November 12, 2009

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November 12, 2009

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Stroke of genius

Marking a grave

Marianne Jones Special to Wawatay News

Stroke patients who live outside larger centres in northwestern Ontario can now receive follow-up care in their own communities, thanks to a research project funded by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.

The Northwestern Ontario Regional Stroke Network at Thunder Bay Health Sciences Centre was awarded more than $100,000 to implement the project “Tele-Rehab: Improving Access to Quality Stroke Rehabilitation in Rural and Remote Communities.” Through partnerships with KO Telemedicine, KO Home and Community Care, Ontario Telemedicine Network and St. Joseph’s Care Group, stroke patients can have access to occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech language pathologists and social workers six weeks and three months after being discharged from hospital.

According to research affiliate Kirsti Reinikka of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, the project came in response to an identified need from First Nations communities.

“For patients living in Thunder Bay, there is outpatient rehabilitation in town. see PROJECT page 21

Peter Moon/Special to Wawatay News

Canadian Ranger Peter Fiddler, an Elder, uses an eagle feather to smudge the new military grave marker for Ranger Delilah Meekis of Sandy Lake. The marker, provided by the Last Post Fund, was the first to be dedicated in Canada after Canadian Rangers became eligible for a program that provides grave markers for veterans who have been buried for five years or more in an unmarked grave. Please see page 15 for story.

ᒪᒣᒋᑲᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑲᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᑲᐊᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᒣᕑᐊᐣ ᒍᐣᐢ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ

ᑲᑭᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᐊᐧᐱᓀᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐊᑲᐧᒋᐠ ᑭᒋᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᓀᑲᐱᐦᐊᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᐃᓀᑫ ᐊᒥ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᔕ ᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ, ᒥᑫᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᒣᒋᑲᒋᑫᐃᐧᔭᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᐸᑭᑎᓂᐨ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐅᑭᒪᐅᓂᐠ ᑲᐱᒧᑐᐨ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂ. ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᓀᑲᐱᐦᐊᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᐊᐧᐱᓀᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᓱ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ $100,000 ᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ: ᒋᒥᓇᐧᔑᒋᑲᑌᓂᐠ ᐅᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᓇᐃᐧᓇᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑕᐊᐧᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐅᒋ ᒪᒪᐊᐧᓄᑲᑌ ᐃᒪ ᑫᐅ ᑌᓫᐊ ᒪᐡᑭᑭ, ᑫᐅ ᑲᐃᔑᑕᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ, ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᑌᓫᐊ ᒪᐡᑭᑭ ᒪᒪᐊᐧᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᓭᐣᐟ ᒍᓴᑊ ᒪᒪᐊᐧᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᑭᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᐊᐧᐠ ᑐᑲᐣ ᔐᔕᐃᐧᐱᓂᑯᐃᐧᐣ, ᓂᑕᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑯᑕᐧᓱᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᒥᓇ ᓂᐦᓱᐱᓯᑦ ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑕᐧ ᐊᑯᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ. ᑭᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᒣᒋᑲᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐨ ᑭᕑᐢᑎ ᕑᐃᓂᑲ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐊᓄᑭᐨ, ᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᐱ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑐᑲᐣ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑕᑯᓯᐠ ᑲᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ, ᐊᔭᒪᑲᓂ ᑫᐃᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᑕᔑᐱᒥ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᑲᐧᒋᐠ ᑲᑕᔑᑫᐊᐧᐨ,

ᓇᐱᐨ ᐸᑭ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᔭᑲᒪᐣ ᒋᐱᒥ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ. ᐊᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᒋᓀᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑲᑫᐧ ᑭᐁᐧᑲᐡᑭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐱᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᒪᐧᔦ ᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᐊᐧᐸᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐸᓂᒪ ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑕᐧ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐊᒥ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑲᓇᑭᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᑕᓂᒥᓭᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ. ᒪᒣᒋᑲᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᒥᓇ ᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᔭᓄᑲᑕᐠ ᐁᐢᒥ ᑊᕑᐁᐣᐨ ᐃᑭᑐ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᑭᑫᑕᓯᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐊᐱᐣ ᑫᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐱᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ. ᐊᒥ ᐁᑐᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᓇᐱᐨ ᑭᒋᑭᓇᐧᑲᐡ ᐁᐱᒥᓭᐠ ᒋᑭ ᑭᐁᐧᒥᓄᔭᐊᐧᐨ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᐁᓇᐧᑌᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᒣᒋᑲᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑲᑫᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᒋᔭᓂᒥᓄᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᒪᑭᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᐃᐧᓂ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓄᑯᑦ ᐣᑯᒋᑐᒥᐣ ᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑕᐊᐧᐨ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓇᐣ ᐁᑭᔭᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐁᐅᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑫᐅ ᑌᓫᐊ ᒪᐡᑭᑭ ᒥᓇ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᕑᐃᓂᑲ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᐅᒪ ᐁᐅᒋ ᑲᑭᐅᑲᒪᐊᐧᔭᑭᑕᐧ ᐅᑕᑯᓯᐠ ᑫᒋᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ. ᐁᑲ ᑲᔦ ᑲᑕᐨ ᒋᓇᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᑎᐟ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᔑᐸᔭᑕᑲᐱᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᐃᐧᓂᑯ ᐁᐁᐧᑕᓂᐠ ᒋᑭᐸᐸᒥᐸᓂᐦᐅᐊᐧᐨ. ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐅᒋᐃᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᐅ ᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑫᐅ ᑌᓫᐊ ᒪᐡᑭᑭ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᓱᐡᑭᑲᑌᐠ ᑫᒋᐊᐧᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑫᒐᑲᑌᓯᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ, ᒋᐅᓇᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐅᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᐅᓇᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ. ᐊᑎᑲ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐁᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ, ᑊᕑᐁᐣᐨ ᐅᑭᔭᓂᒧᒪᐣ ᐯᔑᐠ ᓇᐯᐊᐧᐣ

ᓄᐱᒪᑲᒥᐠ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᐅᒋᓂᐨ ᐁᑲ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᑭᐃᓇᐱᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑲᐊᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᐨ ᑲᑭᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᓂᐨ ᑭᐃᔑᑭᑐ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᑭᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑕᑲᐧᓄᑫᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᒪᒥᐡᑲᐧᒋ ᒥᑭᐊᐧᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐸᒋᒋᑲᓇᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᔓᓂᔭ ᐊᔭᑫᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐊᑕᐊᐧᑌᑭᐣ ᑌᓴᐳᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᐁᐧᐡᑲᐨ ᑲᑭ ᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᐸᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑭᐃᓀᓂᒪᑲᓄ ᐁᑲ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐁᔑᐊᔭᓂᒥᓭᐨ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᕑᐃᓂᑲ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᐁᓇᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᒣᒋᑲᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐅᒋ ᓇᓇᑐᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒥ ᐊᔭᓂᒥᓭᑭᐣ. ᓂᔕᐧᔦᐠ ᑕᐡ ᐃᓇᓄᑭᒪᑲᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ, ᑕᐱᐡᑯᐨ ᐁᐅᒋ ᐊᓄᑲᓂᑕᐧ ᑲᑭᐅᐡᑭ ᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐁᐧᐡᑲᐨ ᑲᑭᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᐊᐧᐨ.

ᐣᑕᐸᒋᑐᒥᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᑐᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᒪᒋᔓᑕᐧ, ᑲᐅᑲᓇᐱᓀᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐸᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᓇᐱᓀᐊᐧᐨ.

– ᑭᕑᐢᑎ ᕑᐃᓂᑲ

ᑊᕑᐁᐣᐨ ᐃᑭᑐ ᑫᐅ ᑌᓫᐊ ᒪᐡᑭᑭ ᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᑐᓂ ᐱᑯ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐅᒪ ᐁᐅᒋᐃᐧᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ. ᐅᑐᒋᐃᐧᒋᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒋᐅᒋ ᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑲᒋᑲᑌᐠ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᑭᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌᐸᐣ ᐁᑲ ᐃᐧᒋᑐᐊᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᐁᐧᓂ. ᐦᐁᑐᕑ ᑯᓫᓴᐣ, ᑲᐅᒋ ᓂᑲᓂ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᐠ

ᑫᐅ ᑌᓫᐊ ᒪᐡᑭᑭ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐅᒋᐊᒋᐃᐧᓭ ᑲᐱᐦᐊᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ. ᐊᑎᑲ ᐃᒪ ᒥᓄᔭᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐊᐧᑲᐠ ᔐᔕᐃᐧᐱᓂᐁᐧᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐯᔑᑲᐧ 350 ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑭᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓱᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐱᐦᐅᐊᐧᐨ, ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑭᐅᒋ ᐃᓯᓭᓂᐠ ᒋᐱᒥ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᐊᔭᐠ, ᓂᑲᐣ ᐃᔑᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᓂ ᒋᔭᓂᐊᐧᐸᒥᑕᐧ. ᓇᐣᑕ ᐱᑯ ᐅᓴᑦ ᑯᑕᐧᓱᐱᒥᑯᓇᑲ ᐁᑕ ᐱᐦᐅᐊᐧᐠ. ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᑕᐡ ᐊᓂᔑᐱᒥᐡᑲᒪᑲᑭᐸᐣ ᐊᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᐃᐧᐸᐨ ᑫᑭᔭᓄᒋᐃᐧᒋᐦᐊᑭᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᒥᓇ ᒋᔭᓂᑭᐁᐧ ᒥᓄᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᐃᔑ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᒪᑲᐣ ᐁᐅᒋ ᐊᒋᐃᐧᓭᐠ ᓇᐱᐨ ᑲᔭᑭᑌᐠ ᐅᑕᑯᓯᐠ ᐅᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᒪᒋᐃᐧᓂᑕᐧ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᐃᐧᓂᑕᐧ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᔑᐨ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐊᓂᒥᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑐᑲᐣ ᑲᒪᒋᑭᔑᑲᓂᐠ. ᐊᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᑲᔦ ᐁᑲ ᓇᐱᐨ ᒋᐅᒋᐊᓂᒣᑕᐠ ᐅᑕᑯᓯ ᐁᑲ ᑲᒪᒐᐨ. ᑫᐧᑫᐧᑭᑌ ᑕᐡ ᐃᑯ ᐃᔑᓇᐦᐃᓭ. ᐊᒥ ᑲᔦ ᐁᔑᐊᐧᐸᒪᑲᐧ ᐊᔕ ᐸᑲᐣ ᐁᓂᔑᔭᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᑕᓱᑭᔑᑲ ᑲᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᐊᐧᐸᒥᑕᐧ. ᒥᑐᓂ ᑕᐡ ᒋᑫᑕᑲᐧᐣ. ᒥᐦᐃᒪ ᐁᐅᒋ ᑭᑫᑕᒪᐠ ᐁᔭᓄᑭᒪᑲᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᑫᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᐅᑕᑯᓯᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐯᔑᑲᐧᔦᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᐅᒋ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒋᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐯᔑᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐸᒥᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᔭᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑲᐊᔭᑭᐣ. ᐊᔕ ᓂᔑᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐣᑭᐸᑭᑎᓇᒥᓇᐸᐣ ᐃᒪ 15 ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑫ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐅᑭᓇᑕᐁᐧᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᓂᑲᓂᐡᑲᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑫᒋᓇᐨ

ᐅᑕᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐠ ᒋᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᒋᑲᓱᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᔭᓂᐱᒥᐡᑲᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑭ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫ ᐁᐢᒥ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐅᒋᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑯᐨ, ᒥᓇ ᑭᐅᒋᑎᐸᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᔕᑯᐨ ᐁᐢᒥ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑯᐨ ᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᐱᑯ ᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑎᓱᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒋᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ. ᑌᐯᐧ ᒥᓇᐧᔑᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ. ᑭᒥᓀᐧᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᐅᒋ ᓇᐣᑫᑕᑲᐧᐣ. ᑌᐯᐧ ᐱᑯ ᐅᑭᒋᓀᑕᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᐃᓇᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ. ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑭᐅᒋᐅᑯ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᓇ ᐅᑭᒥᓀᐧᑕᓇᐊᐧ. ᐊᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᒥᔕᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᒪᓄᑲᑕᒪᐣ. ᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐣᑭᐅᒋᒪᐦᒋᑐᒥᐣ. ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐃᔑᐅᓇᑐᔭᐠ ᐃᓂᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐣ ᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᒪᓯᓇᑌᓯᒋᑲᓇᐣ ᒋᑭᐃᔑᓂᔕᐦᐃᑲᑌᑲᐧᐸᐣ ᐯᔑᐠ ᐃᒪ 26 ᑲᑕᓯᑭᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᐱᓂᐡ ᑕᑭᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌ ᒋᑌᐱᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ 26 ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ ᑭᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐁᑕ ᑫᐱᒪᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᒧᒋᑯᒋᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ. ᐣᑭᑲᑫᐧᑌᐧᒥᐣ ᒋᑭᓇᐣᑭᓂᑲᑌᑭᐸᐣ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᓴᐧ ᐊᔭᓯᐣ ᔓᓂᔭᐣ ᒋᑭᑌᐱᓭᐨ ᐅᒪ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓂᐠ. ᐊᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧᓂ ᐊᔕ ᓂᐊᐧ ᒪᒣᒋᑲᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑐᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᕑᐃᓂᑲ ᒥᓇ ᑊᕑᐁᐣᐨ. ᒥᑕᐡ ᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᑲᐃᓀᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᐅᐡᑭ ᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᕑᐃᓂᑲ. ᒥᔑᓇᑐᐣ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᑫᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᒋᑌᑭᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑌᓫᐊ ᒪᐡᑭᑭ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ. ᐣᑕᐸᒋᑐᒥᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᒪᑕᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧ ᑐᑲᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᐡᑲᐧ ᒪᒋᔓᑕᐧ, ᑲᐅᑲᓇᐱᓀᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᐸᑲᐣ ᑲᐃᓇᐱᓀᐊᐧᐨ.

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NAN DAY OF PRAYER Monday, November 16, 2009

Debbie Mishibinijima/Wawatay News

Come together to reaffirm the strength, resilience and gifts of all people of Nishnawbe Aski by honouring the important relationship between our people and the land.

Nishnawbe Aski Police Service representatives meet with Wapekeka Chief Norman Brown and council members Nov. 5 in Wapekeka concerning a lack of police services in the community. During the meeting, Acting NAPS Chief of Police Robin Jones said additional manpower would be provided.

Wapekaka gets extra NAPS officer Debbie Mishibinijima Wawatay News

LIVE WAWATAY RADIO BROADCAST Monday, November 16, 2009 at 10 a.m. (EST), 11 a.m. (CST) Through spiritual support and healing, let us focus on the positive contributions of our families, youth and elders as we address our challenges together.

NAN leadership encourages all NAN First Nations to organize community events to recognize NAN Day of Prayer.

Persistence has paid off for Chief Norman Brown of Wapekeka First Nation.

For two years, Brown has asked Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) for additional manpower in his community of about 350 people located 450 kilometres northwest of Sioux Lookout.

On Nov. 5, NAPS representatives visited Wapekeka to meet with chief and council to discuss the issue of lacking police services. Const. Jason Sutton is the only NAPS officer in the community. He is supported by local peacekeepers employed by the community. The four peacekeepers rotate shifts.

“The peacekeepers are not trained,” Brown said, adding the role of the peacekeepers is to monitor activity at the airport and the holding cells.

The peacekeepers have a separate building to hold individuals who are in danger of hurting themselves or others, especially

in cases of intoxication.

“What we require is police presence. When we have somebody place a call, we expect an officer to answer that call,” Brown emphasized.

“When we have somebody place a call, we expect an officer to answer that call.”

– Norman Brown

The community is also concerned with the escalating problem of drugs being brought into Wapekeka.

Brad Duce is a detective constable with the drug enforcement unit established in April.

NAPS constables from that unit will visit the community to assist with drug prevention, investigations, enforcement and the use of a police dog.

“There will be less pressure on chief and council to do house visits,” Duce said.

During the meeting, Acting NAPS Chief of Police Robin Jones also committed to adding an additional constable in Wapekeka by Nov. 16.

With the additional NAPS manpower, 16 hours of policing will be provided per day, an increase from 8 hours per day.

Jones admitted that funding shortages does not allow 24hour police coverage.

Brown is hopeful the new constable will be pro-active by participating in community events, being visible and getting along with the people.

“The officer must know that the community wants him here and welcomes him with open arms instead of working and feeling alone,” Brown said.

Jones said she would strive to ensure the constables communicate on a regular basis with chief and council.

“We encourage and expect our police officers to work with the community. They resonate the corner stone of us moving forward. We expect that of our officers,” Jones said.

Let’s take a stand against…

Colorectal Cancer!

Colorectal cancer is rapidly rising among our people. The good news is, if caught early enough, through regular screening (testing), colorectal cancer is 90% curable.

Get screened. The power lies within you!

If you are 50 years or older there is a simple screening test you can do at home called a Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT).

Talk to your Health Care Provider about getting screened.

For more information please visit: www.cancercare.on.ca

When found early enough, there is a 90% chance colorectal cancer can be cured.

Better cancer services every step of the way

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Wapekeka, KI roads under construction

Bryan Phelan/Wawatay News

RIGHT: An abandoned truck, apparently with a suspension problem, rests in the middle of the road between Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) and Wapekeka. Construction of the 26-kilometre road, still a work in progress but easily passable with four-by-four vehicles, began a couple of years ago. Volunteers from both communities have done all the road building, “the way our elders in the past used to work,” says KI Chief Donny Morris. Both bands also provide heavy equipment for use on the project. Morris credits Bill Albany of KI for the ditching along the road. “There’s back-and-forth traffic for rummage sales and bingos, their youth use our arena, we share our culture and feasts, and economically stores in both communities benefit,” Morris says.

LEFT: A bulldozer being used to build up a section of the road between Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) and Wapekeka sits on the shoulder of the road.

New detachments for 7 NAN communities Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Seven Nishnawbe Aski Police Service communities will receive new detachment buildings through a $20 million federal-provincial investment in First Nations policing infrastructure.

“This government is committed to giving our police the tools they need to prevent and solve crimes,” said Peter Van Loan, the federal minister of Public Safety. “Modern facilities are needed to give law enforcement the upper hand to tackle modern criminals. Through these investments from Canada’s Economic Action Plan, we are helping make streets in First Nations communities safer.”

Van Loan and Michael Gravelle, Ontario’s minister of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry introduced the joint investment Nov. 10 at the NAPS headquarters in Thunder Bay with Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy, NAPS acting chief of police Robin Jones, Keewaytinook Okimakanak executive director Geordi Kakepetum and Windigo First Nations Council CEO/council chair Frank McKay in attendance.

Beardy was pleased with the announcement, but noted other NAN communities still require improved facilities.

Rick Garrick/Wawatay News

Nishnawbe Aski Police Service acting Chief of Police Robin Jones, left, speaks about NAPS police bikes, which are now used in some of the communities to increase outreach among the community members, with Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy, ministers Michael Gravelle and Peter Van Loan, Sgt. Jackie George and Sgt. Chris Eisenbach after the Nov. 10 police infrastructure funding announcement.

“We are still looking for additional help,” Beardy said, explaining NAPS provides services to 35 communities covering two thirds of the province of Ontario, most of which are are remote.

“This is a good start.”

Beardy said NAPS needs

more officers in the communities so community members do not have to wait for police officers to fly in by air whenever there is a problem.

“Our complement needs to be stronger,” Beardy said.

Jones thanked both levels of government for follow-

ing through on the recommendations of the coroner’s inquest into the deaths of two Kashechewan men who died in a Jan. 2006 police detachment fire in their community while being held in a jail cell.

“The police detachment is a symbol,” Jones said. “It is a

symbol of safety, it is a symbol of community safety. It is the cornerstone of the public presence of the police service.

“For these NAPS communities, Cat Lake, Fort Albany, Kasabonika, Mattagami, Webequie, Wunnumin and Winisk, this funding today will ensure

the people in our care will be safe and the feeling of safety in the community will be much improved.”

Jones said NAPS had been looking for improvements for 14 of its detachments.

“We will continue to press for the seven others,” Jones said.

The federal government is investing about $10.4 million and the province is investing about $9.6 million in the new facilities: Cat Lake is receiving a prefabricated building with a total contribution of $1,267,475, Fort Albany is receiving a prefabricated building with a total contribution of $2,849,960, Kasabonika is receiving a prefabricated building with a total contribution of $1,348,705, Mattagami is receiving a total contribution of $1.2 million to build a facility on site, Webequie is receiving a prefabricated building with total contribution of $1,273,355, Weenusk is receiving a prefabricated building with a total contribution of $1,388,920 and Wunnumin is receiving a prefabricated building with a total contribution of $1,273,355.

The federal contribution is one-time funding through Canada’s Economic Action Plan, while the provincial funding is through the 2009 Ontario Budget -– Confronting the Challenge: Building Our Economic Future.

No survivors of Lockhart Air crash near Cat Lake Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Two of the three people who died in the Nov. 6 Lockhart Air Services crash near Cat Lake have been identified.

As of press time, the names of the deceased had not been officially released, but a community spokesman confirmed the two passengers were Ronald Ombash and Dean Meekis

from Cat Lake.

Ombash was the community’s youth programming coordinator and Meekis was his assistant.

“Obviously, it is a terrible tragedy,” said Russell Wesley, search co-ordinator/communications and media relations officer.

“They are related to just about everybody in the north.

Both have large families.”

Wesley said Meekis has family from Deer Lake, Sandy Lake and North Spirit Lake.

“Dean’s parents are from Deer Lake,” Wesley said. “They are here in the community right now. There are two other planes coming from Sandy Lake.”

Wesley said the Ontario Provincial Police were at the crash site Monday and extrication and cleanup of the site was expected to last until Thursday.

Wesley was told it was “a bad crash site.”

The two passengers and one pilot were heading for Cat Lake when the Cessna 310 charter flight went down in rugged terrain inaccessible by boat or ground about 20 kilometres west of the community and east of Hopley Lake.

Search and rescue personnel located a weak emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signal

from the crash site at about 5 p.m. and jumped down to the scene, where the two passengers and one pilot were found deceased Nov. 8.

The plane departed Sioux Lookout around 6 p.m. Nov. 6 bound for Cat Lake but failed to land in the community. Lockhart Air reported the plane missing to the Rescue Coordination Centre in Trenton, Ont. A ground, air and water search

was launched shortly after by the Transport Safety Board of Canada, Canadian Air Search and Rescue Association, Canadian Military, and Ontario Provincial Police.

An investigation is ongoing.

Please check www.wawataynews.ca for the latest breaking news on this and other northern Ontario First Nations stories.

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Ever feel inspired Weightloss reality TV show offers glimpse of getting healthy James Thom TO THE POINT

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ometimes inspiration can come in the strangest forms.

I was sitting down for a late supper on a recent Tuesday night when I turned the channel to The Biggest Loser, a weight-loss reality TV program focused on diet and exercise to get generally morbidly obese people down to healthier weights.

The trainers on the show – Bob and Jillian – teach the contestants about proper diet and how to exercise.

In the eight weeks since the show has began to air on TV, the contestants have lost between 40 and 110 pounds each.

It’s remarkable to sit and watch the show. The contestants seem to gain more confidence week to week as they work through the personal issues that led to being a 19year-old who tips the scales at 454 pounds.

During the episode, the contestants travelled to Washington, D.C. to share their personal stories with a couple United States senators. They lobbied the government to do more to encourage youth to get fit and more active.

They said it starts in schools.

The time students spend in gym class may be the only exercise they get in a day, one of the contestant pointed out.

He said gym should be a mandatory class through elementary and high school.

Another suggested homeeconomics – it was lovingly referred to as cooking class when I was in high school – be mandatory with a focus on health and healthy eating.

I would wholeheartedly agree.

In a day and age when so many people, young and old, are overweight or worse, learning at an early age how to eat healthy would help people.

We’re currently in the midst of Diabetes Awareness Month.

I’m not sure there’s a better time to get concerned with our health than right now.

It’s important to know if you’ve got diabetes or a family history of it.

Just as importantly, be aware of what you’re eating and how active you are.

Sometimes it’s hard to stick to a food plan but the more aware you are of what you’re putting into your body and what you’re expelling through exercise, the better.

My greatest success in weight loss and general health improvements (feeling more energetic, fitter, sleeping better) occurred when I was tracking all the food I ate and what I was doing at the gym.

This was back in 2005-2006.

I was able to shed more than 20 pounds over about a eightmonth period.

I’ve yo-yoed since then losing and gaining weight since. It never seems to fail. I get going to the gym and things go well and I get sick or I get injured and feel like I’m forced to stop going.

What I’ve come to realize is that’s a bit of a defeatist attitude. Deep down, I may be looking for an excuse to stop going and “health reasons” seemed the easiest to justify to myself.

For example, there’s no reason why, when I tore my rotator cuff muscles several years ago, I couldn’t work out. I kept playing softball but gave up the gym.

In the worst case, I could have kept working out in a limited capacity, doing weights and anything the physiotherapist approved.

What I should have done was at the least was keep working on cardio on a treadmill or elliptical machine.

Or, I could have walked or jogged around my neighbourhood.

In the spirit of Diabetes Awareness Month, I’m hoping that by the time you read this, I will have been back to the gym at least once.

I’ve got about four days to meet this goal and hopefully stick to it through the winter.

Anyone interested in joining me?

It’s a rhetorical question.

Do it for yourself. Do it for your family. Do it with your family.

It can be fun to exercise as a family.

I bet the family pet would like to go for more walks with mom, dad and the kids. Mine sure does. And she’s better behaved the more exercise she gets.

For me, it’s a win-win situation.

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A small group watches a softball game in Sachigo Lake in 1993. They brought a boom box with them for entertainment.

Original Cree way is a fine way Xavier Kataquapit UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

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was born and raised in a small, remote First Nation community and I can tell you it was all about survival of the fittest.

In general there are many reasons why life can be hard on a person when they are from a northern isolated community.

Conditions in many northern remote Native communities are difficult as we seem to have been left behind by federal and provincial governments.

Most of these remote reserves really are third world realities. Dealing with such enormous challenges means that many fall into a never ending spiral of low self esteem, depression and addiction.

You would think that life in this type of situation would not produce many kind and caring people but for the most part that is not the case. First Nation cultures have always been based on respect, sharing and kindness. This has always been our foundation for survival.

My people the James Bay Cree had to be very supportive and close knit over hundreds of years while living in very

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extreme weather conditions and enduring hard lives.

In the past, kindness counted for a lot in the wilderness. In one way or another, everyone was dependant on each other for mutual survival.

Food was often shared among families. You could also rely on others to help you find good hunting grounds. Most of the time, individual families lived separately from others in a nomadic lifestyle.

However, family groups often came together to work cooperatively in hunting and gathering food. In the wild, hunters, travellers and traditional people understand what really being on your own is all about. It is an unwritten law that those out on the land must always be ready and willing to lend a helping hand to someone else who develops a problem or has a great need. The trait of kindness was developed out of the will to survive.

When one reached out to assist another it was with the idea that we all are connected to each other and the land and to survive we need to remember that. Doing a kindness to someone else in a way meant doing it for yourself.

In my home community, I grew up learning much from my Elders and they provided me with the example of leading a hard working, quiet and unobtrusive lifestyle.

Our traditional culture is

based on a nomadic way of life that goes with the seasons. There is never any rush because Mother Earth decides when we should move and when we should stay. This meant that in our natural environment, we learned to live quietly because there was nothing to be gained by trying to finish work faster or acquire more of one thing or another.

In many ways, we had no choice but to be quiet and humble because Mother Earth was always capable of putting us in our place.

I also like to give people lots of room to live and move.

Many non-Native southerners think of us as lazy or unmotivated at times but really we are just very conscious of how things operate and we tend to leave the hurry and obsession of making things work out to a greater idea.

There have been many really kind and understanding people in my life. I think of people like my dad’s brother, uncle Gabriel Kataquapit. He did his best to avoid a fast paced lifestyle and instead enjoyed quieter moments on the land.

In his later years, he did not have many opportunities to head out to his hunting or trapping grounds so instead he

satisfied himself with tending to a small fishing net near the community.

He valued his quiet time and was very happy to take a half kilometre walk to the bank of the river, launch his small 18 foot canoe, tend to his nets, fetch a few buckets of water and then head home. Gabe took great pleasure in the simple things in life and he always had time for people.

If you met Gabe during your day you had the gift of a few kind words, a smile, a good story and some wisdom.

My family and friends are important to me but I respect them in their lives and I don’t make huge demands on them.

I also like to give people lots of room to live and move and that probably comes out of my experience in living on the land for much of my young life.

It makes me sad at times to see so many people here in the southern non-Native community taking life so seriously they forget we’re here for very brief time.

I see many people working at a feverish pace, trying to grab as much as they can and sometimes with very little care about those around them. My people have always seen life as temporary and a gift. I was taught it is best to live a quiet life and to take care of the land and be easy on people around me. That is the original Cree way.

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Indigenous Sovereignty Forums want your support These forums are intended to create more understandings about the sacredness of Nationhood, Indigenous Sovereignty, our Aboriginal Rights, the James Bay Treaty – Treaty 9 and our Treaty Rights plus our Treaty Obligations.

We will talk about the Doctrine of Discovery and its attendant system of Oppression aka Colonialism (which Prime Minister Stephen Harper is oblivious to.) We will talk about how our Aboriginal organizations have become willing or unwilling partners in this grand deception.

My grandfather signed Treaty 9 at Kitchenuhmaykoosib on July 5, 1929. I was present when the Declaration of Nishnawbe Aski was presented to Canada July 6, 1977. These are two significant events in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Nation’s history.

I have hosted two forums thus far and plan to host at least three more forums before Christmas. There are no funds for these forums but I have been requesting funds from some First Nations plus our organizations.

I assisted three Elders in their translation of the Chief Jimmy Tait Book (written in the late 1890s ) and included within these writings are principles of nationhood, sovereignty, treaty relationships, process to “reserve” some of our lands to meet our people’s needs plus much, much more.

Two of these Elders are now gone but I hope I can do justice

to the work they started.

At forum one, my guest was Sharon Venne, a Cree lawyer who has been working at the United Nations since 1981.

The following are some of the major points of her presentation: • As Indigenous people, we are still sovereign people living in our own traditional territory.

• The Doctrine of Discovery is the process whereby the nonNative people try to convince our People their laws are more superior and apply over our people and lands. This doctrine is not legal under international law.

• Colonization is the process whereby the non-Native people impose their government upon our people.

• Canada was ‘created’ by Great Britain through the British North America Act. Canada is a “state” and is not a “nation.”

• As Great Britain ‘created’ through the 1763 Royal Proclamation, the King provided his direction that nobody could enter Indian lands without permission or a Treaty and Treaties could only be made with the British Crown.

• Canada could not make Treaties on its own authority until 1932.

• Through the 1867 BNA Act, Canada was directed through 91:24 which reads “Canada is responsible for Indians and lands reserved for Indians” to implement Great Britain’s treaty obligations. Section 91:24 was not meant for Canada to impose their Government over our

people and our lands.

• Lord Denning from Britain’s House of Lords made these rulings: 1. Treaties are for forever.

2. Canada must implement the Treaties - in good faith.

• Only our people can “change” our Treaties.

• With the patriation of the Canada Act 1982, Section 35 was provided which reads “Aboriginal and treaty rights are hereby recognized and affirmed” but Canada has always tried to convince our people that Section 35 is an “empty” box.

Remember - we already have our Treaties and we don’t have to prove our rights. Canada cannot give us anything as they are only supposed to implement Great Britain’s Treaty Obligations.

The Supreme Court of Canada provided their Haida decision which stated the following: 1. Treaties are made with Sovereign Nations.

2. It is the Crown, in right of Canada, who must assert its sovereignty.

• In regard to court action, Sharon made the following cautions: 1. Don’t take your nation to court.

2. Be very careful when you take your Treaty to court.

• Canada is a Treaty Successor State as it is a created, artificial entity.

• Nation has the following attributes: 1. Language 2. People

as Indian Residential Schools under the IRSS agreement. The government claimed that these schools were private Mennonite schools and were not run with direct involvement with the government of Canada.

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3. Land 4. Way of Life (common history) • Nations/people have rights.

• States don’t have rights.

At Forum No. 2, my Guest was Janice Switlo and her homepage is www.switlo.com.

The following are the major points of her presentation.

• Janice used the 1977 Declaration of Nishnawbe Aski which makes statements about nationhood, sovereignty and rights and she stated “we do not talk in this manner any more.”

Our people’s society is based on “giving” and “sharing.”

We are taught to give and be thankful for all His gifts; we are taught to respect life and the land; this was a very positive and effective system.

The non-Native People’s society is based on “taking” and “hoarding” and now we follow this system.

• Treaty 9 is based on the Law of SharinG and it was made In our land. This Is International Law in action and is the highest law in the land.

• Now there is imbalance as our people are not part of their system and it is not working.

“This trategy was no accident.”

This action is contrary to Treaty 9 and to the Queen’s laws.

• Instead, we have lots of Canada’s laws and lots of Ontario’s laws and they serve two purposes. First, these laws are meant to destroy our economic system.

Windigo, NAN working to recognize new residential schools Windigo First Nation Council (Windigo) and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) have brought a motion before Chief Justice Winkler of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, which seeks to add Stirland Lake and Cristal Lake Residential Schools to the list of recognized schools under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSS).

This is the first motion ever in Canada seeking to add further schools to the IRSS and could set a precedent for other similar motions across Canada.

In the spring of 2008 the federal government rejected Windigo and NAN’s submission to Canada to add the two schools

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Semple named interim Three more forums will be held on radio S.L. hospital CEO from page 5

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Douglas Semple has been chosen to serve as the new interim CEO of Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre.

Co-chairmen of the Board of Directors of the centre, Frank Beardy and Kai Koivukoski, made the announcement Oct. 30.

Semple replaces Roger Walker, who will assume new responsibilities as the CEO of the Timmins and District Hospital in November.

“His positive style will complement the teamwork, partnership and patient care philoso-

phy of our organization,” said Koivukoski. “This will also be an asset in the upcoming transition of CEO leadership.”

Semple has several years of hospital administration experience as a part of the SLMHC’s management team.

“Doug is well-known throughout all our communities and will ensure continuity of the good work being done to enhance health services for all,” said Beardy.

“I look forward to building on the solid foundation of service, quality and accomplishment for which SLMHC is known,” said Semple.

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Second, these laws are meant to ‘cement’ their economic system.

This process requires, we, as the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island, be seen, within their legal system, not as “full human beings” but as “beasts of the field.” This is the Doctrine of Discovery in action. We do not have ‘full’ Human Rights as we are only First Nation People and our land is all lost to our people.

• This strategy is no accident. As always, we have our own choice to make. She spoke directly to our youth. “Only if you believe, only if you act, and only if you speak. . . in this manner will this Strategy succeed.”

• This strategy is a “breach” to Treaty 9 as per international law. She used revenue sharing as one example of “breach” to Treaty 9. These minerals are ours by “prior right” and they are still part of our economic system. You are entitled to benefit from these mineral resources but we have now been taught to think in “reverse mode.”

Instead of applying the sharing condition as per Treaty 9, we now believe only Ontario “owns” these minerals. The primary principle for Treaty 9 of “sharing” is lost and we have been made to be part of their system which denies Treaty 9.

• This Strategy requires we state we are not nations and it is working. Our people do not use the language from the 1977 Declaration of Nishnawbe Aski.

When was the last time you spoke about your nation? We have successfully been reduced to being “remnants” of our former nations and eventually to become one of the many ethnic

minorities which make up the mosaic called Canada.

• Words are very important and powerful.

• The Chiefs have been conditioned to talk about the implementation of our treaties as Canada cannot breach what is not yet implemented. I am here to tell you Treaty 9 is implemented and all that is needed is to enforce Treaty 9.

Treaty 9 is in full force but as usual, the non-Native people have “misconstrued” its intent and spirit to only benefit themselves and not our people.

• The Chiefs have also been conditioned to talk about “asserting” our sovereignty and again - this is contrary to the spirit and intent of Treaty 9.

There are no two ways to say this.

You either have sovereignty or you don’t. Put another way – you can only “assert” something which you don’t have.

We have to understand it is only Canada which must continually assert its sovereignty over our people as its means of survival.

• The residential school provided the impetus for the rise of our own dictators and this created process poses the most serious threat to our people’s continued existence as sovereign peoples. Those residential schools were places where there was no love and caring. The continuing intergenerational impacts continue the process of this “taking” and “hoarding” which strengthens their system amongst our people.

• Our people have to get healthy and this starts at our homes. Our homes mean our nations.

• At this time, our voices have been “quieted” down and it is only the Aboriginal

organizations which are heard.

This includes our separate First Nations, our tribal councils and the present Nishnawbe Aski Nation. Are you allowed to speak from your nation? Who speaks for you?

• First Nations are an acquired acceptance of what we have been taught to believe. We are not First Nation people. We are much more. We are part of our sovereign nations.

• I asked the question of the significance of “s” in Indigenous peoples. Why are we not just called Indigenous people? I asked this question because one of my late uncles went to the Hague to protest the exclusion of the letter “s” from Indigenous Peoples in the various Declarations completed at the United Nations.

“People” is generic and is not recognized in International Law. “Peoples” on the other hand recognizes a group of Peoples under International Law. I will be hosting three more forums. The first two dates are firm but I still need to confirm the guests.

I am inviting Steven Newcombe to speak to us on Nov. 13 (6-8 p.m.) about the Doctrine of Discovery.

I am also inviting Sharon Venne to speak to us Nov. 23 (6-8 p.m.) so she can finish her presentation.

I will also be inviting Janice Switlo to speak to us again Dec. 4 ( 6-8 p.m.) to speak to us further about Indigenous sovereignty and many other important matters.

I will be able to get myself to Wawatay Radio Studio on these dates but I need financial help to pay Wawatay Radio.

One forum costs around $500 plus there are other expenses.

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It has been my prayer that the remaining Elder could join me at Wawatay Radio Studio. I am talking about Elder Peter Barkman from Sachigo Lake.

One responder to my request for funds asked where I get my mandate to host these forums and stated there was a concern I would be creating division and confusion amongst NAN. My own response is my mandate comes from God, the Creator - as I am trying to teach our people about God’s plan for our people and our place in God’s creation.

In regard to causing division and confusion, the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Nation is divided into nine separate First Nations which are further divided into three tribal councils. I do not believe I can cause more division and confusion than has already been done to the people of our Kitchenuhmaykoosib Nation.

There is great need to teach our people about our nationhood, our sovereignty plus our Aboriginal and Treaty Rights – as these items are acknowledged in international law. If, at the end of this process, our people are happy being Aboriginal Canadians - so be it.

If, however, we want to work out our many problems ourselves – we cannot work with the solutions which require the approval of another party. We have much work to do and to me - these Indigenous Sovereignty Forums are just part of the work we need to do.

This is my Christmas present to our people. God bless and thank you.

Mike Morris member, Kitchenuhmaykousib Nation Signatory to Treaty

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Friday, December 11, 2009, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT Locations: Timmins - McIntyre Centre

Sioux Lookout - The Den at Pelican Falls First Nations High School Please be advised that the membership fee of $500 MUST be paid in advance in order to vote during the meeting (Membership packages were mailed to all Northern Ontario First Nation communities in August 2009 or you can pay using the Registration Form available at www.fngettingconnected.ca).

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Bonding over annual partridge hunt Joe Beardy Special to Wawatay News

“Remember when we were kids and about this time each year partridges just covered every roof top of each house in the community,” was Ziggy Beardy’s comment as I strolled with him down a dirt road in the back bushes of Bearskin Lake.

We had teamed up to join the annual partridge fall hunt that was held Oct. 24.

The only weapon allowed on this hunt is a slingshot which when mastered is a deadly weapon and sometimes your only hope for survival.

Ziggy is an “outta towner” or “spy” (as some would refer to these visitors) who is originally from Bearskin but now lives and works in Sioux Lookout and comes home to visit on special occasions mainly during the Annual Fall Hunt, Spring Homecoming and Canada Day. The day is now coming to high noon and we had been up since 6 a.m. with no sighting of any feathered peckers. The weather has changed since the first ray of sunlight mixed into the cloud line revealed a calm dry day.

The rain is in drizzle mode as we come to another bend in the

road and our legs are about to give with each step. In the five hours that we have been strolling to different spots around the community we encountered other hunters who are travelling on their four wheelers and with trucks.

The competition is divided into two categories, one for men and the other for women.

Cash prizes for each was $500 for most partridges, second place prize at $300 and third at $100. Entry fee was $50.00 for each team.

In one of our ventures into the bush we had split up to cover more ground. After a half hour we met up at our truck and were ready to drive off when he mentions he spotted a partridge but it got away.

“See,” he says as he flips his camera my way to witness his sighting. He had taken pictures of the beast.

“Did you use your slingshot at least,” I replied.

No answer meant his wild life photographing is more important to him than sling shooting a prime pecker of the forest.

“Well, maybe the judges will give us a half point for spotting one,” I told him as we headed home for a short meal before heading out to another spot.

Ziggy is right about the abun-

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Alex Bundy Fiddler and Llyod Nothing hold their prize-winning partridges. dance of partridges that used to migrate through our community each fall.

The partridges would always migrate from east to west and every community member would be up just before daybreak with slingshots and .22 calibre guns to hunt for their supper.

There were no cash prizes

at the end of the day and no trophies just the excitement of the hunt that brought everyone together. The loss in numbers of partridges migrating has declined in the last twenty years. No one really has an answer to this mystery but the people are still optimist that the last great migration will happen.

The deadline was 4 p.m. that afternoon and being the dedicated hunters we are we hunt till the last crucial minutes.

There was nothing for us to report at the check in so we headed home feeling lost and a bit disappointed in being skunked. One good thing you learn about being a good loser is to find a positive to your

mishap.

“At least I didn’t have a hangover this morning, being out in the fresh air and having all this exercise is always better for you, the scenery in the fall is devastating despite the rainy days and last but not least I got to spend a whole day with my older brother and that is always priceless.”

The winners for the Oct. 24 Annual Fall Partridge Hunt for the men’s division were Lloyd Nothing and Bundy Fiddler with 12 points winning them $500, second place of $300 went to Cameron Mckay and Donelly Mckay with six points and third place was a tie with the teams of Wayne Brown and Bruce Kam and Donny Brown and Quentin Chapman each bringing in two partridges for four points netting them a cash prize of $100, which they split.

In the women’s division the winners were Linda Kam and Marie Meekis with eight points.

Second place was a threeway tie with the teams of Patsy Brown and Sally Brown, Virginia Wemigwans and Tara Wemigwans and Anita Nothing and Cynthia Linklater splitting the $200 prize.

The three teams brought in one partridge giving them two points each.

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ABOVE: Jay R. Fiddler and Jocelyn Mawakeesick known as “Baby J” perform during Sandy Lake First Nation’s second annual Rap Battle Fri. Nov. 6. Baby J won first place in the group performance category, which was judged by the audience. More than 100 people turned up for the event, which was held inside the high school in Sandy Lake.

BELOW: C. Jay Fiddler “CJAY” performs during rap battle. CJAY won first place in the single performance category, earning the support of the audience who judge his performance.

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Stan Beardy attends royal celebration James Thom

Wawatay News

It was a crowning moment for Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) when Grand Chief Stan Beardy attended a reception for Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall Nov. 4 in Toronto.

“It was quite an event,” Beardy said.

Beardy was invited by Lieut.Gov. David Onley to attend the reception which was also attended by Regional Chief Angus Toulouse, provincial members of Parliament and several cabinet ministers.

“Because I was the guest of the Queen’s representative in Ontario, I was first in line to visit the prince,” Beardy said.

The gala came at a time when NAN is preparing to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Treaty 5.

The Treaty 5 centennial will

Mariah Wesley, 18, was murdered Nov. 8 as a result of a stabbing at Mishkeegogamang First Nations Territory, located 40 kilometre south of Pickle Lake, Ont. Charged with second-degree murder is 18-year-old Kecia Leanne Spade, also from Mishkeegogamang. Spade is in cus-

– Stan Beardy

Treaty 5 was signed near Sandy Lake First Nation by Chief Robert Fiddler and British Commissioners in June 1910.

NAN will commemorate the signing of Treaty 5 on June 9, 2010 in Sandy Lake First Nation.

tody and is scheduled to be in court Nov. 10 in Sioux Lookout.

The Nishnawbe Aski Nation Police Service (NAPS), with the assistance of the Ontario Provincial Police Criminal Investigation Branch/Northwest Crime Unit and Forensic Identification Unit are continuing an investigation.–DM

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Mental, physical costumes at DFC James Thom/Wawatay News

Dennis Franklin Cromaty High School had an overnight two-day Halloween Party Oct. 29-30 at the school.

Staff and students visited Fort William Historical Park, watched scary and Halloween-related movies during the evening and played hide and go seek late in the night. The next morning, students competed in a pumpkin carving competition and displayed their costumes.

RIGHT: Grade 11 student Jamie Oombash dressed as a nudist on strike when Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School celebrated Halloween Oct. 30. Oombash remained fully-clothed throughout the day.

MIDDLE: DFC teachers Greg Chomut, left, head of guidance Greg Quachegan, Sharon Angeconeb and Nancy Currie take out some aggression in the school’s gymnasium.

BOTTOM: Sachigo Lake’s Stanley Barkman sported one of the most original and thought-provoking costumes of the day, simply writing B-O and O-K on his cheeks. His costume? Facebook.

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The Whitefish Bay Singers drum group won the Best Powwow CD – Contemporary category at the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Awards in Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 6

Northern entertainers take home APCM awards Debbie Mishibinijima Wawatay News

Numerous awards were handed out to northwestern Ontario Aboriginal community members, including The Whitefish Bay Singers, during the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards in Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 5 and 6.

The drum group from Naotkamegwanning First Nation won the best contemporary powwow CD. It’s their second win.

Group member Randy White said there are 17 members in the drum group.

For many of the youth members, White said drumming is an opportunity to learn their culture.

“I think drumming is like a stepping stone to the culture,

The drum group has recorded 17 CD’s to date and have plans to continue recording more.

“We get moved by the spirit.

If we want to do something, we will do it,” White said.

Other winners from northwestern Ontario include Billy Joe Green who won the best blues CD for his album First Law of the Land – If Broken Return to Maker.

Brown Eagle and Red Bull won the best traditional powwow CD. The singers and drummers come from the First Nations of Shoal Lake, Whitedog and Whitesand.

The best rap or hip-hop award was given to Wab Kinew, a member of Onigaming.

This year’s awards had a total of 34,978 votes cast, up 117 per cent from last year.

so a lot of young guys, a lot of young people that go into drumming will always go into culture,” he said. “So the drum is kind of like a stepping stone to something larger. It invites them to start language as an example of culture.”

The large group finds that it is pretty easy to get together for practice or to record a new CD. One member will tell another “we are going to record, pass it on.”

“We are all close in terms of relationships. We have all sang together for a long time.”

The group consists of six brothers, the youngest being 18, as well as several cousins.

“It’s more like a family type of drum group. It’s easy to just call everybody together. We live so close to each other geographically,” White said.

Rocking the house

Aaron Pierre/Special to Wawatay News

Billy Joe Green, performing during Aboriginal Music Week in Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 3-7, won best blues CD at the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards.

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ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐧᐃᓇᐣ

STAY HEALTHY. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE FLU. PPHVMFJ JV TUCOKUN PHVG

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ᑲᓇᐁᐧᓂᒥᑎᓱᐣ ᒋᒥᓄᔭᔭᐣ. ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒋᑲᒋᑎᓂᑯᔭᐣ ᐊᑭᑯᑲᐃᐧᐣ.

ᑲᓇᐧᐁᓂᒥᑎᓱᓐ ᒋᒥᓄᐊᔭᔭᓐ. ᐧᐃᑐᑲᓱᓐ ᒋᐊᑯᓯᓯᐧᐊᓐ ᐊᑭᑯᑲᐧᐃᓐ.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation

SIOUX LOOKOUT FIRST NATIONS HEALTH AUTHORITY ᐧᐊᓂᓇᐧᐊᑲ` ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ` ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐧᐃᑭᒪᐧᐃᐣ

ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᓴᑭᐃᓴᑯᓂᑲᓇᓐ ᐅᑭᒪᐧᐃᓐ

Flu season is here Inuenza (the u) is a common and highly contagious, respiratory disease that affects the nose, throat and lungs.

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H1N1 u virus (swine u) is a new strain of the u.

Because it is so new, we are more vulnerable to it.

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There are many things we can do to protect ourselves and stop the spread of inuenza.

q;V tFngkH hjsdU jv pphvmfJkU ,h jv tMdcoGN

pphvmfJ jv tucokU

Stay healthy

gwi bkvN nhk<H mgvlN fx fcmhU ocN

Stay active. Eat right. Get enough sleep.

Prevent the spread Wash your hands often. Keep them away from your face.

lsgyU ,h jv tMdcoH bnb ;;wnm bjH gwi hMvFN

Coughing and sneeze into your arm, not your hands.

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, .<fsgyU i<g , DDekU j<xsoH ,w<g] ep nmp jvvHN

Get the u shot.

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Our communities have pandemic plans in place.

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Seasonal u shots and the H1N1 vaccine can help protect us, our families and our communities.

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Contact your local health provider for more information on how and when to get the u shot.

ᐊᔕ ᒥᓇᐧᐊ ᐅᑕᑭᑯᒥᓇᓂᐧᐊᓐ

ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᐊᑭᐠ ᐃᔑᑭᑫᑕᑯᓯ ᐁᓂᐢᑕᐸᐸᒥᔭᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐧᑕᑲᒥᐊᑯᓯᓇᓄᐊᐧᐣ, ᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐃᔑᓄᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧ ᒥᑯᑎᐠ, ᒥᑯᑕᐡᑲᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᐅᐦᐸᓂᐠ.

ᐊᑭᑯᑲᐧᐃᓐ ᓂᑕ ᐸᐸᐊᔭ ᑲᔦ ᐊᐱᒋ ᐧᐊᑫᐧᐃ ᒥᔑᓯᓇᓂᐧᐊᓐ, ᐸᑭᑕᓇᒧᐧᐃᓂᒃ ᐃᔑᐊᑯᓯᓇᓂᐧᐊᓐ ᐅᒐᓂᒃ, ᐅᐧᑲᑕᔥᐧᑲᒃ ᑲᔦ ᐅᐸᓂᒃ.

ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᐅᐡᑭ ᐊᑭᐠ (H1N1) ᑯᑯᐡ ᐊᑭᐠ ᑲᐃᓇᑲᓄᐨ ᑯᑕᓀᑕᑯᓯ. ᒥᓇ ᒥᑐᓂ ᐅᐊᐧᑕᑲᒥ ᑲᒋᑎᓂᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ.

ᐧᐊᐊ ᐅᔥᑭ ᐊᑭᒃ (H1N1) ᑯᑯᔑᐊᑭᒃ ᑲᐃᓇᑲᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᑯᑕᓀᑕᑯᓯ. ᑲᔦ ᐊᐱᒋ ᐅᐧᐊᑫᐧᐃ ᑲᒋᑎᓂᑯᓇᐧᐊ ᐊᐧᐃᔭᒃ.

ᒥᔑᓇᐧᔦᐠ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑫᑭᑐᑕᒪᑭᐸᐣ ᒋᐊᔭᑲᐧᒥᓯᔭᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᐱᑎᓇᒪᐠ ᐁᑲ ᒋᒥᓯᑌᐡᑲᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᑭᑯᑲᐃᐧᐣ.

ᐸᑎᓇᑎᓐ ᑫᑯᓇᓐ ᑫᑭᐃᔑᒋᑫᐊᑭᐸᓐ ᒋᐊᔭᐧᑲᒥᓂᑫᔭᒃ ᑲᔦ ᒋᑲᐧᑫᓇᑲᓇᒪᒃ ᒋᒥᓯᑌᔥᑲᒪᑲᓯᓄᒃ ᐊᑭᑯᑲᐧᐃᓐ.

ᑲᓇᐁᐧᓂᒥᑎᓱᐣ ᒋᒥᓄᔭᔭᐣ

ᑫᐃᔑᒥᓄᐊᔭᔭᓐ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᓐ

ᑲᐯᐦᐃ ᒋᐊᐧᐊᐧᑲᐃᐧᔭᐣ. ᑲᔭᐧᐠ ᐃᓇᒋᑫᐣ. ᑲᑫᐧᑌᐱᑲᐧᒥᐣ.

ᐱᔑᔑᒃ ᐧᐊᐧᐊᑲᐧᐃᓐ. ᐧᐁᐧᐁᓂ ᐃᓇᓐᒋᑫᓐ. ᒋᑲᐧᑫᑌᐱᐧᑲᒥᔭᓐ.

ᑫᑐᑕᒪᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒋᒥᓯᑌᐡᑲᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᑭᑯᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᒋᑫᔭᓐ ᒋᒥᓯᑌᔥᑲᒪᑲᓯᓄᒃ ᐊᑭᑯᑲᐧᐃᓐ ᓇᔑᓀ ᑲᓯᓂᒋᐣ. ᐁᑲ ᒥᓇ ᒋᓴᓴᒥᑫᐧᓂᑎᓱᔭᐣ.

ᒧᔕᒃ ᑲᓯᓂᒋᓐ. ᑫᑯᐧᐃᓐ ᓴᓴᒥᐧᑫᓂᑎᓱᑫᓐ.

ᑭᓂᑭᐠ ᐃᔑᐅᓱᓱᑕᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᐃᔑᒐᒐᒧᐣ, ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᑭᓂᒋᐠ.

ᑭᓂᑭᒃ ᐃᔑᐅᓱᓱᑕᓐ ᑫᒪ ᐃᔑᒐᒐᒧᓐ, ᑫᑯᐧᐃᓐ ᑭᓂᒋᒃ.

ᐃᔕᐣ ᒋᐊᑕᐃᐧ ᒋᐢᑕᐦᐅᑯᔭᐣ.

ᐃᔕᓐ ᒋᐊᓐᑐ ᒋᑕᐅᑯᔭᓐ.

ᑫᐃᔑ ᑲᑭᑫᓐᑕᒪᓐ

ᑫᐃᔑ ᑲᑭᑫᑕᒪᐣ

Ugnm v<g.fJN

What you should know

ᐊᔕ ᒥᓇ ᐅᑕᑭᑯᒥᓇᓄᐊᐧᐣ

v<gmhp ;;wnm bjH .v (H1N1)] hj nmvm;U .y .fpyi] jak;dnmMnmoH ,; yh jGfgonmoH .vN

ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᓂᐠ ᐊᔕ ᐅᑭᐅᓇᑐᓇᐊᐧ ᑫᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᐊᐱᐣ ᐅᐯᐧᓭᐠ ᑭᒋᐊᑭᑯᑲᐃᐧᐣ.

ᐊᔕ ᑭᐅᓇᒋᑫᐧᐊᒃ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐧᐃᓂᓇᓂᒃ ᐊᓂᓐ ᑫᑐᒋᑲᑌᒃ ᐊᐱ ᐱᐊᔭᒪᑲᒃ ᑭᒋᐊᑭᑯᑲᐧᐃᓐ.

ᑕᓱᑕᑲᐧᑭᐣ ᑲᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᒋᐢᑕᐦᐅᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ (H1N1) ᒋᐢᑕᐦᐅᑯᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᒥᐣ, ᑭᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓂᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ.

ᑲᑭᐧᐃᑐᑲᑯᒥᓐ ᑕᔥ ᑕᓱᑕᐧᑲᑭᓐ ᑲᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᒃ ᒋᑕᐅᑯᐧᐃᓐ ᑲᔦ ᐃᐃᐧᐁ (H1N1) ᒋᑕᐅᑯᐧᐃᓐ, ᑭᑎᓇᐧᐁᒪᑲᓂᓇᓐ ᑲᔦ ᑕᔥ ᐃᑯ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐧᐃᓂᓇᓐ.

ᑲᓄᐡ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᒪᐡᑭᑭᐊᐧᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᑭᔭᐱᐨ ᑫᑯᐣ ᐃᐧᑭᑫᑕᒪᐣ ᐊᐱ ᑫᒋᐢᑕᐦᐅᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ.

ᑭᑕᑲᓄᓇ ᑭᑕᔑᑫᐧᐃᓂᒃ ᒪᔥᑭᑭᐧᐃ ᐊᓄᑭᐊᑲᓐ ᐧᐃᑭᑫᑕᒪᓐ ᐊᓂᓐ ᐊᐱ ᑫᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᒃ ᒋᑕᐅᑯᐧᐃᓐ.

bktmH Us;uonm bcvbhpH tp ;gH lnhU nm pgn, j<logyi gi<x l v<gmhonbH

Protect yourself:

Cough, sneeze on sleeve or tissue

lnhp lsgyU jv nbnmvmfJkU

ᑫᑐᑕᒪᐣ ᑫᐃᔑᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱᔭᐣ

ᑫᐃᔑᒋᑫᔭᓐ ᒋᐧᐃᑐᑲᓱᔭᓐ

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Wash your hands

Use hand sanitizer

Wipe down common surfaces

Get a u shot

jpnhH ,w .<s<sg i<g DDe] Mol;t;H yhN

hMvFN

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Gull Bay First Nation hosted 12 participants from the First Nation communities of Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek, Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (Rocky Bay First Nation) and Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek (Sand Point First Nation) who were professionally trained to guide outdoor enthusiasts. Training was conducted in connection with Confederation College. They graduated Oct. 16.

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Ryanne White of Naotkamegwanning First Nation (formerly Whitefish Bay, Ont.) has been crowned as Miss Manito Ahbee 2009.

“It was an amazing feeling. I feel like I just won the lottery,” a jubilant Ryanne White said shortly after being crowned.

The competition for Miss Manito Ahbee required contestants to write an essay, compete in a dance competition and to do a private interview.

During her time as Miss Manito Ahbee, White said she wants to be someone young girls can look up to.

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To keep in shape, White enjoys playing basketball, volleyball, and track and field. She also enjoys beadwork, sewing, cooking and painting.

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“At the end of the day, after you get done dancing, it makes you feel good. It is one of the most amazing things that you can do to keep fit,” she said.

Much like her mom, who was once crowned Miss Indian World, White wants to compete in the Miss Indian World Pageant at the Gathering of Nations Powwow in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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alcohol free, to continue to be an athlete, to be an all around good person … and to be someone that little girls can look up to,” White said.

The 16 year old attends St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in Kenora, Ont. Her dad is from Naotkamegwanning and her mom is Oglala/Lakota from the U.S. “I couldn’t have done it without my mom’s help and my dad, and the support from my family.”

White said she has been dancing since she could walk.

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N I E N O S THERER’ Y CROWD EVE ONTARIO JUNIOR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS Peter Moon/Special to Wawatay News

Capt. Robert Bouchard, a military chaplain, salutes during a service to dedicate a military grave stone for Canadian Ranger Joseph Hookimaw, who was buried for many years in an unmarked grave in Fort Albany in northern Ontario. Canadian Rangers now qualify for veterans’ grave stones.

Rangers erect grave markers Peter Moon Special to Wawatay News

The formerly unmarked graves of three Canadian Rangers in two communities in northern Ontario now have permanent military grave markers, thanks to the Last Post Fund.

They are the first grave sites of any Canadian Rangers across Canada to receive them under a new grave stone program that recognizes the military service of Canadian Rangers after they die.

The grave markers were dedicated in special ceremonies attended by the Rangers’ families, the chiefs of their First Nations, students and community members, and Canadian Rangers and Junior Canadian Rangers. All three markers bear the image of a flying eagle.

“There was nothing on my brother’s grave, just flowers,” said Madeleine Nakogee of Fort Albany as she stood next to the newly erected marker for Ranger Michael Hookimaw, her brother. “There was a wooden plaque we made for him when he died but it rotted away. So

this stone is nice. We are all very proud of it. It’s a nice feeling to see him recognized like this.”

The Last Post Fund delivers funeral and burial programs for Veterans Affairs Canada.

It recently amended its special grave marker program, which provides military grave markers for veteran’s graves if they have not had a permanent marker for five years or more, to include not only veterans of the South African War, First and Second World Wars, and the Korean Conflict but former members of the Canadian Forces who have passed basic training and been honourably discharged.

Canadian Rangers are members of the Canadian Forces.

“This shows once again that we continue to honour our veterans,” said Major Guy Ingram, commanding officer of 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group.

“The Last Post Fund has decided to help honour the Canadian Rangers and we’ve embarked on a mission to ensure that every Canadian Ranger and First or Second World War veteran or Korean Conflict veteran in the

Far North of Ontario is properly identified in their gravesite by a military headstone.”

In addition to the ceremony in Fort Albany a second ceremony was held in Sandy Lake, where two markers were dedicated.

A feature of the dedication, which was conducted by a military chaplain, was the involvement of Ranger Peter Fiddler, a local Elder, who said a prayer and smudged the head stones to bless them.

One of the two markers in Sandy Lake was for the unmarked grave of Ranger Delilah Meekis.

“When she passed away we wrote this song about her flying away,” said her daughter, Donna Brunton Meekis. “So this eagle on the stone is very appropriate.”

The other marker was for Ranger Frederick Meekis.

“All the family is very thrilled by this,” said his son, Ranger Menashi Meekis. “We are very happy with the design of the stone. The eagle is very appropriate.”

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2 degrees tour on climate action Rick Garrick Wawatay News

“We all have to play our part.”

Those were the words of David Noble, the founder of 2degreesC who has travelled to the Arctic and Antarctic in his quest to inspire and democratize action on climate change, as he spoke about climate change Oct. 29 at the Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Thunder Bay. “We have to be active citizens,” Noble said. “There still is time for us to respond.”

Noble pointed out a glacier during his presentation which is retreating at a rate of 34 metres per day in Greenland, which he said is on the forefront of global warming as 95 per cent of its land mass is covered with ice.

“If you are bundled up, you could stand and watch a glacier retreat,” Noble said of the retreating glacier.

A Nishnawbe Aski Nation citizen has already seen gradual change coming to the lands across northern Ontario during an intuition he experienced in 1984.

“This land you see here in the future is going to become a desert land,” said Luke Sagutch, regional crisis co-ordinator with Matawa First Nations. “All these trees are going to die and we’ll have a desert here.”

A report by 35 of the world’s top forestry scientists, which was released at a forestry forum at the United Nations in New York this past April and can be found at http://www.iufro.org/ science/gfep/, featured a number of findings, including that

unmitigated climate change would, during the course of the current century, exceed the adaptive capacity of many forests.

“Even if adaptation measures are fully implemented, unmitigated climate change would, during the course of the current century, exceed the adaptive capacity of many forests,” said Andreas Fischlin, a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology who is one of the lead authors of the study. “The fact remains that the only way to ensure that forests do not suffer unprecedented harm is to achieve large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.”

Sagutch received his “intuition” while looking at the changes occurring in a selective cut area near Sioux Lookout.

“I noticed the moss was very crumply from the outside,” Sagutch said. “As I walked in further, it started to soften. I sat down for a moment and meditated. I sat on a log, just paying attention to what I saw. While sitting there, I got an intuition.”

Sagutch said his vision showed deserts where trees now stand and trees where deserts now exist.

“After that, I started paying attention to what was going on around the world, the hurricanes, the fires in California and Australia,” Sagutch said.

“Earthquakes are also changing, as well as the tsunami as well as tornadoes. I’m beginning to see the land, the world changing itself.

“Different animals are coming to our community, different birds we never saw before.”

Sagutch has also been notic-

ing how glaciers are shrinking and the permafrost is melting away.

“What we are doing is destroying ourselves,” Sagutch said. “Many years ago I had a dream and I saw myself on a very small rock island. All I could see was a vast ocean of water – no land. It was a beautiful day. All of a sudden I heard this voice. It told me I would no longer destroy the world. And he continued to say – mankind will find his own destiny.”

Sagutch believes one solution is to live in a balanced manner with the world.

“Native people understood this,” Sagutch said. “It’s called the law of attraction. That’s what people call it today.”

Noble spoke about the changes one family in Toronto have made to help combat climate change.

“They decided to do the hardest thing first,” Noble said, “so they got rid of their beloved SUV.” Noble said the family eventually decided to replace the driveway with a garden, but discovered it was not allowed under the community’s bylaws to not have a driveway. Eventually, after much protest by the family the bylaw was modified.

“It’s now possible to have a green driveway in Toronto,” Noble said.

Noble said a recent survey stated 67 per cent of Canadians are ready to make changes to combat climate change.

“It’s going to hurt a little bit, but we are ready for it,” Noble said. “If you are part of that silent majority, you have to find your voice.”

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Japanese delegation tours Webequie James Thom Wawatay News

A group of eight Japanese journalists and editors visited Webequie First Nation Oct. 21.

The visit – which had a mining focus – was arranged through the Ontario Government’s Go North Media Tour.

“My community continues to move forward in establishing favourable relationships with mining companies who are in the process of exploration. Mining is a catalyst to help Matawa First Nations develop prosperous sustainable communities,” said Chief Cornelius Wabasse.

“Webequie welcomes the media from Japan, in hopes that they will deliver the message back home about our communities, and the many economic development opportunities available.”

Webequie has been generating immense interest from national and international mining firms because of its proximity to the Ring of Fire, a geological region which could be the next major mining camp in Canada. Companies are currently exploring for gold, plati-

num, nickel and copper.

During its stay, the delegation took part in an Ojibway cultural demonstration, a community feast with traditional food and joined the chief and council for a tour of the community.

Participating media included the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, a daily trade newspaper with a circulation of close to 450,000, along with weekly magazines, and news agencies.

“Webequie First Nation is very honoured to be able to share and showcase our culture, our traditions, and our community,” Wabasse said. “Webequie will continue to work towards mutual understanding and trust with our people and the mining industry.” photo courtesy of NAN

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Stan Beardy (centre right) and Webequie Chief Cornelius Wabasse (centre left) met with a delegation of journalists from Japan who visited the remote First Nation Oct. 21 as part of a Government of Ontario media tour to promote mining opportunities in Ontario. Webequie was selected due to its proximity to the Ring of Fire.

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“We, the Anishinaabe of Treaty 3 have mandated the Grand Council Treaty 3 to regulate industry, especially if the Crown fails to uphold the treaty relationship,” Kelly said.

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Treaty 3 chiefs met from Oct. 20-22 to consider the issue of mining companies being unauthorized in Treaty 3 territory and resolved to support a legal, political and media strategy centred around litigation.

“We walked out of the Oct. 2 workshop on Bill 173, I have made remarks to the Legislative Committee on General Government in August to give the compromised bill a failing grade but, to make recommendations for improvement that, unfortunately this government never really intended to listen to,” Kelly said “Of course, we will do all that is within our power to wake up the Crown to its legal, political and moral obligations.”–JT

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Charges dropped against Grassy Narrows trapper James Thom Wawatay News

Roberta Keesick no longer has the threat of charges hanging over her.

All the charges against the self-described activist trapper from Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows First Nation) were withdrawn by the crown.

Keesick was scheduled to appear in a Red Lake courtroom in mid-October on trial for building two log cabins on her family trapline without provincial permits under the Public Lands Act. Similar charges against Keesick’s common law partner Don Billard, who was assisting Keesick with the construction, were also dropped.

“I believe that any Anishinabe can build a log cabin in the forest unhindered by the government,” said Keesick. “I hope that more Anishnabek will go back into the forest and utilize the land as our ancestors have, and teach our children and grandchildren how to survive in there.”

Prior to her trial, Keesick filed a Notice of Constitutional Question whick argued the “Govern-

ment of Ontario has no right to regulate or interfere with the… right to hunt or fish in territory governed by Treaty #3 or to use the territory traditionally cared for and used by the Anishnabe people of the Grassy Narrows First Nation for hunting and fishing, among other uses.”

She argued the building of cabins is necessary to facilitate the exercise of those Aboriginal and Treaty rights.

In a release, Keesick said the building of cabins is part of a process of reclamation and revival where Indigenous people are using the land on their territory as their ancestors have for generations.

“If you bring the beaver in to a court room and ask him to stop cutting trees to build his house, he would not know what you’re talking about because he is not doing anything wrong – just doing what a beaver has always done,” Keesick said.

“This accurately describes what I feel as a true sovereign. My people have always used this land, but now we are criminalized and treated like a nuisance when we’re trying to be out on the land.”

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by H1N1 outbreak Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Kashechewan has been hit by an H1N1 flu outbreak.

“We are very concerned about this outbreak,” said Kashechewan Chief Jonathon Solomon, “and we are trying to contain this within our community.”

While the James Bay community had four confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus over the past week, a total of nine cases were confirmed Nov. 5. resulting in the designation of an H1N1 outbreak.

“I commend the staff at the Nursing Station for their aggressive treatment, however, we are finding that they are tired and overworked due to the constant calls and concerns from our people in the community,” Solomon said.

“I am calling on Health Canada to find relief for the staff at

the Nursing Station as soon as possible.”

The H1N1 flu cases have been mild to date and no hospitalizations or medivacs have been required, according to Solomon.

Although travel restrictions have not been enforced, visitors are being urged to temporarily change their plans or to conduct their business by telephone.

A number of people with symptoms have been given Tamiflu medication and more than 800 people have received H1N1 vaccinations.

More vaccination clinics are scheduled and all community members have been urged to attend the vaccination clinics.

Both the elementary and secondary schools have been closed until further notice.

The community is currently enforcing the community pandemic plan, which has been in place since this past summer.

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Aroland First Nation Band Office Atikokan Atikokan Native Friendship Centre Attawapiskat Northern Store Balmertown Diane’s Gas Bar 41 Dickenson Balmertown Keewaytinook Okimakanak 127 Mine Road Batchewana First Nation Band Office Bearskin Lake Co-op Store Bearskin Lake Northern Store Beaverhouse First Nation Band Office Big Grassy First Nation Band Office Big Island First Nation Band Office Big Trout Lake Education Authority Big Trout Lake Sam’s Store Big Trout Lake Tasona Store Brunswick House First Nation Band Office Calstock A & J General Store Calstock Band Office Cat Lake Band Office Cat Lake Northern Store Chapleau Cree First Nation Band Office Chapleau Value Mart Cochrane Ininew Friendship Centre Collins Namaygoosisagon Band office Collins Post Office Couchiching First Nation Band Office Couchiching First Nation Gas Bar Deer Lake Northern Store Dinorwic Naumans General Store Dryden A & W Dryden Beaver Lake Camp Dryden Greyhound Bus Depot Dryden McDonalds’ Restaurant Dryden Northwest Metis 34A King St. Dryden Robin’s Donuts Dryden Tim Hortons Ear Falls The Pit Stop Emo J & D Junction Flying Post First Nation Band Office Fort Albany Band Office Fort Albany Northern Store Fort Frances Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre 1460 Idylwild Drive Fort Frances Sunset Country Metis Fort Frances United Native Friendship Centre Fort Hope Band Office Fort Hope Corny’s Variety Store Fort Hope John C. Yesno Education Centre Fort Severn Northern Store Geraldton Thunder Bird Friendship Centre Ginoogaming First Nation Band Office Grassy Narrows J.B. Store Gull Bay Band Office Hornepayne First Nation Band Office Hornepayne G & L Variety Store Hudson Grant’s Store Iskatewizaagegan 39 Independent First Nation Band Office Kapuskasing Indian Friendship Centre 41 Murdock St.

Kasabonika Chief Simeon McKay Education Centre Kasabonika First Nation Band Office Kashechewan Francine J. Wesley Secondary School Kashechewan First Nation Band Office Kashechewan Northern Store Keewaywin First Nation Band Office Keewaywin Northern Store Kenora Bimose Tribal Council 598 Lakeview Dr. Kenora Chefield Gourmet, Kenora Shoppers 534 Park St. - ON SALE Kenora Chiefs Advisory Kenora Migisi Treatment Centre Kenora Ne-Chee Friendship Centre Kenora Sunset Strip Husky - ON SALE Kingfisher Lake Omahamo Hotel Complex Kingfisher Lake Omahamo Store Kocheching First Nation Band Office Lac La Croix First Nation Band Office Lac Seul, Kejick Bay Lakeside Cash & Carry Lake Nipigon Ojibway First Nation Band Office Lansdowne House Co-op Store Lansdowne House Northern Store Long Lake #58 General Store Mattagammi Confectionary Michipicoten First Nation Band Office Migisi Sahgaigan First Nation Band Office Missanabie Cree First Nation Band Office Mobert Band Office Moose Factory Echo Lodge Restaurant Moose Factory GG’s Corner & Gift Store Moose Factory Northern Stores Moose Factory Weeneebayko General Hospital Moosonee Air Creebec Moosonee Airport Moosonee Native Friendship Centre Moosonee Northern Store Moosonee Ontario Northland Railway Moosonee Polar Bear Lodge Moosonee Tasha’s Variety Moosonee Tempo Variety Moosonee Two Bay Enterprises Muskrat Dam Lisa Beardy Muskrat Dam Muskrat Dam Community Store Musselwhite Mine Naicatchewenin First Nation Band Office Naotikamegwanning First Nation Band Office Nestor Falls C & C Motel Nestor Falls Onegaming Gas & Convenience Nicikousemenecaning First Nation Band Office North Spirit Lake Band Office North Spirit Lake Cameron Store Northwest Angle #33 Band Office Northwest Angle #37 Band Office Ochiichagwe’Babigo’ Ining First Nation Band Office Ogoki Trappers Store Ojibways of Pic River Nation Band Office Osnaburgh Band Office Osnaburgh Laureen’s Grocery & Gas

Pawitik Pawitik Store Pays Plat First Nation Band Office Peawanuck General Store Pickle Lake Frontier Foods Pickle Lake Winston Motor Hotel Pikangikum Band Office Band Office Pikangikum Education Authority Pikangikum Northern Store Poplar Hill Northern Store Poplar Hill Poplar Hill Band Office Rainy River First Nation Band Office Red Lake Couchenour Airport Red Lake Indian Friendship Centre Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre Red Lake Video Plus Red Rock First Nation Band Office Rocky Bay First Nation Lar’s Place Sachigo Lake Brian Barkman Sachigo Lake Sachigo Co-op Store Sandy Lake A-Dow-Gamick Sandy Lake David B. Fiddler, Band Office Sandy Lake Northern Store Sandy Lake Education Authority Sandy Lake Special Education Class Saugeen First Nation Sault Ste. Marie Indian Friendship Centre 122 East St. Savant Lake Ennis Grocery Store Seine River First Nation Band Office Shoal Lake #40 First Nation Band Office Sioux Narrows Anishinaabeg of Kabapikotawang Slate Falls Band Office Stanjikoming First Nation Band Office Stratton Kay-nah-chi-wah-nung Historica Summer Beaver Nibinamik Community Store Taykwa Tagamou Nation, New Post First Nation Band Office Timmins Air Creebec Timmins Timmins Indian Friendship Centre 316 Spruce St. S. Timmins Wawatay N.C.S 135 Pine St. S. Wabaskang First Nation Band Office Wabigoon First Nation Community Store Wabigoon Green Achers of Wabigoon 10695 Hwy 17 Wahgoshing First Nation Wapekeka Wapekeka Community Store Washaganish Band Office Wauzhusk Onigum First Nation Band Office Wawakapewin Band Office Weagamow Lake Northern Store Weagamow Lake Onatamakay Community Store Webequie Northern Store Whitedog Kent Store Whitesand First Nation Band Office Wunnimun Lake General Store Wunnimun Lake Ken-Na-Wach Radio Wunnimun Lake Northern Store

REQUIRES A

FINANCE MANAGER

Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation is seeking a professional, responsible and self motivated individual with strong, organizational and communication skills to fill the position of FINANCE MANAGER. The Finance Manager is a full time, administrative position that reports directly to the General Manager. The Finance Manager oversees all financial administration, including banking, payments, accounting, records and financial statements and reports of the Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation. The Finance Manager in responsible for the implementation of policies and procedures to ensure the effective and efficient administration of the finances of the First Nation, and is responsible for the supervision of the Finance Assistant.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS POSITION ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. Bachelors degree in accounting, commerce or business administration and CMA or CGA certification plus four years experience in a senior accounting, position and two years experience in managing a financial accounting unit; OR Community College Diploma in business administration and CMA or CGA certification plus eight years experience in a senior accounting position and two years experience in managing a financial accounting unit; 2. Knowledge of the community and family structures, customs and traditions, and administrative structure and operations of First Nations; 4. Valid driver’s license and access to transportation; and

401 N. Cumberland St. Wawatay News Sub Office 216 South Algoma St. Wequedong Lodge Lodge 1. 228 S. Archibald St. Lodge 2. 189 N. Court St. Lodge 3. 750 MacDonnell St. Fort William First Nation: Bannon’s Gas Bar / R.R #4 City Rd. Fort William First Nation / Band Office K & A Variety THP Variety and Gas Bar/606 City Rd. Hulls Family Bookstore 127 Brodie Street South Quality Market 146 Cenntennial Square

Quality Market 1020 Dawson Rd. Mark Sault 409 George St. Metis Nation of Ontario 226 S. May St. John Howard Society Of Thunder Bay & District/132 N. Archibald St. The UPS Store/1020 Dawaon Rd. Redwood Park /2609 Redwood Ave. Confederation College: 510 Victoria Ave. East 778 Grand Point Rd. 1500 S James St. 111 Frederica St.

Mascotto Marine Meno-ya-win Health Centre, Activity Centre Nishnawbe-Gamik Friendship Centre Northern Store Pelican Falls First Nation High School Rexall Drug Stores Queen Elizabeth D.H.S. Darren Lentz Queen Elizabeth D.H.S. Native Studies Robin’s Donuts Shibogama Tribal Council 81 King St. Sioux Lookout Meno-Ya-Win Health Centre, Nursing Flr. Sioux Lookout Public Library Sioux Lotto Sioux Pharmacy

Sioux Travel Slate Falls Airways Sunset Inn Sunset Suites Travel Information Centre Wasaya Airways Wellington Inn William A. Bill George Extended Care Unit 75 - 5th Ave N Wilson’s Business Solutions Windigo Tribal Council Sacred Heart School Sioux Mountain Public School

5. The successful candidate must provide a Criminal Background Check that is satisfactory to Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation.

APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE: • A cover letter, resume, and two professional references - one of which must be from a current or former supervisor; and • Written authorization to contact references.

PLEASE NOTE: • Salary for this position will be based on qualifications and experience; • Only those applicants granted an interview will be notified; sorry no telephone interviews • To receive a complete job description, please phone (807) 481-2536; and

Sioux Lookout Outlets Sioux Lookout Airport Interpreter’s Desk Al’s Sports Excellence Best Western Chicken Chef D.J’s Gas Bar Drayton Cash & Carry Fifth Avenue Club First Step Women’s Shelter Forest Inn Fred & Dee’s IFNA 98 King St. Johnny’s Food Market L.A. Meats Linda DeRose Lamplighter Motel

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

3. Local travel is required on a frequent basis;

Thunder Bay Outlets An Eagles Cry Ministry 100 Simpson St. Central News 626 Waterloo St. - ON SALE Dennis F. Cromarty High School 315 N. Edward St. Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Treatment Centre 1700 Dease Street Lakehead University Aboriginal Awareness Centre / 955 Oliver Road, Room SC0019 Native People of Thunder Bay Development Corp. / 230 Van Norman St. Negahneewin College of Indigenous Studies C 106. 1450 Nakina Drive Thunder Bay Indian Friendship Centre

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Defenceman Kalan Ewald of the Sioux Lookout Flyers gets upended by a hip check delivered by Randall Hanlan of the Fort William North Stars. Later in the game, Nov. 6 in Sioux Lookout, Hanlan scored the game-winning goal in a 3-2 overtime victory.

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APPLICATIONS DEADLINE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009 NO LATER THAN 12:00 NOON (CST) INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS SHOULD FORWARD THEIR APPLICATION TO: GENERAL MANAGER ATTENTION: FINANCE MANAGER POSITION NIGIGOONSIMINIKAANING FIRST NATION PHONE: (807) 481-2536 FAX: (807) 481-2511 E-MAIL: NFNGENERALMANAGER@NIGIGOONSIMINIKAANING.CA

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Quick pass NECHEE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE Requires a

NECHEE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE Requires a

DRUG, EDUCATION AND LIVING WORKER

NATIVE INMATE LIAISON OFFICER

Under the supervision of the Executive Director, together with the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, the Drug, Education And Living Program Worker works primarily on-site at the Kenora District Jail to address the needs of Aboriginal inmates.

Under the supervision of the Executive Director, together with the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, the Native Inmate Liaison Officer works primarily on-site at the Kenora District Jail to address the needs of Aboriginal inmates.

RESPONSIBILITIES

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. To design and deliver a drug and alcohol education and living program to inmates 2. To organize and facilitate individual and group counselling sessions 3. To coordinate the visits of elders and other cultural resources to support programming 4. To develop and deliver a spiritual and cultural awareness program for Aboriginal inmates 5. To liaise with community treatment resources, community agencies, and aboriginal communities and organizations 6. To provide treatment centres and community agencies with information on the program 7. To establish and maintain an effective working relationship with the Native Inmate Liaison Officer and other Kenora Jail personnel 8. To prepare and submit regular reports and statistics pertaining to program activities and clients

• to act as a liaison to facilitate communication between Aboriginal inmates, their families, institutional staff & other community resources • to develop, organize and coordinate regular cultural, social & spiritual programming and activities • to act as a resource with the admission and release of Aboriginal inmates • to establish active community involvement and participation of volunteers in institution programs • to prepare and submit regular reports pertaining to program activities and clients • to coordinate and facilitate individual and/or group counselling to Aboriginal inmates

(Parental Leave Replacement)

QUALIFICATIONS • post-secondary degree or diploma in social or human services; or relevant accredited training combined with several years of related work experience • experience working in a correctional or justice setting • previous experience working in an Aboriginal organization or community • working knowledge of Aboriginal culture, customs & practices • positive attitude & demonstrated capacity to act as a healthy lifestyle role model • able to work independently with minimal supervision • strong communication skills, oral and written • ability to speak Ojibway, Cree or Oji-Cree is a definite asset • computer literacy skills are essential • able to work flexible hours, including occasional evenings or weekends • valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle is preferred

A current Criminal Record Check including Vulnerable Sector Check must be presented at the time of interview.

DEADLINE: Open until filled START DATE: Immediately Please mail or drop off resume, with cover letter, to:

Nechee Friendship Centre P.O. Box 241 1301 Railway Street Kenora, ON P9N 3X3

We thank all applicants however, only those deemed qualified, will be contacted for an interview.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Human Resource Officer The Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute, established by Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), provides postsecondary education and training programs. We offer choice, accessibility, flexibility, opportunities and support services for our students. The Institute currently offers accredited Business, Social Services Worker with Native Specialization, Pre-Health Sciences and Early Childhood Education programs.

We are looking for an energetic and dynamic individual for the position of Human Resource Officer. Reporting to the Finance and Administrative Officer, the successful candidate will have an exciting opportunity and responsibility to coordinate staff recruitment processes that will include advice or support to managers and staff selection committees and ensures they have accurate and timely information in order to make effective decisions. The Human Resource Officer will also will provide advice to managers and staff on personnel policies and procedures, job descriptions, training needs and opportunities.

QUALIFICATIONS: • Possess a Business diploma or degree with a major in Human Resources or an equivalent combination of education and related work experience will be considered • Strong administrative and organizational skills • Strong problem solving capabilities.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills • Sound character judgment and the ability to maintain confidences • Knowledge of the Labour Code of Canada • Ability to work in a fast paced environment.

• Experience in research and proposal development.

• Fluency in Oji-Cree, Ojibwe or Cree would be an asset.

If you are interested in working in an organization with continued growth potential, submit your letter of interest and a resume, with three references, to: Attention: Human Resource Officer Competition Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute 106 Centennial Square, 3rd Floor Thunder Bay, ON P7E 1H3 Phone: (807) 626-1880 Fax: (807) 622-1818 Email: info@oshki.ca Closing date: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 5:00PM. While we appreciate all applications, only those who are selected for an interview will be contacted.

(full-time, 40 hours per week)

QUALIFICATIONS • post-secondary degree or diploma in social or human services; or relevant accredited training combined with several years of related work experience • experience working in correctional or justice setting • previous experience working in an Aboriginal organization or community • working knowledge of Aboriginal culture, customs & practices • positive attitude & demonstrated capacity to act as a healthy lifestyle role model • able to work independently with minimal supervision • strong communication skills, oral and written • ability to speak Ojibway, Cree or Oji-Cree is a definite asset • computer literacy skills are essential • able to work flexible hours, including occasional evenings or weekends • valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle is preferred

James Thom/Wawatay News

NAPS 1 reached the final of the Law Enforcement Tournament but came up short, falling 4-1 to the OPP. But it was all in good fun. Proceeds from the tournament are donated to Camp Firefly, a juvenile youth diabetes camp.

A current Criminal Record Check including Vulnerable Sector Check must be presented at the time of interview.

DEADLINE: Open until filled START DATE: Immediately Please mail or drop off resume, with cover letter, to:

Nechee Friendship Centre P.O. Box 241 1301 Railway Street Kenora, ON P9N 3X3

We thank all applicants however, only those deemed qualified, will be contacted for an interview.

Shibogama Education Requires

Wunnumin Education Authority Requires

Anihshiniimowin Resource Coordinator

Principal

POSITION SUMMARY: The Anihshiniimowin Resource Coordinator will be required to provide support to the Anihshiniimowin programs in the schools located in Kingfisher Lake, Wapekeka, Wawakapewin and Wunnumin Lake. Support services include, but are not limited to, assisting Anihshiniimowin teachers and paraprofessionals with direct classroom support, the development of appropriate curriculum resource planning and materials and to provide onsite training and professional development, and to assist in the development of the language and culture camps. The coordinator will report to the Education Liaison Officer.

QUALIFICATIONS: < Teacher qualifications and experience working with First Nations < Able to speak, read and write in Anihshiniimowin < Self motivated, organized, and able to work as a team member < Excellent interpersonal, communication and computer skills < Ability to establish network systems with other language teachers < Travel is a requirement and a person must be willing to stay longer in the communities. < Experience in bilingual & bicultural programs with emphasis in literacy.

TERM: Short-term contract (5 months) LOCATION: Sioux Lookout, Ontario SALARY: Commensurate with experience START DATE: As soon as possible.

CLOSING DATE: November 27, 2009.

To Apply: Submit a covering letter, resume, two references and criminal reference check to: Matthew Angees, Education Liaison Officer P.O. Box 449, Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A5 Tel:(807) 737-2662 ext.# 2239 cell # (807) 738-1241 or 1-866-877-6057 Fax:(807) 737-1583 Email: matthewa@shibogama.on.ca Thank you for applying. Only those successful candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

POSITION:

Wunnumin Education Authority requires a principal for Lydia Lois Beardy Memorial School (LLBMS) for the remainder of the 2009-10 school year.

LLBMS is a band operated school that offers kindergarten 4’s to grade 10 programming.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Principal will be required to administer and operate the school under the direction and leadership of Wunnumin Education Authority.

The principal provides educational and instructional leadership in the school to ensure that all students are learning and properly educated.

The principal will be accountable to the Education Director. The principal is expected to connect the school to the community by fully supporting and implementing the bilingual and bicultural programming.

QUALIFICATIONS: Preference will be given to those with qualifications and/or administration experience at the band operated schools. Knowledge and experience in Special Education, Literacy and Native Studies. Teaching and/or administrative experience in immersion and bilingual/bicultural programs and a northern First Nation setting are considered definite assets.

Candidates must be a member in good standing with the Ontario College of Teachers or eligible for membership. Applications must include a covering letter, resume, supporting documentation and three references including most recent employer. In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, applicants must provide a signed and dated statement authorizing Shibogama Education personnel to contact references prior to the interview date. Candidates selected for an interview are required to furnish a criminal convictions clearance check.

TERM: Short-term contract (January 2009 to June 2010) with possibility of renewal SALARY: Commensurate with experience START DATE: January 4, 2010 CLOSING DATE: Friday, December 11, 2009 at 4:30 p.m.

To Apply: Matthew Angees, Education Liaison Officer P.O. Box 449, Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A5 Tel:(807) 737-2662 ext.# 2239 cell# (807) 738-1241 or 1-866-877-6057 Fax:(807) 737-1583 Email: matthewa@shibogama.on.ca Thank you for applying. Only those successful candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Aboriginal Humanities Studies Program Coordinator Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute, established by Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), provides post-secondary education and training programs. We offer choice, accessibility, flexibility, opportunities and support services for our students. The Institute currently offers accredited Business, Social Services, Pre-Health Sciences and Early Childhood Education post-secondary programs.

We are looking for a highly energetic and dynamic individual for the position of Post Secondary Program Coordinator – Aboriginal Humanities. Aboriginal Humanities will include the following programs: Social Service Worker – Native Specialization Indigenous Wellness & Addictions Prevention Aboriginal Community Services Worker All Programs are two year post-secondary diploma programs. The successful candidate will have the exciting opportunity to participate in the educational growth and student success of NAN community members.

Duties will include teaching and coordinating all aspects of program operations, including student services, program enhancement and delivery. Additional responsibilities will include monitoring student progress, academic support and liaison with educational partners to ensure student success. The Humanities Coordinator will also work closely with the Social Studies Advisory Committee and OSHKI staff and faculty in the delivery of post-secondary programs. Travel to the NAN communities is required to consult with community leaders, provide student support and promote OSHKI programs.

QUALIFICATIONS: • Possess at minimum an undergraduate degree or an equivalent combination of education and related work experience.

Preference will be given to those who have education and teaching experience in Social Work.

• Understanding of distance education delivery modes and academic program development • Knowledge of college practices in regards to registration, admissions, submission of marks, field placements, etc.

• Ability to work in a fast paced environment • Possess strong communication skills (written & verbal) • Fluency in Oji-Cree, Ojibwe or Cree would be an asset.

If you are confident that you can help increase the educational success of the people in NAN, we invite to submit your letter of interest and a resume, with three references, to:

Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute Attention: Aboriginal Humanities Studies Program Coordinator Job Competition 106 Centennial Square, 3rd Floor Thunder Bay, ON P7E 1H3 Phone: (807) 626-1880 Fax: (807) 622-1818 Email: info@oshki.ca

Closing date: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 5:00PM. While we appreciate all applications, only those who are selected for an interview will be contacted.

GICHI OZHIBIIGE OGAAMIC Administrative OfÀce Position Title:

Executive Director Department: Administration Category: Senior Management Grand Council Treaty# 3 offers an exceptional opportunity for a results-oriented leader with significant experience to lead a dynamic and vibrant advocacy team and to work closely with the Grand Council and member First Nations.

The Executive Director will manage the development, implementation and maintenance of GCT3 Representative Services (GCT3 RS) operational policies, practices and principles that provide for competent governance, accountability, effectiveness, transparency and efficiency; implement organizational vision; provide direction and support to the political office and GCT3 RS Board of Directors. The Executive Director will support and advocate the needs and rights of the Treaty# 3 membership; and ensure the Grand Councils mandate to protect, preserve and enhance inherent and treaty rights is used as the foundation for the decision-making process. The Executive Director will be responsible for a variety of duties ranging from supervision of all staff, oversee the preparation of financial reports, negotiate for additional financial resources and liaise between the staff, Board of Directors, Chiefs and Councils, Treaty# 3 communities, stakeholders and partners.

QUALIFICATIONS: Graduation with a professional degree from a recognized university in Business, Human Resources or Finance is preferred. Specialization that has been obtained through an exceptional combination of training, education and or experience may be considered.

The successful candidate must provide evidence of experience of strategic leadership and senior management of a not-for-profit organization or corporation.

Extensive experience with financial and human resources management; demonstrated knowledge and experience in leading a First Nation Political or Advocacy organization would be an asset. The applicant shall highlight proven experience in problem-solving, decision-making, financial and policy analysis; leadership role modeling/mentoring to encourage optimum performance by staff; proven ability to develop and sustain partnerships and strategic networks; superior written/oral communication/negotiation/presentation skills to represent Grand Councils dealings with multi-levels of government and various stakeholders. Finally, the candidate shall hold a solid understanding of Grand Council Treaty# 3 history and mandate, Treaty Rights, challenges, opportunities, and political processes pertaining to First Nations.

The ability to communicate in Ojibway is considered an asset. Requirements include ability to travel, valid drivers license and access to a reliable vehicle.

Applicants must clearly demonstrate in the covering letter how they meet the qualifications of the position.

SALARY: Negotiable LOCATION: Grand Council Treaty# 3 CLOSING DATE: November 20, 2009 Send Applications to: GCT3 Representative Services P.O. Box 1720 Kenora, ON P9N 3X7 Fax: 807.548.5054 Email: debbie.lipscombe@treaty3.ca The Grand Councils Treaty#3s dedication to excellence is complemented by its profound commitment to building and sustaining a self-dependent Nation for Grand Council Treaty# 3. Individuals from the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty#3 are encouraged to apply. We thank all those who apply. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Submission of a criminal record check required prior to offer of employment.

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NORTHERN NISHNAWBE EDUCATION COUNCIL FULL TIME POSITIONS Pelican Falls First Nations High School is a private school operated by the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council under the direction of District Chiefs and First Nation communities. Pelican Falls First Nations High School is a unique facility that is located on Pelican Lake in the traditional territory of Lac Seul First Nation and within the Municipality of Sioux Lookout, Ontario. NNEC invites applications for the following full time positions for the 2009-2010 year at Pelican Falls First Nations High School.

Vice-Principal FTE Teaching positions (2) NNEC provides: Competitive salary Extended vacation periods Established student support staff and counselling network

VICE-PRINCIPAL MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: • Principal Qualifications Part 1 & 2. Those with a plan to obtain these qualifications are strongly encouraged to apply; • 5 years of successful teaching experience; • Member of Ontario College of Teachers

SECONDARY TEACHER MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: • Certificate of Qualifications and Intermediate/Senior qualifications in required subject area(s); • Member of Ontario College of Teachers • Experience teaching First Nations students an asset • Computer literacy • Ability to speak a District First Nations Language an asset TERM: Teaching positions starting January 2010 with possible renewable annual contracts.

Vice Principal position starting January 2010 Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. Friday, November 20, 2009.

Fax, email or mail your resume complete with statement of personal philosophy of education, copy of Ontario Certificate of Qualification and written permission for NNEC to contact three employment references and a brief cover letter to Human Resources at NNEC Head Office in Frenchman’s Head (807)582-3865 fax, email humanresources@nnec.on.ca or mail to Box 1419, Sioux Lookout, Ontario P8T 1B9.

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted NNEC requires Criminal Background Checks from those offered positions

www.nnec.on.ca

HOMECARE NURSE

FOR THE HOME AND COMMUNITY CARE (HCC) PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This is a full-time, 35-hour workweek position based out of Balmertown. The Home Care Nurse reports and works under the direct supervision of the HCC Nurse Supervisor.

The Home Care Nurse will be responsible for providing community based care nursing services to clients in their home.

JOB OVERVIEW: • Travel to the KO communities • Assessments and reassessments based on client needs • Develop a goal based, client centered, nursing care plan • Implement nursing interventions and continually assess home care client progress using nursing procedures • Confer with health care team ensuring client needs are being met • Document and communicate client data as per protocol QUALIFICATIONS : • • • • • • • •

A Registered Nurse or Registered Practical Nurse in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario.

2 years experience delivering nursing care in the home or community setting.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Skills and experience in adult education training.

Ability to prepare and submit reports.

Basic computer skills.

Experience nursing in remote First Nation communities would be desirable.

Able to speak Ojibway, Oji-Cree or Cree, but not necessary.

Salary will be dependent on qualifications and work experience Deadline for Applications: November 25th, 2009 @ 4:00 .p.m.

Please forward: resume, cover letter and three references to: HCC Homecare Nurse Hiring Committee Keewaytinook Okimakanak Box 340 Balmertown, ON P0V 1C0

GICHI OZHIBIIGE OGAAMIC Position Title:

Mining Impact/Benefit Coordinator JOB DESCRIPTION: The Grand Council Treaty #3 in partnership with the Ministry of Northern development and Mines (MNDM) is resourcing a mining related impact benefit coordinator to manage consultation and accommodation approaches with Treaty #3 territory that is found in present-day Ontario. The Mining Impact/Benefit Coordinator shall work with partners involved in this project to coordinate transitional consultation and accommodation projects prior to a final consultation protocol approved by the Grand Council and the MNDM. Main Objectives of the Coordinator are to assist the Grand Council in the transitional approach to consultation and accommodation in partnership with the MNDM; Assist in meeting the workplan objectives; Assist with subcommittee work; Attend Community sessions where Mining-based companies and organizations are asked to present or gather information.

QUALIFICATIONS: The incumbent must possess a University degree from a recognized institution in agriculture, natural resources or social services. Solid understanding of Aboriginal Treaty Rights, challenges, opportunities and diversity as it pertains to First Nations issues. Working knowledge of both provincial and federal policies, legislation and funding arrangements; Ability to conduct research, draft work plans, proposals, reports, position papers and budget forecasts; Ability to communicate effectively with government agencies both aboriginal and non aboriginal both orally and written; Familiarity with political processes and strategic planning relating to political issues and directions.

The Mining Impact/Benefit Coordinator must have excellent written, oral and interpersonal skills along with proven analytical skills. They must be organized and able to prioritize their workload. The incumbent must have good computer skills and be comfortable with word processing, spreadsheets, and power point. The candidate must be able to work independently, demonstrate initiative and have the ability to communicate effectively with all contacts required both internally and externally.

SALARY: Negotiable LOCATION: Grand Council Treaty #3, Kenora, Ontario CLOSING DATE: November 20, 2009 Send Applications to: GCT3 Representative Services P.O. Box 1720 Kenora, ON P9N 3X7 Fax: 807.548.5054 Email: debbie.lipscombe@treaty3.ca

Bearskin Lake- Michikan Lake School JOB DESCRIPTION: Michikan Education Authority is accepting applications for a full-time JK-Gr. 1 Native Language Teacher with experience in Oji-Cree Immersion Instruction to start January 5th, 2010.

DUTIES: • Teach JK-Gr.1 Oji-Cree Immersion 5 days a week.

This is a term position beginning: January 5th, 2010 to June 18th, 2010.

• Under the supervision of the principal, the teaching responsibilities will include but are not limited to teaching in Oji-Cree at the grade JK-Gr.1 level.

QUALIFICATIONS: (1) Ontario Teacher Certification (NTEP or B.Ed.) (2) Proficiency in both oral and written Oji-Cree language.

(3) Oji-Cree teaching experience and/or ability to implement the delivery of the Kwayaciiwin Immersion Curriculum SALARY: In Accordance with Michikan Education Authority Salary Grid APPLICATION: A current resume and a recent Criminal Record Check DEADLINE: Open until filled CONTACT: Vincent Ostberg, Director, Michikan Education Authority, Bearskin Lake First Nation,

Fax (807)363-2519 Yvonne McLeod, Windigo Education Authority, Fax (807)737-3452 gymcleod@gmail.com

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Project eliminates huge wait times from page 1 “For people outside the area, there is little or no follow-up.

Community reintegration is a huge issue for people poststroke. It’s when patients get home that those issues confront them.”

Research partner and NWO Regional Stroke Rehabilitation Specialist Esme French said: “People don’t know how they’ll manage returning to their usual roles in the community or at home.

“The thing with stroke recovery is that it goes on for years.

This project is trying to help people continue to improve and recover from the effects of stroke.”

“We’re piloting four in-home cameras supported by KO Telemedicine and the grant,” explains Reinikka. “This allows us to do the visits right in the

patients’ homes. The clients don’t have to leave their communities or in some cases their homes where there are safety and mobility issues at home.”

The project relies on partners KO Home and Community Care and KO Telemedicine to arrange local support to operate the cameras, set up visits and deliver the care identified by the rehab professionals.

As an example of how the project is benefiting people, French cites one man from a remote community who had poor seating in his home.

“The rehab professional called the nursing station and the home care program to find out if there was a SWAP program or funds to purchase better seating.”

“His stroke had been ages ago and the assumption had been that he had no problem,” says Reinikka. “This program

provides the opportunity to identify ongoing issues as they arise. There is a two-pronged approach, for both new stroke survivors and long-term ones.”

“It’s also less stressful for the patient not to travel. We think that it’s a win-win situation.”

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French describes KO Telemedicine’s part in the project as “huge.”

“They enabled the whole community engagement piece.

None of this would have happened without them.”

Heather Coulson, project development co-ordinator for

KO Telemedicine, said the project “eliminates a huge amount of waiting. At Meno-Ya-Win Hospital in Sioux Lookout the Physiotherapy Department at one time had 350 people on the waiting list, and couldn’t offer an outpatient service.”

Through the Stroke TeleRehab project “the appointment time is preset for weeks ahead.

It might be only six weeks waiting.

Potentially, if this project becomes sustainable we could deliver quality of service in a timely fashion and help people get back to their lives.”

In addition, she notes that it eliminates the high cost of patients traveling from their communities to hospital, with the accompanying problems of bad weather.

“It’s also less stressful for the patient not to travel. We think that it’s a win-win situation.

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“I can say that we have seen change within 10 days after a visit . That’s exciting. We know that we have been able to provide an excellent service.”

One of the aspects of the partnership has been to provide additional training for home and community care within the communities. “We did two sets of training in 15 communities on Tele-Rehab. The Ontario Stroke Network wanted to make sure that certified Personal Support Workers could sustain the support. Additional training was done by Esme and her team, and was paid for by LHIN and Stroke Network, although Esme and her team donated their time. That was beautiful.

It was very heartwarming and enlightening. They are such a dedicated team. It was a very interactive training, and all the participants loved it.

“It’s the biggest project that

I’m working on presently. We started with four base communities. If we set it up so that the four cameras can be sent to any one of the other 26 communities serviced by KO Telemedicine, we can potentially reach all 26 eventually.”

However, she notes “there is a time frame on this pilot project.

We’re asking for an extension.

Sustainable funding is always the issue in health care.”

This is the fourth research project Reinikka and French have collaborated on.

“The larger issue is that this is a jumping off point,” Reinikka said. “There are a myriad of other populations in the north that can benefit from Telehealth medicine.

“We’re using this project as a springboard for wider applications to benefit other populations: post-surgical, arthritis, and others.”

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009 Northern Ontario’s First Nation Voice since 1974

Gerry Martin living healthy with diabetes their food nowadays.

“We don’t grow it anymore,” Martin said, explaining that his family had a garden and grew many of their vegetables. “We don’t get our own fish.”

“Our world has changed, our lifestyle has changed, and our food has changed.”

Martin said the Anishinabe world view includes a calendar with 13 moons, each of which describes what a person should be doing during that time of the year.

“We knew things in life went in cycles,” Martin said, explaining the Anishinabe would follow the moon calendar, travelling to the rapids when the whitefish were there and to the moosehunting grounds in winter.

“This is our land – the creator put us here. For 5,000 or 10,000 years we’ve been on this land living off the (game), fruit and vegetables that are here.”

Martin listed a number of serious problems associated with diabetes, including renal failure, heart problems, stroke, bladder problems, and vision problems.

“That’s what scares me, losing my vision,” Martin said.

Martin said the youth need to be encouraged to eat more of the foods that are provided on the land, and less of the packaged foods which are high in carbohydrates and the fast foods high in fats.

“We have to teach our children and grandchildren so they don’t get diabetes too,” Martin said, explaining that 75 per cent of Anishinabe over the age of 35 are diabetic or will get diabetes if they don’t change their lifestyle and diet. “Diabetes is preventable.”

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Gerry Martin wants to raise awareness of diabetes among the youth.

“It’s a real challenge living with diabetes,” said the traditional teacher originally from Mattagami who has been living with type-2 diabetes for the past four years. “I look at my toes every day. When you’re diabetic, you have to look at yourself every day – top to bottom.”

Martin, who spoke about diabetes at the Nov. 5 Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness and Prevention Day in Thunder Bay, raised the issue of wanting to eat a couple of servings of Christmas dinner like he used to before he came down with diabetes.

“When you’re diabetic, you can’t do that,” Martin said. “You get a small portion of meat, and lots of vegetables.”

Martin said he never ate salads when he was growing up, but if anyone asked him to eat pickeral, he just loved it.

“It’s a real challenge being diabetic,” Martin said.

“It’s with me every day.”

Martin checks his blood sugar level several times each day, and eats according to his blood sugar level.

“I get up to 15.8 when I’m high,” Martin said, describing his blood sugar levels. “My lowest was 3.8. My nurse says never get below 3.”

Martin said he is always thirsty and needs to go to the urinal quite frequently.

“It’s a problem getting up two or three times a night to go for a pee,” Martin said.

Martin said people are often confused about the term sugar diabetes, thinking that if they don’t eat much sugar they will not come down with diabetes.

“It’s not sugar,” Martin said. “It’s all the carbohydrates. Just about every (carbohydrate) turns into a glucose molecule.”

Martin said part of the problem stems from where people get most of

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Traditional teacher Gerry Martin spoke about the challenges of living with diabetes at the Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness and Prevention Day, held Nov. 5 in Thunder Bay. “I look at my toes every day. When you’re diabetic, you have to look at yourself every day – top to bottom,” he said.

ᒉᕑᐃ ᒪᕑᑎᐣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᑫᐧᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓱ ᑲᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐨ ᑲᑭᓇᑲᓇᒪᐢ ᐁᑲ ᒋᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᔭᐣ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᐃᓇᒋᑫᔭᐣ, ᒥᓇ ᑲᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᓇᐁᐧᓂᒥᑎᓱᔭᐣ ᕑᐃᐠ ᑲᕑᐃᐠ ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᒋᒧᐃᐧᓇᐣ

ᒉᕑᐃ ᒪᕑᑎᐣ ᐅᑕᓂᒧᑕᐣ ᐊᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᒋ ᑲᑭᑫᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ. ᓇᐱᐨ ᐊᓇᒪᐣ ᑲᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᑎᓯᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑭᐱᐅᒋ ᒪᑕᑲᒥ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐊᔕ ᓂᐅᐊᐦᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᒋᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀ. ᑕᓱᑭᔑᑲ ᓂᒪᒣᒋᑲᑐᐣ ᓂᓂᓯᑭᓯᑕᓇᐣ. ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᔭᐣ, ᐅᒋᑕᐱᑯ ᑲᒪᒣᒋᑲᐦᐃᑎᐢ ᑕᓱᑭᔑᑲ, ᒥᓯᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᓂᑭᓂᔭᐣ. ᐊᐧᐁᐧ ᒪᕑᑎᐣ, ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐡᑲᑎᓄᐱᓯᑦ 5 ᑲᐃᓇᑭᓱᐨ ᐊᒥᔭᐱ ᑲᑭᔭᓂᒧᑕᑭᐸᐣ

ᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐃᐧᓂ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑭᑫᑕᒧᐃᐧᓂᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑫᑭᐅᒋᓇᑲᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑭᔑᑲ ᐁᐧᑎ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ, ᐅᑭᐊᐧᐃᐧᑕᐣ ᐁᑭᒥᓴᐁᐧᑕᐠ ᓂᔕᐧ ᐁᐃᐧᐸᑭᑕᐦᐊᒪᓱᐨ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒪᑯᔐᑭᔑᑲ ᒪᑯᔐᓇᓄᐊᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᐧᐡᑲᐨ ᐊᑯ ᑲᑭᐱᓂᑕᑐᑕᑭᐸᐣ ᐁᒪᐧᔦ ᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐨ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᔭᐣ, ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᑐᑕᓯᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᕑᑎᐣ, ᐸᑭ ᐱᑯ ᐁᑕ ᑲᒥᒋᐣ ᐃᐧᔭᐢ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᐡᑲᐧᐨ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᑭᐢᑎᑲᓂᒥᒋᒪᐣ. ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᕑᑎᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᐧᑲ ᒋᑭᐱᐅᒋᓂᑕᒥᒋᐨ ᒪᐡᑯᔑᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᐅᐱᑭᐨ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᔕᑯᐨ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ ᐁᑲᑫᐧᒋᒥᑯᐨ ᒋᐊᒪᐧᐨ ᐅᑲᓴᐣ, ᐊᒥᐦᐃᐁᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᓴᑭᑐᐨ ᐁᐃᓇᒋᑫᐨ. ᑌᐯᐧ ᐊᓂᒪᐣ ᑲᔓᑲᐃᐧᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᕑᑎᐣ. ᑕᓱᑭᔑᑲ ᐣᐱᒥᑲᓇᐁᐧᓂᒥᑯᐣ. ᑕᓱᑭᔑᑲ ᒪᕑᑎᐣ ᐅᒪᒣᒋᑲᑐᐣ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᐱᒋᐡᑲᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᐅᔓᑲᒪᐣ ᐃᒪ ᐅᒥᐢᑭᐧᒥᐠ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐯᔑᑲᐧ ᑕᓱᑭᔑᑲ, ᒥᓇ ᐅᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐊᐣ ᑫᐃᓇᒋᑫᐨ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᔭᐱᑕᑯᐡᑲᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᐅᔓᑲᒪᐣ. ᐊᑎᑲ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᐃᐡᐱᓭᐠ 15.8 ᐊᐱᑕᐱᑭᓭ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᕑᑎᐣ ᐁᔭᓂᒧᑕᐣ ᑲᔭᐱᒋᐡᑲᒪᑲᓂᐠ ᐅᔓᑲᒪᐣ ᐅᒥᐢᑭᐧᒥᐠ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑕᐸᓯᓭᐠ 3.8 ᐊᐱᑕᐱᑭᓭ.

ᓂᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᑫᑦ ᐣᑭᐊᔭᑲᐧᒥᒥᐠ ᐁᑲ ᐃᐧᑲ ᒋᑐᑕᒪᐣ ᒐᐸᔑᐡ 3 ᒋᐊᐱᑕᐱᑭᓭᐠ. ᒪᕑᑎᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᓇᔑᓀ ᐸᑲᐸᑫᐧᐡᑲᒪᒋᐦᐅ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᓇᔑᓀ ᐁᔕᔑᑭᐨ.

ᓄᑯᑦ ᐸᑲᓂᓭ ᑲᑕᔑᐱᒪᑎᓯᔭᐠ, ᓄᑯᑦ ᐸᑲᓂᓭ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒪᑎᓯᔭᐠ, ᒥᓇ ᓄᑯᑦ ᐸᑲᓂᓭ ᑲᐃᓇᒋᑫᔭᐠ – ᒉᕑᐃ ᒪᕑᑎᐣ

ᓇᐱᐨ ᐊᑯ ᐣᑕᓂᒥᐃᐧᑐ ᓂᔕᐧ ᓇᐣᑕ ᓂᐦᓴᐧ ᐁᐊᐧᓂᐡᑲᔭᐣ ᐯᔑᑲᐧ ᐁᑎᐱᑲᐠ ᐁᐊᑕᐃᐧᔑᑭᔭᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ. ᐃᑭᑐ ᒥᓇ ᐊᑎᐟ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᓂᓯᑕᐁᐧᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᒋᑲᑌᐠ, ᐁᐃᓀᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐁᑲ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᔓᑲᐣ ᐊᐸᒋᐦᐊᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑕᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᓯᐊᐧᐠ. ᑲᐧᓂᐣ ᔓᑲ ᑲᑐᑕᐠ, ᐃᑭᑐ , ᐃᒪᔕ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑲᔑᐊᐧᑭᐣ. ᑫᑲᐟ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑲᔑᐊᐧᑭᐣ ᒥᒋᒪᐣ ᔓᑲᐃᐧᑕᒪᑲᓄᐣ. ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᕑᑎᐣ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑲᔦ ᐯᑭᐡ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᓂᒥᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᐅᑎᓇᒧᐊᐧᐨ

ᑲᒋᒥᐊᐧᐨ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᑭᔑᑲᓂᐠ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑭᑭᑎᑲᑕᓯᒥᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ, ᑭᐱᑐᑕᒧᐸᓂᐠ ᐅᐊᐧᑯᒪᑲᓇᐣ ᐁᑭ ᑭᑎᑲᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᔑᐣ ᑭᑎᑲᓂᒥᒋᒪᐣ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᓇᓯᑭᑫᑕᒪᓱᓯᒥᐣ ᑭᓄᔐᐠ. ᓄᑯᑦ ᐸᑲᓂᓭ ᑲᑕᔑᐱᒪᑎᓯᔭᐠ, ᓄᑯᑦ ᐸᑲᓂᓭ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒪᑎᓯᔭᐠ, ᒥᓇ ᓄᑯᑦ ᐸᑲᓂᓭ ᑲᐃᓇᒋᑫᔭᐠ. ᒪᕑᑎᐣ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᐠ ᐅᑕᑭᑦ ᐊᔑᐨ ᒥᓇ ᐱᓯᒧᑎᐸᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᐦᓱᔕᐸᐧ ᒥᓯᐁᐧᓯ ᑎᐱᑲᓂᐱᓯᑦ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᐸᐯᔑᐠ ᐁᐅᒋ ᑭᑭᓇᐊᐧᒋᐃᐧᒋᑫᒪᑲᐠ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂ ᑫᑭᔭᓂᐃᔑᒋᑫᐸᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᔭᓂᐱᒥᓭᓂᐠ ᐃᐁᐧ ᐯᔑᑯᔭᑭ. ᐣᑭᓂᓯᑕᐁᐧᑕᒥᐣ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑭᔭᓂ ᐊᔭᑲᐃᐧ ᐱᒥ ᑭᓂᑲᐧᓂᐡᑲᒪᑲᐠ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᕑᑎᐣ, ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᑲᑭᐃᐧᑕᒪᑫᐨ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᐠ ᑲᑭᐱᒥᓂᔕᐦᐊᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᑎᐱᑲᓂᐱᓯᒧ ᑎᐸᐸᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐁᑭᐃᔑᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐯᔓᐨ ᐸᐃᐧᑎᑯᐠ ᐊᐱ ᑲᔭᓂ ᐊᑎᑲᒣᑯᑲᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᐃᔑ ᒧᓱᑲᓂᐠ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᐳᓂᐠ. ᑭᓇᐃᐧᐟ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑭᑕᑭᒥᓇᐣ, ᒪᐣᑐ ᑭᑭᐸᑭᑎᓂᑯᒥᐣ ᐅᒪ. 5,000 ᓇᐣᑕ 10,000 ᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᐊᔕ ᑭᑭᐱᐅᒋ ᐱᒪᒋᐦᐅᐊᐧᑫᒥᐣ ᐅᒪ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᑲᐊᔭᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᔑᔑᒥᒋᒪᐣ, ᒥᓂᔕᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑎᑲᓂᒥᒋᒪᐣ.

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ᒪᕑᑎᐣ ᐅᑭᐊᔭᑭᓀ ᐊᐧᐃᐧᑕᓇᐣ ᑭᒋᐃᓇᐱᓀᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᑲᒋᑎᓂᐁᐧᒪᑲᑭᐣ ᑲᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑐᑲᐣ ᐅᑎᑎᑯᓯᐊᐧᐱᓀᐃᐧᐣ, ᐅᑌᐦᐊᐃᐧᐱᓀᐃᐣ, ᓂᐳᐃᐧᓭᐃᐧᐣ, ᑲᐅᒋᔑᑭᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᔑᐊᑯᓯᓇᓄᐊᐧᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐅᒋᐊᐧᐱᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᒋᐊᑯᓯᓇᓄᐊᐧᐣ. ᐊᒥᐦᐅᐁᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑐᑕᒪᐣ, ᐁᑲ ᒋᔭᓂᐊᐧᐱᔭᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᕑᑎᐣ. ᐃᑭᑐ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑭᔕᔑᑭᒥᑕᐧᐸᐣ ᐅᐡᑲᑎᓴᐠ ᒋᑲᑫᐧᒥᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᒥᒋᒪᐣ ᐱᑲᐧᑕᑭᐠ ᑲᐅᒋᒪᑲᑭᐣ, ᒥᓇ ᐁᑲ ᓇᐱᐨ ᒋᔭᐸᒋᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐯᐸᓄᐠ ᑲᐱᑌᓂᑭᐣ ᐸᓂᐢᑫᐧ ᑲᔑᐃᐧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒥᓇ ᑲᑭᓯᓭᑲᐧᑌᑭᐣ ᐸᓂᐢᑫᐧ ᑲᐱᒥᑌᐊᐧᑭᐣ. ᒋᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᑭᑕᐧ ᑭᑕᐊᐧᔑᔑᒥᓇᓂᐠ ᒥᓇ ᑯᓯᓯᓇᓂᐠ ᐁᑲ ᑫᐃᐧᓇᐊᐧ ᒋᑭᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐊᐧᐸᐣ, ᐃᑭᑐ ᒪᕑᑎᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐃᑭᑐ ᐃᒪ ᓇᐣᑕ 75 ᐱᕑᓭᐣᐟ ᒥᓂᑯᐠ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ 35 ᑲᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀᐊᐧᐨ ᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐊᐧᐠ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑕᔭᓂ ᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᐡᐱᐣ ᐁᑲ ᑲᑫᐧᐸᑲᓀᓭᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᐃᔑᐱᒧᑐᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐃᓇᒋᑫᐊᐧᐨ. ᔓᑲᐊᐧᐱᓀᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐡᑭᒋᑲᑌ ᒋᑭᓇᑲᓇᒪᓱᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ.

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Thanks to support, Bunn Everyone has same food living with diabetes needs despite diabetes

Diabetes.

Whenever I hear this word, I shudder a bit. Now the beautiful thing about that word is the fact I get to hear it constantly, as it was something I was soon diagnosed with. I have Type 1 diabetes.

The diagnosis was almost a sigh of relief. In a way that explained what I was going through before I found out what was happening with me. I soon began to sleep 10-14 hours a day, drinking litres of water at a time. I soon lost a lot of weight.

It was like my whole body was shutting down, and we had no idea what it was. I remember the moment we began to find out.

My mother had taken me into the doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earlier in the

day, I got a check up, blood work done. It was later in the night we got a phone call, it was my doctor saying to head into emergency. My blood sugar was at 39. Considering the average blood sugar is anywhere between four to nine, mine being a plus 30 to that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all that great. I can remember the hospital visit, learning about diabetes. Not all that exciting, by the way, not a way to spend a weekend.

Anyhow, coping. I would still like to announce I am still struggling with this part. Managing diabetes is all routine.

You have to take insulin at this time, you have to take insulin when this occurs, you just have to take insulin. You have to check your blood sugar levels

and do this three times a day for sure like morning, noon, supper and check my blood sugar whenever I felt like I was having a low. Luckily, I was never one to make a huge fuss about needles.

Also, luckily, I have supportive people around me. My mother, now with NAN, played the role of mother, lecturelecture, nag-nag, do this, do that. My work, Quality Market, understands my condition, and for the people at Diabetes Health Thunder Bay who told me how to take care of myself, so I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end up on the worst side of diabetes.

Rebecca Bunn, 17 years old Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 2005

Wendy Trylinski Special to Wawatay News

Eating well is one of lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest pleasures.

Fortunately, having diabetes does not prevent you from enjoying a wide variety of foods. People with diabetes have the same nutritional needs as anyone else.

By learning to eat well-balanced meals in the correct amounts, staying fit and taking your prescribed medications, you can thrive with diabetes. â&#x20AC;˘ Create Your Plate is a fast and easy way to choose and eat the foods you want. â&#x20AC;˘ First focus on your portion sizes. Then make healthier food choices. â&#x20AC;˘ Six simple steps to get started. â&#x20AC;˘ Apply a similar method at breakfast.

Often, when people are diagnosed with diabetes, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where to begin. One way is to change the amount of food you are already eating.

Focus on filling your plate with non-starchy vegetables and having smaller portions of starchy foods and meats. Creating your plate is an easy way to get started with managing blood glucose levels.

You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need any special tools or have to do any counting. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simple and effectiveâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;draw an imaginary line on your plate, select your foods, and enjoy your meal! You may have heard of this as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plate Method.â&#x20AC;? Once youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve changed your portion sizes, you can work on making healthier food choices from each food group.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simple and effective for both managing diabetes and losing weight. Creating your plate letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s you still choose the

foods you want, but changes the portion sizes so you are getting larger portions of non-starchy vegetables and a smaller portion of starchy foods. When you are ready, you can try new foods within each food category.

Try these six simple steps to get started: 1. Using your dinner plate, put a line down the middle of the plate.

2. Then on one side, cut it again so you will have 3 sections on your plate.

3. Fill the largest section with non-starchy vegetables such as: â&#x20AC;˘ spinach, carrots, lettuce, greens, cabbage â&#x20AC;˘ green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, â&#x20AC;˘ vegetable juice, salsa, onion, cucumber, beets â&#x20AC;˘ mushrooms, peppers, turnip 4. Now in one of the small sections, put starchy foods such as: â&#x20AC;˘ whole grain breads, such as whole wheat or rye â&#x20AC;˘ whole grain, high-fiber cereal â&#x20AC;˘ cooked cereal such as oatmeal, grits, hominy, or cream of wheat â&#x20AC;˘ rice, pasta, tortillas â&#x20AC;˘ cooked beans and peas, such as pinto beans or blackeyed peas â&#x20AC;˘ potatoes, green peas, corn, lima beans, sweet potatoes, winter squash â&#x20AC;˘ low-fat crackers and snack chips, pretzels, and fat-free popcorn 5. And then on the other small section, put your meat or meat substitutes such as: â&#x20AC;˘ chicken or turkey without the skin â&#x20AC;˘ fish â&#x20AC;˘ lean cuts of beef and pork

such as sirloin or pork loin â&#x20AC;˘ eggs, low-fat cheese 6. Add an 8 oz glass of nonfat or low-fat milk. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drink milk, you can add another small serving of carb such as a 6 oz. container of light yogurt or a small roll. â&#x20AC;˘ And a piece of fruit or a 1/2 cup fruit salad and you have your meal planned. Examples are fresh, frozen, or canned in juice or frozen in light syrup or fresh fruit.

Breakfast Your plate will look different at breakfast but the idea is the same. If you use a plate or bowl for breakfast, keep your portions small. Use half your plate for starchy foods. You can ad fruit in the small part and a meat or meat substitute in the other.

You can protect your heart and blood vessels by eating less saturated fat and by choosing the types of fats that help your cholesterol levels. The ingredients you use and the way you cook can make a big difference.

Try these tips: â&#x20AC;˘ Cook with less fat â&#x20AC;˘ Choose lean meats, poultry, and pork â&#x20AC;˘ Choose low-fat dairy foods â&#x20AC;˘ Substitute lower-fat ingredients in recipes Cook with Less Fat Use a low-fat or fat-free way to cook. You can cut down on total fat by broiling, microwaving, baking, roasting, steaming, or grilling foods. Nonstick pans and cooking sprays also work well.

Boost the flavor with seasonings and sauces instead of fats.

Look for recipes that use herbs and spices for flavor instead of fat. see SKIM page B8

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Wawatay News writer/photographer Rick Garrick stopped for an early-morning photo along the Thunder Bay Expressway in late October while pedalling his bike to work at Wawatay’s new offices in the Victoriaville Centre.

Diabetes invention lands LU professor Aicheng Chen tech award Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Lakehead University’s Dr. Aicheng Chen has won the W. Lash Miller Award for his invention for the control and treatment of diabetes.

“Over two million Canadians have diabetes, and it has been scientists’ longstanding goal to develop a non-enzymatic electrochemical technique to monitor blood sugar levels for conChen trolling and treating diabetes,” said the chemistry professor and Canada research chair in material and environmental chemistry.

Chen developed a novel way to oxidize glucose by using an electrochemical process with remarkable sensitivity and selectivity; his innovative research is now leading to the development of high-performance electrode materials for electrolysis as well as new electrochemical technologies for environmental and biological analysis.

“This method has significant potential to turn the dream to control and treat diabetes into a reality,” Chen said.

The W. Lash Miller Award is a prestigious award presented

every two years by the Canadian Section of the Electrochemical Society. Established in 1967, the award honours the memory of the eminent Canadian chemist W. Lash Miller and recognizes candidates’ excellence in publications and/or technical contributions in the field of electrochemical science and technology and/or solid state science and technology. It can only be awarded to an individual once throughout their career.

A United States patent has been filed for Chen’s invention.

Chen’s research has also gained extensive attention in the areas of wastewater treatment, mining, and the pulp and paper sector.

“This method has significant potential to turn the dream to control and treat diabetes into a reality.”

– Aicheng Chen

Chen accepted the award and delivered a lecture titled Electrochemical Study of Nanomaterials for Green Chemistry Applications at the 2009 Fall Symposium of the Electrochemical Society of the Canadian Section, Nov. 7 at Dalhousie University in Halifax, N.S.

NISHNAWBE ASKI NATION FOOD SYMPOSIUM November 18 & 19, 2009

Best Western Nor’Wester Resort Hotel, Thunder Bay, ON Working together to build healthy communities through local food sustainability initiatives that will address health issues, such as, diabetes, obesity, cardiac disease.

Webcast sessions available through the NAN website: www.nan.on.ca For more information please contact Wendy Trylinski, Community Program Manager at (807) 625-4931 or wtrylins@nan.on.ca w w w. n a n . o n . c a

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“Getting Connected: Strengthening the Connections Between Northern Ontario First Nations and the World” Please complete this Conference registration form and submit it to Wawatay by E-mail: rachelg@wawatay.on.ca,

by Fax: 807-737-3224, by Mail: Box 1180, Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1B7 or visit www.fngettingconnected.ca to register online.

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Northern Ontario First Nations Communications Conference Sioux Lookout - The Den, Pelican Falls First Nations High School Timmins - McIntyre Centre - 220 Boulevard Algonquin East Thunder Bay - KNet Boardroom - 216 South Algoma

“Getting Connected: Strengthening the Connections Between Northern Ontario First Nations and the World” Please complete this Conference registration form and submit it to Wawatay by E-mail: rachelg@wawatay.on.ca,

by Fax: 807-737-3224, by Mail: Box 1180, Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1B7 or by website www.fngettingconnected.ca

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WAWATAY NATIVE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING I WILL BE ATTENDING WAWATAY’S AGM Friday, December 11, 2009 WAWATAY NATIVE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP My community wishes to pay the annual Wawatay Membership Fee $500.00 in order to participate in the Wawatay Annual General Membership Meeting on Friday, December 11, 2009.

WAWATAY MEMBERSHIP FEES PAYMENT OPTIONS PAYMENT OPTIONS (Check one):

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Credit Card Number: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name on Card (please print): ______________________________________________________ Expiration Date: _____________________ I authorize WAWATAY to charge the above referenced credit card for my membership fees as requested in the total amount of $ __________

Signature: ______________________________________________ Printed Name: _______________________________________________ Make your cheque payable to Wawatay and mail it to: Wawatay Box 1180, Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1B7 Credit card payments only may be sent via fax.

TERMS: Cancellation and Refund Policy Wawatay membership fees are not refundable.

Spaces are limited. Please register by November 20, 2009

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WAWATAY NATIVE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY invites all Northern Ontario First Nation Communities to the “First Nations Getting Connected” Communications Conference - December 9-11, 2009 This unique First Nations Communications Conference will be the first of its kind to address First Nations communication modes, issues, infrastructure, best practices, trends and opportunities in northern Ontario.

Conference objectives include but not limited to the following: • Identification of the state of northern Ontario Aboriginal languages; • Development of a strategy to preserve, maintain and enhance Ojibway, Oji-Cree and Cree languages; • Increased knowledge of existing and upcoming communications infrastructure in northern Ontario that will impact First Nations; • Identification of ways communications tools can be used effectively; • How to manage communications in a crisis; • Awareness of careers in media programs and communications; • Awareness of modes of communications including how to set up a community radio station and radio broadcasting online; and • Development of an understanding of what public relations is.

REGISTRATION FOR CONFERENCE IS FREE! For sponsorship opportunities go to www.fngettingconnected.ca and download a sponsorship kit. The kit includes: Draft Agenda, Sponsorship Benefits & Registration Form.

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The conference will end on December 11 with the

WNCS Annual General Meeting.

We are currently looking for more board members.

For more information please visit www.wawataynews.ca.

Hotel Room, conference rates available at the Forest Inn in Sioux Lookout 1-800-649-9502 and the Best Western Nor’Wester in Thunder Bay 1-800-780-7234 Quote code WCC. Wasaya is an official sponsor of the

“First Nations Getting Connected” Communications Conference.

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Larry Anderson reaches up with a staple gun in one of five new band houses being built in Kitchenuhmaykoosib this year.

ᐊᐧᐊᐧᑌ ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯᒧᐃᐧᓂ ᐊᔭᒧᐃᐧᓂ ᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᓇᐣ Wawatay Native Communications Society Since its inception, Wawatay has worked tirelessly to preserve of our language and culture and diligently recorded the history and changing perspectives of our people through in-depth thought-provoking news, radio, television and now web and multi-media coverage.

Having witnessed many milestones during that time, Wawatay is now calling on its communities to celebrate that history together.

Please join us this year as we celebrate our 35th Anniversary as Northern Ontario’s First Nation Voice.

You are also welcome to join Wawatay as it celebrates the expansion of its Thunder Bay outfit to a larger space. Our staff looks forward to greeting you and answering any questions you might have.

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Pathway to policing, learning your options Rick Garrick Wawatay News

Gull Bay’s Casimir King is looking into a policing career.

“It was good … to be able to talk to someone one-on-one about policing instead of just reading a paper,” said King, who attended the evening session of the Oct. 27 Pathway to Policing – Learn Your Options presentation at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay. “I just wanted to get some information. I know I won’t be able to get into (policing) until I get my drivers license.”

King and three other people attended the joint recruiting initiative for First Nations men and women, which was delivered by Nishnawbe Aski Police Service Sgt. Jackie George and Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Darryl Wilson from 7 to 9 p.m.

Information was presented on testing, benefits, training, detachment locations, police ranks and specialty units.

About 30 Grade 11 and 12 DFC students attended the afternoon session, from 1 to 3 p.m.

“They were very interested,” George said, explaining that the students asked quite a few good questions about working with partners, drug searches and how police officers draw their guns.

“Most of the work-related questions came from a young man.”

George said NAPS usually holds a number of recruiting sessions each year; NAPS has grown considerably over the past five years with about 150 police officers currently stationed in 35 First Nation communities as well as at its three main offices in Thunder Bay,

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Nishnawbe Aski Police Service Sgt. Jackie George, centre, and Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Darryl Wilson spoke about policing with a group of students and adults, including Gull Bay’s Casimir King, at the Oct. 27 Pathway to Policing – Learn Your Options presentation at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay. Cochrane and Sioux Lookout.

“We always partner up with the OPP,” George said, explaining the next recruiting session will be held early in 2010 with the involvement of the Thunder Bay Police Service and RCMP in addition to the OPP. “Out of every recruiting session, we have had someone enter into the hiring process.”

George listed NAPS’ employment requirements as: 19 years

of age or older; a citizen of Canada; completion of Grade 12; no criminal record; physically fit; able to pass a vision test not colour blind; an up-to-date first aid/CPR certificate; a valid Class G driver’s licence with no restrictions; good written and oral skills; and an awareness and sensitivity to the Native culture and the ability to speak one of the Nishnawbe Aski languages would be an asset.

George also stressed good leadership qualities as a plus.

“Or a person interested in learning more about becoming a leader,” George said. “Everybody has it in them.

“We are looking for people who would like to develop that quality.”

Ideal candidates would also possess some or all of the following: the OACP (Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police)

certificate of results; a university or college education; a resident or someone who spent time in a northern community; resides in an area close to their posting or will be able to move upon being hired; some life experience that demonstrates maturity and a willingness to expand personal horizons; and a member of Nishnawbe Aski Nation.

NAPS will pay back the

Ontario Police College fee of $7,500 over a four-year period while the officer is still employed with NAPS; otherwise the recruit has to pay the fee themselves.

The NAPS salary range currently is $32,639 for a constable-in-training, $44,762 for a fourth-class constable, and $74,267 for a first-class constable.

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October 29th was a very lucky day for the Aysanabee family and Marion Dorota. With over 280 people in attendance for “Happy’s Home Theatre Giveaway Package” Our lucky winners were Walter Aysansbee & family pictured with their sales consultant Ryan Tokar, winning our purchaser’s package a BIG 72” Samsung HDTV, plus a home theatre package. Also Marion Dorota pictured with Curtis Sneve, Pinewood Pre-Owned Manager, 640 MEMORIAL AVE. was the winner of our test drive • 344-9611 TOLL FREE: 1-800-465-3910 package a 32” TV flat screen www.pinewoodford.com plus Blueray DVD.

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Gordon Albany, left, and Michael Cromarty prepare a water line for a community home located across from the community’s arena on Post Island.

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NOTICE OF SUBMISSION TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY REPORT SECTION 1: Between the Manitoba/Ontario Border and Gundy Lake Road ROUTE PLANNING AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN STUDY Four-Laning between the Manitoba/Ontario Border and Kenora THE STUDY The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is undertaking a study for the four-laning of Highway 17 within the District of Kenora. The study was divided into three sections, as shown below. The firm of McCormick Rankin Corporation (MRC) is undertaking this project on behalf of MTO.

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NOTICE OF SUBMISSION TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY REPORT SECTION 2: Between Gundy Lake Road and Rush Bay Road ROUTE PLANNING AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN STUDY Four-Laning between the Manitoba/Ontario Border and Kenora THE STUDY The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is undertaking a study for the four-laning of Highway 17 within the District of Kenora. The study was divided into three sections, as shown below. The firm of McCormick Rankin Corporation (MRC) is undertaking this project on behalf of MTO.

SECTION 1 - TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY REPORT The study for Section 1, located between the Manitoba/Ontario border and Gundy Lake Road, has been completed. The study followed the Class Environmental Assessment (EA) for Provincial Transportation Facilities process for Group â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; projects.

The Transportation Environmental Study Report (TESR) for Section 1 has been completed and is available for a 30-day public review period, at the locations listed below: Ministry of the Environment Thunder Bay Regional Office, Suite 331 435 James Street South, 3rd Floor Thunder Bay, Ontario

The City of Kenora Municipal Office 1 Main Street South Kenora, Ontario

The Kenora Public Library â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kenora Branch 24 Main Street Kenora, Ontario

The Kenora Public Library â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Keewatin Branch 221 Main Street Kenora, Ontario

The report will also be available on the study website at www.4lanehighway17kenora.ca.

Interested persons are encouraged to review this document and provide comments by December 10, 2009.

If, after consulting with the Ministryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consultants and staff, you have serious unresolved concerns, you have the right to request that the Minister of the Environment (12th Floor, 135 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario, M4V 1P5) make a Part II Order (i.e., â&#x20AC;&#x153;bump-upâ&#x20AC;?) request for this project, thereby requiring an individual environmental assessment. A copy of the Part II Order (i.e., â&#x20AC;&#x153;bump-upâ&#x20AC;?) request should be forwarded to the Ministry of Transportation and McCormick Rankin Corporation at the addresses below. If there are no outstanding concerns after December 10, 2009, the project will be considered to have met the requirements of the Class EA and the project will proceed to the Detail Design stage.

SECTION 2 - TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY REPORT The study for Section 2, located between Gundy Lake Road and Rush Bay Road, has been completed. The study followed the Class Environmental Assessment (EA) for Provincial Transportation Facilities process for Group â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; projects.

The Transportation Environmental Study Report (TESR) for Section 2 has been completed and is available for a 30-day public review period, at the locations listed below: Ministry of the Environment Thunder Bay Regional Office, Suite 331 435 James Street South, 3rd Floor Thunder Bay, Ontario

The City of Kenora Municipal Office 1 Main Street South Kenora, Ontario

The Kenora Public Library â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kenora Branch 24 Main Street Kenora, Ontario

The Kenora Public Library â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Keewatin Branch 221 Main Street Kenora, Ontario

The report will also be available on the study website at www.4lanehighway17kenora.ca.

The study for Section 3 is currently underway and notices will be published at a later date.

Interested persons are encouraged to review this document and provide comments by December 10, 2009.

If, after consulting with the Ministryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consultants and staff, you have serious unresolved concerns, you have the right to request that the Minister of the Environment (12th Floor, 135 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario, M4V 1P5) make a Part II Order (i.e., â&#x20AC;&#x153;bump-upâ&#x20AC;?) request for this project, thereby requiring an individual environmental assessment. A copy of the Part II Order (i.e., â&#x20AC;&#x153;bump-upâ&#x20AC;?) request should be forwarded to the Ministry of Transportation and McCormick Rankin Corporation at the addresses below. If there are no outstanding concerns after December 10, 2009, the project will be considered to have met the requirements of the Class EA and the project will proceed to the Detail Design stage.

COMMENTS

SECTION 1 AND SECTION 3

If you wish to obtain additional information or provide comments, or if you would like to be added to the mailing list, please contact:

A Transportation Environmental Study Report has also been prepared for Section 1, and is available for a 30-day public review period. Please refer to the separate newspaper notice for information regarding Section 1.

SECTION 2 AND SECTION 3 A Transportation Environmental Study Report has also been prepared for Section 2, and is available for a 30-day public review period. Please refer to the separate newspaper notice for information regarding Section 2.

Mr. Neil Ahmed, P. Eng. Consultant Project Manager McCormick Rankin Corporation 2655 North Sheridan Way Mississauga, ON L5K 2P8 Tel.: 1-877-562-7947, ext. 1241 Fax: 905-823-8503 E-mail: nahmed@mrc.ca

Mr. Dan Preley, P. Eng. Project Engineer Ministry of Transportation 615 James Street South Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6P6 Tel.: 1-800-465-5034 or 807-473-2145 Fax: 807-473-2168 E-mail: Dan.Preley@ontario.ca

Please visit our project website at www.4lanehighway17kenora.ca for additional project details.

Information will be collected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

The study for Section 3 is currently underway and notices will be published at a later date.

COMMENTS If you wish to obtain additional information or provide comments, or if you would like to be added to the mailing list, please contact: Mr. Neil Ahmed, P. Eng. Consultant Project Manager McCormick Rankin Corporation 2655 North Sheridan Way Mississauga, ON L5K 2P8 Tel.: 1-877-562-7947, ext. 1241 Fax: 905-823-8503 E-mail: nahmed@mrc.ca

Mr. Dan Preley, P. Eng. Project Engineer Ministry of Transportation 615 James Street South Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6P6 Tel.: 1-800-465-5034 or 807-473-2145 Fax: 807-473-2168 E-mail: Dan.Preley@ontario.ca

Please visit our project website at www.4lanehighway17kenora.ca for additional project details.

Information will be collected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

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