Lenny Carpenter — Wawatay News

ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᐅᑕᑕᒪᐣ ᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᑲᓄᑫ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᔑ ᐸᑭᑌᐡᑲᑯᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᒋ, ᐅᒪᒪᒪᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᐊᑲᔐᔑᐨ ᐅᑕᑕᒪᐣ ᑲᑭᐱ ᓂᑕᒥᓂᑫᐧᓂᐨ.
“ᓂᒪᒪ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᒋᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐣᑕᑕ ᑭᐃᔑᓂᔕᐊᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐯᓫᐃᑲᐣ ᐸᐧᓫᐢ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ. “ᓂᐣᑭᓇᒣᐦᐅᑯᐣ ᐊᓂᐡ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᓂᓯᑕᐁᐧᑕᒪᐣ ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᐃᔑᔭᐨ ᐣᑕᑕ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑯᑕᐧᓱ ᐁᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀᔭᐣ, ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᑭᒥᓂᑫᐧ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᔦ ᒋᐅᒋ ᓂᓯᑕᐁᐧᑕᒪᐣ ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᒥᓂᑫᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑭᐊᐧᐡᑫᐧ, ᑲᓇ. ᐁᐡᑲᑦ ᐃᑯ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᐃᔑᔭ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᐅᒋ ᑭᐊᐧᐡᑫᐧᓭᐨ, ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᒋᔕᔕᑯᐊᐧᓇᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ.

While it was announced that the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) will be divested and privatized, ONTC and the provincial government assure those living along the James Bay coast that the Polar Bear Express will continue its service.
The Polar Bear Express, one of ONTC’s two rail services, is the train that runs between Moosonee and Cochrane. Since the railway was completed in 1932, it has been a lifeline for the James Bay coastal communities as it offers a relatively inexpensive option for travel and cargo shipments.

Kashechewan residents who were evacuated due to the threat of flooding have returned home after the First Nation lifted its state of emergency on Mar. 31.
Deputy Chief William Sutherland said since the Albany River has opened up for five miles and water levels have lowered, the threat of flooding no longer exists for the community this spring.
“We had five Elders go up on the chopper to look up the river,” he said. “And a decision was made based on the Elders that the river is safe and there’s no more water coming down.”

Many goose hunters along the James Bay coast are reporting lower numbers of geese in their annual harvest this spring.
Ryan Solomon of Moosonee said that he and his father were setting up their spring camp and saw geese flying that day.
“After that, they barely flew,” he said, resulting in the camp getting a smaller number of geese than usual. Other hunters in the Moosonee-Moose Factory area said the same thing.

Wawatay News reporter Lenny Carpenter went out on the goose hunt from April 14-22 at his family spring camp located about 24 kilometres west of Moosonee. It was the first time since moving to Thunder Bay for college three years ago that the 28-year-old was able to go on the hunt.