Rick Garrick — Wawatay News

Barry Waboose’s efforts to save two lives and deliver a baby were recognized on March 14 by the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority.

The Nishnawbe Aski Nation broadband fibre optic cable network has been rerouted around Big Trout Lake after Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) raised concerns about an underwater route across the lake.

Fort William First Nation is looking to prepare community members for the upcoming mining boom by hosting a mining conference from March 25-26.

Pays Plat’s Chris Mushquash showed how a teepee, like people, will eventually fall down as its supports are removed during Dilico Anishinabek Family Care’s Revisiting Our Journey: Healing Starts with our Youth conference.

As winter road seasons continue to become more unpredictable, a number of companies and governments are examining the possibility of transporting goods to remote communities by airships.

Championship hockey will rule this weekend with the Northern First Nations finals scheduled on Friday and Saturday and the Northern Bands finals on Sunday.

Changing climate conditions across Nishnawbe Aski Nation continue to affect the winter road system used to bring in fuel, building products and other supplies.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation is no longer willing to accept the status-quo funding model for Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service as it puts community members in “grave danger.”

The much anticipated Northern Bands and Northern First Nations hockey tournaments are getting underway now, with championships scheduled for this weekend.

The issue of First Nations representation on juries in Ontario transcends the discrete issue of juries and lies at the heart of the proper administration of justice.

Mishkeegogamang Chief Connie Gray-McKay is calling for a focus on partnership after the First Nations Representations on Ontario Juries report was released on Feb. 26 in Thunder Bay.

Fort William First Nation is looking to prepare community members for the expected northern Ontario mining boom by hosting a mining conference from March 25-26.

The grandmother who walked out of a coroner’s inquest on her grandson Jacy Pierre’s death is happy with the recommendations in the First Nations Representations on Ontario Juries report.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation is planning an open house for April 19 to identify the economic impact NAN and its associated organizations have on Thunder Bay.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation is calling for Lakehead University to re-implement a full-credit indigenous course in the new law school’s course of study, as students continue a sit in protest.