Thunder Bay

Jean Paul Gladu of Bingwi Neeyashi Anishinaabek (BNA) is bringing his optimism about the future of Aboriginal businesses in Canada to his new position as CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.

The 2012 Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund corporation of the year was recognized for successful investments in camp and catering services, a cell phone company and the recent acquisition of a security company.

The 2012 Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund executive of the year advises the youth his organization works with to aim high with their goals, whether those be in business or elsewhere.

Whitesand First Nation stands poised to begin operation of their own green power plant and in doing so establish local businesses that will provide green energy, long term, skilled employment positions and revenues for the community.

The 2012 Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund businessman of the year has been instrumental in working with communities as they move into the resource sector.

The 2012 Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund businesswoman of the year enjoys working with community members and organizations to improve life for First Nations people.

Webequie’s proactive approach to economic and business development was celebrated on Oct. 24 during the 22nd Annual Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund Business Awards.

In March of this year, legalized brothels, or “bawdy houses” were given the go-ahead by the Ontario Court of Appeal and could become a reality within the next few months.

Kasabonika’s Don Mamakwa has stopped drinking since he joined the two-year Kwae Kii Win alcohol management pilot project in Thunder Bay.

ᑯᒋᒋᐣᐠ ᐁᐅᐣᒋᐨ ᑌᕑᐃ ᐊᑕᑦ ᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐳᓂᒥᓂᑫᐧ ᐊᑯᓇᐠ ᐃᒪ ᑲᑭᐱᐣᑎᑫᐨ ᑫᐧᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ.

The Kwae Kii Win program has been helping people deal with alcoholism and other substance abuse since opening its doors in March 2012 in Thunder Bay.

Police are asking for help finding Keenan Mattinas. He was last seen on Oct. 12 at his residence in Limbrick Place in Thunder Bay.

In 1962, Victor Joseph Seegerts died a hero’s death when the commercial fishing boat he worked on drifted from the island where he and his fellow crew members were stopping.

One family created their own unique talking stick during an Oct. 20 Community Arts and Heritage Education Project talking/walking stick workshop in Thunder Bay.

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service Constable Blain Joynson was recently honoured for bravery during a 2010 shooting incident in Deer Lake that claimed the life of one man and wounded another.