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Rowena Moonias is aiming to take flight with Wasaya Airways.

Marten Falls is home to two of Wasaya Airway’s three successful Taking Flight pilot trainees.

Eighteen students from Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School participated in a 30-hour famine, raising $700 for World Vision.

Mushkegowuk Council is looking to create a non-profit trust fund for donations to offset the cost of possible litigation against the provincial and federal governments regarding the contents of Treaty 9.

The Ontario Provincial Police Underwater Search and Recovery Unit combed the Kaministiqua River below the James Street bridge in Thunder Bay, searching the river for Jordan Wabasse.

Canadian Rangers from four First Nations in northern Ontario provided winter survival training for more than 700 troops in a two-month period this year.

The winter roads are still open and in good shape.

Citing a lack of support from other First Nations, Marten Falls called off its Ring of Fire blockade.

Nibinamik’s Don Sofea is concerned about the impact Noront Resources Ltd.’s proposal to transport mineral concentrate to Savant Lake could have on his traditions.

The search efforts for Jordan Wabasse will continue with a new home thanks to a Thunder Bay business.

A weekend spent on a joint training exercise by Junior Canadian Rangers from Constance Lake and army cadets from Hearst was rated a success in bringing youth from two cultures together in a positive learning experience for both of them.

Sixteen Canadian Rangers from Constance Lake were an important part of a major military exercise to improve the ability of southern soldiers to operate in the North in the winter.

Gord Keesic’s stock is rising.

Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation (NALSC) office staff in Sioux Lookout held an open house Feb. 25 to showcase the organization’s services such as the Restorative Justice and Talking Together programs.

An Aroland couple who built a cabin – for hunting, trapping, fishing and gathering – without a permit took on the province and won for a third time.