Lenny Carpenter — Wawatay News

Communities along the James Bay coast are examining the potential of an all-season road to link four First Nations to the rest of Ontario.
A pre-feasibility study on the potential for an all-season road is due to the Mushkegowuk chiefs in December.
Once the report is submitted, the James Bay All-Season Road Project can move into the feasibility study stages.
Fort Albany First Nation Chief Andrew Solomon believes the road will be beneficial to the James Bay communities.

Community members from Fort Albany, Attawapiskat and Peawanuck endured 30 hours of hunger pangs to raise money for a Fort Albany family in need of funds.
Called the No Food for 30 Fundraiser, the communities raised more than $30,000 in pledges for Courtney Koostachin and her family, who are in Toronto awaiting a liver transplant.
Courtney is battling for her life as she awaits a donor for the transplant.

Feelings are mixed on a CBC documentary featuring students at the Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School (DFC) in Thunder Bay and the search for answers into the death of high school student Jordan Wabasse.
Stories from the River’s Edge aired on CBC’s the Fifth Estate Nov. 4, documenting the day-to-day lives of two DFC students who moved from Deer Lake First Nation to Thunder Bay to attend school. It also focused on the grandmother searching for answers into the death of her grandson Jordan Wabasse.

Four Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School (DFC) students sit in the office of principal Jonathan Kakegamic.
They are not in trouble. On the contrary, they are members of the Regional Multicultural Youth Council, a group providing a voice for youth of northwestern Ontario since 1985. The students are here to talk about their experiences of moving from their home communities to the city of Thunder Bay.

Timmins should be doing more to include and welcome the Aboriginal community, according to a study conducted by the Timmins Economic Development Corporation (TEDC).
Kathryn Carriere, Aboriginal liaison coordinator for TEDC, presented the 59-page report called the Timmins Aboriginal Services and Programs Gap Analysis study to the city council on Nov. 8.