THUNDER BAY, ON – The First Nations Natural Resources Youth Employment Program (FNNRYEP) has 48 participants learning about anthropology, geography, dendrology, sustainable energy sources, visual arts, engineering, entrepreneurship, aboriginal mentorship and more this week during a Science Camp [Read more]
Today, Shkoday Abinojiiwak Obimiwedoon announced the end of its BIWAASE’AA Program which, for the last eight years, has provided much-needed educational, nutritional, emotional and spiritual support to hundreds of children in need in Thunder Bay. Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development [Read more]
AIAI GRAND CHIEF STATEMENT REGARDING CANADA’S RESPONSE TO ATTAWAPISKAT LONDON, ON –The Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI) is outraged by the Federal Government’s handling of the Attawapiskat Crisis. By suggesting that the current situation is exclusively the fault of the [Read more]
1,500 Residents Airlifted To Safety The Cabinet Committee on Emergency Management convened today and ensured that firefighters and personnel on the ground have the resources needed to evacuate people to safety and extinguish the fires. The evacuation of residents of First Nations communities in [Read more]
Most Vulnerable Residents Airlifted On Military Aircraft 530 Deer Lake residents have now been safely evacuated from their community which is threatened by nearby forest fires. Forest fires had been burning as close as 3.5 kilometres from the remote northwest Ontario community. At the request of [Read more]
Most Vulnerable Residents Airlifted On Military Aircraft 530 Deer Lake residents have now been safely evacuated from their community which is threatened by nearby forest fires. Forest fires had been burning as close as 3.5 kilometres from the remote northwest Ontario community. At the request of [Read more]
