Community

While two Eabametoong women were unsuccessful so far this fall on their moose hunt, a band councillor managed to get four during the first three weeks of October.

Thunderstone Pictures Inc. and CBC Radio’s Common Ground Café program were recently commended by the City of Thunder Bay for their efforts in helping to make the city a safer place to live.

Wasaya Airways and Lakehead University signed an agreement Nov. 21 to launch a sports leadership program in northern First Nations.

The Anishinabek Nation’s Northern Superior Chiefs held a blessing ceremony at the McKenzie 1 archaeological site Nov. 10.

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.

Nishnawbe Aski Police Service has hired a community policing coordinator to provide more community policing services in the 35 Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities it serves across northern Ontario.

Fort Albany has been working on promoting food security in their community since establishing a food security committee in January.

Five crews of fire fighters were surrounded by flames while battling forest fires near Sandy Lake this summer.

The Chief Coroner of Ontario, Dr. Andrew McCallum, released a 215-page report Sept. 2 dealing with 16 youth suicides that occurred in Pikangikum First Nation during 2006-2008.

Michael Fox will engage mineral resource companies in the Ring of Fire as Webequie’s Ring of Fire senior director.

Pic River’s Garland Moses shared his community’s success in completing a 10-year housing plan three years early during the 16th Annual Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation Conference and Tradeshow.

A lacklustre patrol two years ago, the Junior Canadian Rangers of Bearskin Lake is now the best in northern Ontario.

Forest fires are still burning throughout northwestern Ontario, but smoke has resided and many residents from First Nations in the area have returned home safely.

Heavy smoke conditions in Deer Lake have caused havoc for the community.