Highlights

The motion was drafted and passed following a presentation to the chiefs by Jeronimo Kataquapit on Tuesday.

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization says first public engagement sessions as part of the drafting of an initial project description happening in July and August.

A spokesperson for the group, said they are exploring the possibility of initiating a judicial review of the Ministry of Natural Resource decision to approve a variance allowing construction of the Waasigan Transmission Line.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler was one of many Indigenous leaders who weren’t satisfied with the outcome of recent meetings with federal officials in Gatineau.

Canadian Union of Postal Workers will be forced to vote on a collective agreement offer starting Monday.

The province has committed funding to the purchase and operation of the new scanner, as well as the construction of the new space to house it.

Nearly half of the funding, just shy of $1 million, is going to a Kenora brewery while the remainder is spread between seven other projects in the Northwest.

Jenna Ostberg’s parents say that the SIU report did not reflect the full person Ostberg was: “She was so much more than what is written in those pages.”

The federal government, through FedNor, says the five-year plan will target helping communities, growing businesses and strengthening innovation sector.