Rick Garrick — Wawatay News

NAN Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler does not welcome the federal government’s Feb. 4 announcement to maintain funding over the next five years for policing agreements with First Nation and Inuit communities under the First Nations Policing Program.

Aboriginal police services such as Nishnawbe-Aski Police Services are now funded for five more years after a federal government agreement was signed Mar. 4.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation is looking for concrete results after the First Nations Representations on Ontario Juries report was released on Feb. 26 in Thunder Bay.

Although some of the Kashechewan Inquest recommendations relating to Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) have been completed, others have yet to be acted on.

In light of the death of a Kasabonika woman that is once again raising issues with policing in First Nations communities, a Nishnawbe Aski Nation deputy grand chief says NAN still lags behind the rest of the country when it comes to policing services.

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service Acting Chief of Police Bob Herman is calling for the same policing standards as other police forces.

Education is the basis of Nishnawbe Aski Nation’s survival.

Lakehead University students have raised concerns about changes to the Faculty of Law’s indigenous course, saying the changes will reduce the new program’s focus on indigenous issues.

Mishkeegogamang’s William Sabko plans to use a heating machine to control bedbugs after a bed bug presentation at the 11th Annual First Nations Northern Housing Conference.

Sachigo Lake, Lac Seul and Sandy Lake were the big winners at the 2013 Little Bands Native Youth Hockey Tournament, held Feb. 11-17 in Dryden.

Keewaytinook Mobile’s cell phones will soon be roaming across Canada thanks to the continued efforts of KM staff.

Home repair tips and techniques were highlighted by home improvement guru Jon Eakes during the 11th Annual First Nations Northern Housing Conference.

Kasabonika Chief Gordon Anderson is highlighting his community’s lack of a jail cell after a 23-year-old woman died while in police custody in Kasabonika.

The DeBeers winter road has been blocked twice over the past week, an ongoing blockade that began on Feb. 10 and another from Feb. 4-6.