Despite losing more than two weeks of the winter road season along the James Bay coast due to two separate blockades, De Beers Canada says it was able to ship the necessary fuel and supplies to its Victor Mine site.
As federal government officials met with what Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy called “a small number of chiefs” about the First Nations Education Act in Thunder Bay, dozens of people protested outside the consultation meeting.
Attawapiskat has been reimbursed for the fees charged by the third party manager that was imposed on the First Nation in December 2011 after the community’s housing crisis made the national spotlight.
Traditional sciences were on display at Thunder Bay’s Confederation College during the Let’s Talk Science outreach program’s fourth annual Aboriginal Science Fair.
A group of Youth for Lakes walkers is raising concerns about Lake Winnipeg’s deteriorating environmental conditions by walking more than 2,100 kilometres to Ottawa.
Debeers is still considering legal action against winter road blockaders from Attwapiskat, even though the company completed its winter road shipping despite the blockades.
The group of youth walkers travelling from Sachigo to Thunder Bay were honoured in Sioux Lookout with a ceremony and feast, before continuing their journey.