Chief backs proximity principle in Grassy Narrows feud over nuclear waste site
Grassy Narrows Chief backs the proximity principle and demands First Nations participation in consultations for a proposed deep geological repository. The community cites mercury contamination from the Dryden mill and seeks alliance support, while Nuclear Waste Management Organization commits to multi year impact studies and direct outreach to the community.
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Wabigoon
Dryden
Turtle
Vince Ponka
Nuclear Waste Management Organization
Ponka
Nuclear
Grassy Narrows
Canada
Healthy Heart Day educates Thunder Bay community on heart health
Northern Hearts and Thunder Bay 55 Plus Centre hosted a day long Healthy Heart Day on February 24. Health professionals from Curan’s Heart Centre led talks on diet exercise obesity mental health diabetes and medication management for over 100 attendees at the Thunder Bay 55 Plus Centre.
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Northern Hearts
Thunder Bay
Walt Orchard
Shoppers Drug Mart
MclIntrye Centre
Aleksis Penna
Claire Poulin
Northern Ontario School of Medicine University
Kim McGibbon
Chickens as Hobby Keeps A Quiet Backyard Lifestyle
Vanlenthe notes chicken keeping as a companionable, low maintenance lifestyle with about 20 birds on her property. Brown laying hens yield one egg daily for around two years and shoppers often buy multiple birds. Chicks require warmth. roosters help herd hens during danger. Eggs differ in yolk color by breed and can taste similar to store eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanlenthe
Winnipeg resident charged with sexual assaults in Dryden incident
Dryden police halted a vehicle on Government Street around 9 a.m. after a complaint and charged a 24 year old with sexual assault causing bodily harm two counts of sexual assault and related offenses. Names withheld to protect the alleged victim. The report also covers a teacher’s arrest in Webequie First Nation and other local theft and drug trafficking cases with suspect descriptions and bail details.
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Winnipeg
Dryden
Government Street
Mohammad P. Sobhi
Greater
Toronto
Sobhi
Webequie First Nation
Cat Lake
Nishnawbe Aski
Drug-trafficking charge after Dryden vehicle stop
A Sioux Lookout resident, Levi Whiskeyjack age 32, was charged after Dryden OPP stopped a vehicle on Wednesday. Police seized suspected illicit substances including cocaine fentanyl oxycodone and cash tied to trafficking. Whiskeyjack faces three counts of possession for trafficking and one count of proceeds of crime over 5000 while Joshua Veran and Meagan Veran face probation compliance charges.
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Sioux Lookout
Dryden
Joshua Veran
Meagan Veran
Four faced as Atikokan drug raid yields cash and pills
Provincial police executed a search on Mercury Avenue East at about 8 30 am seizing about 70 grams of cocaine crack cocaine over 130 narcotic pills and 15 grams of fentanyl. They also seized more than $6000 in cash and drug trafficking gear with an estimated street value of 25000. Four people including Joshua Veran Meagan Veran Kimo Allen and Kamal Holder face three counts of possession of a controlled substance for trafficking.
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Atikokan
Mercury Avenue East
Joshua Ray Veran
Meagan Elizabeth Veran
Kimo Jhevani Allen
North York
Ont
Kamal Holder
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Kayla Waddington
Lauri Fieldhouse
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Frank Rizzuto
Lisa Mark-Geurts
Shoppers Drug Mart McIntyre Centre
Bryan Mackay
Christopher Lai
the Corporation of the Municipality of
Shuniah
Craig Baumann
Shuniah.org
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