headed to Pikangikum First Nation, after Kenora MP Eric Melillo called on the federal government to intervene in the community’s policing crisis.
“I know the province is working to exhaust all of the options they have to determine long-term policing solutions,” says Melillo. “Pikangikum has asked for RCMP assistance in the interim. It’s unfortunate that the government has ruled it out, but I won’t stop pressing them on that.”
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 twinning of the Trans-Canada Highway between Kenora and the Manitoba boundary.
Wauzhushk Onigum, Shoal Lake # 40, Niisaachewan Anishinaabe and Washagamis Bay First Nations made the announcement jointly.
They said they are prepared to give the province conditional consent to enter their territory under their guidance to build Phase 1 of the project, a 6.5 kilometre stretch from Manitoba to Highway 673.
Chiefs of Ontario: Inmates returning home, workers coming onto reserve pose COVID 19 spread concerns, say chiefs
February 5, 2021
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Delegates at the Chiefs of Ontario’s virtual Special Chiefs Assembly Feb. 3 voiced concerns over testing and the need to inoculate a wider range of people as the COVID-19 vaccination program rolls out.
While Elders rightfully remain a priority, chiefs said attention needed to be paid to workers coming on reserve to do vital work, personal health workers moving from home-to-home caring for Elders and community members, released inmates returning to their communities, and women living in the protection of shelters.