Cheers to Inclusion Recognizes Thunder Bay Employers
The Ontario Disability Employment Network hosts a Cheers to Inclusion event at the Slovak Legion in Thunder Bay to honor local businesses championing inclusive hiring. Todd Kennedy of March of Dimes Canada notes over 50 employers in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario hire people with disabilities, benefiting productivity, retention, and consumer perception. Two local employers will receive mentor awards. interested firms can call 807-345-6595 for employment services.
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Ontario Disability Employment Network
Thunder Bay
Slovak Legion
Todd Kennedy
March of Dimes Canada
Northwest
Ontario
Tions
Kennedy
March of Dimes Canada Employment Services Team
Divided views on rejected First Nations child services deal
At the AFN assembly in Calgary chiefs voted 248 to reject a 47.8 billion long term reform deal. Kathy Kishiqueb and Nishnawbe Aski Nation praised some points while expressing concern over the agreement’s defeat and its impact on remote communities and family supports.
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Assembly of First Nations
Calgary
Kathy Kishiqueb
Kishiqueb
Ottawa
Canada
Nishnawbe Aski Nation
Ontario
First Nations-in-Assembly
AFN
Camp owners push alternate route for Wansigan power line
Northwestern Ontario camp owners urge Hydro One to reroute the Wansigan project to protect Three Mile Bay’s lake, forests, and lake trout. They cite an amended ESA approved last month and schedule three public information sessions in Atikokan, Thunder Bay, and Kaministiquia.
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Hydro One
Wansigan
Shamah
Atikokan
Dryden
Waasigan
Ontario
Muir
Shebandowan Lake
Three Mile Bay
Thunder Bay
River
Kaministiquia
Teens accused in multiple Nishnawbe Aski incidents
Police report a 16 year old Constance Lake boy broke into a home and assaulted a resident then fled. He was charged with break and enter assault disguise with intent and three counts of failure to comply with a release order and remanded. A separate incident on Henry Street led to three children and an adult evacuated as a knife threat was reported and Calvin Neehan 29 charged with multiple counts and remanded. A Pickle Lake man, 25, was arrested in Dryden for resisting and obstructing officers plus three failure to comply counts and remanded.
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Constance Lake
Nishnawbe Aski
Henry Street
Calvin Neehan
Neehan
Dryden
Ontario
King Street
Ontario Court of Justice
Kenora
Nipigon drug raid leads to charges for two residents
Ontario Provincial Police executed warrants in Nipigon resulting in the arrest of Lynda Nelson-Lynch and Jordan Pleson on drug trafficking and weapons charges. Cocaine and fentanyl were seized along with 11 firearms lacking possession licenses. Both were remanded after court appearance. A Constance Lake First Nation man, Chance Mattinas, was charged in a separate case with methamphetamine trafficking and multiple release-order violations. He was remanded after a bail hearing.
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Nipigon
Ontario
Wadsworth Drive
Lynda Nelson-Lynch
Jordan Pleson
Constance Lake
Chance Silverjay Mattinas
Mattinas
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Quinn Doyle
Willow Springs
Community Living
Louis Lemieux
Pepsi Co
Mike Stimpson
LOCAL
Mishkeegogamang First Nation
Pickle Lake
Tody
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