Cost of eating well high in northern First Nations
A Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority report finds northern communities spend a quarter of income on basic foods with a healthy four person diet up to 69 percent more than similar diets in Northwestern Ontario towns. Transportation, single-store market lack of price competition, and food quality raise costs and challenge feeding families well. The authority calls for collaborative, community led actions to improve affordability, sovereignty, and policy support.
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Sioux Lookout
Janet Gordon
The
Health Authority
Down South
Gordon
Cat Lake
Muskrat Dam
Candi Edwards
Edwards
Sifhna.com
Matawa language program awarded decade WINHEC accreditation
Matawa Waka Tere, Matawa Education’s Indigenous languages program, earned a 10-year WINHEC accreditation after site visits in August. The program, reviving Ojibwe Cree and Oji Cree across First Nations north of Lake Superior, joins Seven Generations Education Institute as a WINHEC accredited Ontario institution.
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Matawa Education
World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium
Winhec
Hawaii
Lake Superior
Long Lake #58
Webequie
United States
Australia
Norway
Seven Generations Education Institute
Fort Frances
Kenora
Sioux Lookout
Ontario
World Indigenous Nations University
WINU
Matawa First Nations
David Paul Achneepineskum
Matawa
Sharon Nate
Aroha Watene
Mike Graham
Graham
New Zealand
Town hall meeting postponed amid zoning bylaw push
Shaniah region council delayed today’s town hall at MacGregor Recreation Centre citing upcoming early 2025 open houses for a new comprehensive zoning bylaw. Mayor Shamiah administrator Paul Greenwood said meetings have no agenda and mainly update on departments before opening floor to taxpayers.
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Shaniah
MacGregor
Shamiah
Paul Greenwood
Greenwood
Carl Clutchey
Local Journalism Initiative
The
Chronicle-Journal
Robbery incidents target donation bin and firearm crime in Thunder Bay
Police report two separate incidents in Thunder Bay. In the Arthur Street West case, two men attempted to steal a donation bin, stole a staff purse after an altercation, and fled. both suspects were arrested and charged with robbery and breach of probation. In a John Street incident, two men robbed and assaulted a person, fled, and were arrested after a foot chase. a loaded firearm and drugs were found in a discarded backpack. charges include pointing a firearm and possession of weapon for a dangerous purpose.
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Thunder Bay
Wiley Street
Academy Drive
Kyle Ramlakhan
Ramlakhan
Arthur Street West
Josiah Robert Thomas
Jonah Kenny Thomas
John Street
K’shon Cartie-Golding
Kahsiy Notice
Valley East man charged after high speed police chase
A Valley East Ontario man, Kolton Proulx, 23, was charged with fleeing police two counts of dangerous operation of a vehicle stunt driving license plate not authorized for a vehicle driving while under suspension and two counts of failure to comply with a release order after two vehicles fled at high speeds on Highway 17 outside Marathon Ontario Provincial Police did not pursue. The second driver fled on foot. canine units searched but remained unfound. The case proceeds to a Thunder Bay bail hearing.
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Ont
Highway
Marathon
Ontario
Kolton Proulx
Ontario Court of Justice
Thunder Bay
OPP
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