Thunder Bay High School Students participate in Enter the Den sponsored by Thunder Bay Ventures and a host of local sponsors. The students prepare a business plan, then present that plan to Thunder Bay Ventures. The goal is inspiring the students to learn more about business, the process of running a business, and encouraging entrepreneurship.

Enter the Den Part One

Enter the Den finals were held at Hammarskjold High School today. It was Hammarskjold’s 50th Birthday today. 

The students spent the afternoon giving the judges a real challenge in choosing the best presentation.

The competition, livestreamed on NNL brought in an audience from across the city, and across the region. 

Enter the Den Part Two

The top winner received a cash prize of $1500. The top five finalists, all who presented today were awarded and recognized for their accomplishment.

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A Walk for Unity

THUNDER BAY – A Walk for Unity has travelled from Regina to Thunder Bay on their way to Ottawa. The Walkers are planning to arrive in Ottawa on June 21st for National Aboriginal Day. 

The Walkers are headed to Ottawa to send a message to the government and to Prime Minister Stephen Harper that it is time for real action on the issues facing First Nations people.

A Walk for Unity in Thunder Bay

The walkers are on their walk to share that there must be more unity on the environment, and on lands and resources. 

The goal is that protecting Mother Earth, and taking care of each other is a critical responsibility that crosses all lines of race or colour.

The Walkers assert that there is a great divide in Canada. Canada is so rich, but in many places the Aboriginal communities are trapped in a cycle of poverty. By raising awareness, building unity, and making more and more people aware of the issues facing the young people, the group hopes to bring people of all races together.

Walk for Unity – Unscripted Uncensored

The Walk for Unity Facebook Page

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This unique agreement covers all areas of the boreal where our companies operate from Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains. On any given week we have over 100 company staff working in regional and national working groups across the country to implement the boreal agreement.

Forest Producers Remain Committed

We signed this agreement with the objective of developing a new paradigm of working out difficult problems together. The agreement does not contemplate that you can pick and choose where you want to engage. After a suitable period of reflection we will encourage our environmental partners to return to the table with Resolute.

Taiga forest dominated by Picea glauca. Gaspé, Québec, canada. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Forest companies belonging to FPAC remain committed to the principles of the CBFA and want to continue the hard work necessary to protect the environment including threatened species such as woodland caribou while also protecting the forest products industry and the communities and jobs that depend on it.

The CBFA is making great progress right across the country including blueprints for caribou action planning and protected areas planning that are the most comprehensive work ever done in this area; an agreement reached in northeast Ontario on caribou planning that has been endorsed by the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities; notable progress in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba and ongoing outreach to provincial governments, First Nations and communities.

We have learned in the first three years of working on these complex land use planning and conservation issues that there must be much more transparency and engagement of communities, First Nations and provincial governments. At the end of the day, any bilateral agreement between the environmental groups and industry must be accepted by government and all other affected land users.

The industry signatories have long agreed that implementing this ambitious agreement has not progressed as quickly as originally expected. However this is the largest and most complex deal of its kind anywhere in the world and we entered it without a template. We are learning and improving as we move forward.

This should not be about blame, but about respecting our pledge to replace confrontation with co-operation. The forest company signatories to this historic agreement are committed to continuing to work in a spirit of cooperation across the Boreal.

David Lindsay
President and CEO, FPAC

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“Minnesota’s lakes and rivers are one of our most precious resources and we need every person to take responsibility to help prevent and curb the spread of AIS,” said Ann Pierce, DNR invasive species unit supervisor.

Boaters and anglers must know the AIS laws before they hit the water.

“The laws have not changed since last year,” Pierce said. “Before leaving a water access every boater must: clean off aquatic plants and animals, pull the drain plug and leave it out when transporting. They need to drain all water from bait buckets, livewells and boats and dispose of unwanted live bait in the trash. These simple steps protect our waters and may keep you from getting a citation.”

DNR’s stepped up efforts

People can expect watercraft inspectors and conservation officers at public accesses this summer. Statewide plans include:

Watercraft Inspections -The DNR will have up to 150 authorized inspectors stationed at high-use public waters that are infested with zebra mussels – and 23 hot water decontamination units available to clean infested equipment. Local units of government will also have inspectors at various accesses throughout the state.

Enforcement – All DNR conservation officers will focus on enforcing AIS laws this season. They will write citations for AIS law violations. Roadside checks will be conducted.

AIS canine unit -Three zebra-mussel detector dogs, which can find a mussel faster than a human inspector, will help conservation officers at check stations and water accesses this summer.

2012 AIS enforcement and inspection recap
In 2012, watercraft inspectors and conservation officers spent about 81,000 hours inspecting more than 120,000 watercraft/trailers, resulting in 998 citations and 1,550 written warnings. There were 121 watercraft inspectors who worked most of the open water season inspecting boats and providing information to the public. An additional 30 inspectors were hired to assist with end-of-season coverage.

AIS citations and fines

Boaters and others who fail to follow AIS laws can expect to receive citations and pay fines. The current fines are:

• Transporting aquatic plants – $100 civil penalty or misdemeanor.
• Transporting water in boats or other water-related equipment – $100 civil penalty or misdemeanor.
• Transporting zebra mussels and other prohibited species of animals – $500 civil penalty or misdemeanor.

For more information about AIS laws, a list of designated infested waters in Minnesota and contact information for AIS specialists throughout the state is available at www.mndnr.gov/ais.

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Youth who had a schoolmate die by suicide are significantly more likely to consider or attempt suicide, according to a study in published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). This effect can last 2 years or more, which has implications for strategies following schoolmate suicides.

My Suicide (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Suicide is Contagious

“The idea that suicide is contagious has always been controversial for various reasons; however, this important study should put many, if not all, doubts to rest. A unified and concerted effort now needs to be directed toward developing evidence-based postvention strategies. We need to know what works in mitigating the risk of contagion and why,” comments Dr. India Bohanna, School of Public Health, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

In Thunder Bay, efforts are underway to prevent problems for youth. Often it appears in Northwestern Ontario some youth dive into a world of drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism. 

Youth Centres TBay in the Victoriaville Centre is one step, the pilot project is designed to make a serious change for youth, offering them a safe place to go. For many teens, having a lack of safe places to go has been identified as one of the problems.

For youth coming from the North, arriving in Thunder Bay the issues of racism also generates feelings of isolation.

“We found that exposure to suicide predicts suicidality,” writes senior author Dr. Ian Colman, Canada Research Chair in Mental Health Epidemiology and Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa, with lead author Sonja Swanson, from Harvard School of Public Health, Boston.

“This was true for all age groups, although exposure to suicide increased the risk most dramatically in the youngest age group, when baseline suicidality was relatively low.”

The concept that exposure to suicide can create suicidal thoughts or actions is called “suicide contagion.”

Researchers looked at data from Statistics Canada’s National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth on 22 064 children aged 12–17 years from across the country. They found that the suicide of a schoolmate magnifies the risk of suicidality for a young person, regardless of whether the young person personally knew the deceased. This risk was particularly strong among 12 to 13 year olds, who were 5 times more likely to have suicidal thoughts (suicide ideation) after exposure to a schoolmate’s suicide than those who had had no exposure (15% v. 3%). In this age group, 7.5% attempted suicide after a schoolmate’s suicide compared with 1.7% without exposure.

“Suicidality is of utmost public health concern, both as a predictor of suicide and because of its own burden on individuals and society,” write the authors.

The apparent “suicide contagion” effect was less pronounced in older children, although 14 to 15 year olds exposed to suicide were still almost 3 times more likely to have suicidal thoughts, and 16 to 17 year olds were twice as likely.

“Perhaps any exposure to a peer’s suicide is relevant, regardless of the proximity to the decedent,” they write. “It may be best for postvention strategies to include all students rather than target close friends.”

By ages 16-17 years, 24% of teens — 1 in 4 — had a schoolmate die by suicide, and 20% personally knew someone who died by suicide.

“Given that such exposure is not rare, and appears to be strongly related to suicidality outcomes, further understanding of this association has the potential to help in the prevention of a substantial proportion of adolescent suicidal behaviours,” write the authors.

They conclude that broader, longer-lasting strategies are required. “Our findings support school- or community-wide interventions over strategies targeting those who personally knew the decedent, suggests that allocating resources following an event may be especially important during earlier adolescence, and implies that schools and communities should be aware of an increased risk for at least 2 years following a suicide event,” the authors conclude.

In a related commentary, Dr. India Bohanna, states that this study “Provides convincing evidence that, among young people, exposure to suicide is a risk factor for future suicidal behaviour. This is extremely important because it tells us that everyone who is exposed to suicide should be considered when postvention strategies are developed.”

Dr. Bohanna reiterates that strategies to limit the risk of suicide contagion are critical.

Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario

Thunder Bay could benefit from studying and looking at action on this study. Issues of addiction, abuse of drugs and alcohol are a part of the problem. There is a perceived relationship between crime and addiction.

There are many issues with homelessness, and a lack of affordable housing as well. Dealing with those issues would not likely solve the issue of youth suicide all on their own. It would however help make a difference.

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Police had a number of cases to deal with over the weekend in addition to calls for service for issues related to flooding.

Violent Weekend for Thunder Bay

From the case files:

Two Pumper Units and a commander arrived on scene at Royal Edward Arms

At 3:30 a.m. on May 18th, 2013, Officers attended an apartment located on the 100 block of South May Street to assist a female victim of an assault. The 27 year old female victim was extremely intoxicated, and had severe facial injuries. She was transported to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center where she has been treated and released.

The individuals located in the apartment were very intoxicated and uncooperative with the initial investigation officers. This incident has been followed up by the Criminal Investigations Branch and charges are pending.

At 20:30EDT. on May 19th 2013, patrol officers received a call to Shopper’s Drug Mart on Memorial Avenue to speak to a group of intoxicated females who came into the store and said that they were afraid they may get assaulted. When officers arrived the females had left the store.

A group of people were located a short time later under the Memorial Ave bridge.  One female appeared to have been assaulted and was soaking wet. The 19 year old victim was taken to the hospital by ambulance where she remains in the hospital. Reports are the woman has bleeding in her cranium.

Detectives continued to investigate this incident,  and have now charged 31 year old Thea Gliddy with Aggravated Assault, Threats, and Breach Of Probation. 

Just before 14:00EDT on May 20th, 2013, patrol officers attended the Rotary Shelter House on George Street to assist a female who had been assaulted. The crime victim also required medical attention.

The 33 year old female victim stated that she and her 29 year old boyfriend had been assaulted in an apartment in the 100 block of South May Street. Her boyfriend attended the Shelter House shortly after and both were taken to the hospital for medical attention and both have since been released.

31 year old Thea Gliddy and 31 year old Denise Moonias have each been charged with two counts of Aggravated Assault. Gliddy has also been charged with Breach of Probation.

Gliddy was taken into custody on May 20th, 2013 at 19:00EDT. on South May Street without incident. She made a court appearance today and has been remanded in custody.

Moonias was initially arrest by officers on May 20th at 2:30 p.m. for Being Intoxicated in a Public Place and she has since been charged with this the additional charge and has also been remanded in custody.

Thunder Bay Police Service report that this investigation is ongoing.

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Mudding can be fun

FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION – Fort William First Nation has stepped up after another incident of off roaders damaging property on their lands. Effective immediately, off roading in no longer allowed on the First Nation. The move comes after a weekend incident where not only were the Pow Wow grounds desecrated, but a grandmother and her daughter and grandson were threatened by one of the off roaders.

Fort William First Nation Off Limits

“Fort William First Nations is off limits to your off road activities,” stated Councillor Wyatt Bannon. The Fort William First Nation is dealing with a State of Emergency, and the community’s Pow Wow grounds on Mount McKay were desecrated on Monday.

The culprits in this incident have been apprehended by police, according to reports. 

Mud or Bust Busted?

The Facebook Page ‘Mud or Bust’ is one of the places that off roaders in the city gather. The Fort William First Nation has now informed the group that they are not welcome.

The Pow Wow grounds have been a place where disrespectful people have chewed up the traditional area before. Last March another report of the grounds being damaged did not result in a banning of off roaders, this year the threatening of a community member and the damages to the FWFN lands has brought solid action.

It is a case where the fun and enjoyment of a large group of off-roaders have been spoiled by the actions of a small number of people who failed to show proper respect to private property.

Wyatt Bannon shares, “I’d like to add the the Land between City Rd and the Kam River is owned by The Members of Fort William and is also Private property and again off limits.”

Fort William First Nation has extended the ban to the former Mount McKay Ski hill and all lands on the First Nation. No Trespassing Signs will be posted soon.

The original image in this story, was of an off roader in Current River. That individual was not involved in the situation at Fort William First Nation, except to have arrived afterward and assisted with police to put the vehicle out of the mud.

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Prime Minister Harper

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Harper states that he is upset. “Upset at some parliamentarians and at the conduct of some in my office”, stated Harper. “We have taken unprecedented action to clean up the government… installing the toughest legislation in history,” added the PM. Reading from a prepared script, the Prime Minister took on the issues of Senate and Parliamentary improper conduct.

Prime Minister Harper Upset

“Canada now has one of the most accountable and transparent systems of government in the whole world,” claimed Harper. “It is something we can never take for granted”.

“No government is perfect,” said Harper. “We have to make a culture of responsibility and accountability”.

“We are the caucus who finally bite the bullet on the MP Pension Plan,” Harper added.

The Prime Minister, in addressing his caucus says that “Whoever wants to use public office for their own benefit should make other plans, or better yet leave this room”.

On the Senate, Harper said, “I did not get into politics to defend the Senate”. Harper says his efforts were opposed by the Liberals and New Democrats. 

“We have heard Canadians tell us to continue our efforts,” stated Harper. “Canadians want the Senate to change”.

Prime Minister Harper did not outline specifics on what he plans to do in the PMO or within caucus to prevent future problems.

There was no apology to Canadians from Harper.

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The City’s Emergency Operations Control (EOC) Group convened at 7 am today to discuss the status of the City’s rivers, creeks and infrastructure following heavy rainfall over the last 24 hours. 

Thunder Bay Coming together

“We are pleased to report that over the last 24 hours, the Atlantic Avenue Water Pollution Control Plant performed well with no major operational issues,” said Darrell Matson, General Manager of Infrastructure & Operations. “We do know that a number of residents have experienced water in their basements from the heavy rains and we encourage people to take advantage of the City’s Residential Drainage Assistance Program. A subsidy for drainage improvements and flood proofing measures is available.”

Roads in and around the City are still experiencing ponding and flooding.  Any roads covered with water should be avoided – seek alternate routes. 

The following road closures are still in effect: 

Arundel Street between Toledo Street and Lyon Boulevard, Melbourne Road between Hilldale Road and Hazelwood Drive, Toms Road north of John Street, Chippewa Road between City Road and Chippewa Park, Mapleward Road between Arthur and Highway 11/17, and the Kline Road Extension is also closed. The recreation trail under the Edward Street Bridge and the trail that runs under the Harbour Expressway are also closed. Trail monitoring will continue over the next 24 hours. 

Chippewa Park is closed and will re-open once Chippewa Road is repaired. All City waterways are still being closely monitored. Once rivers and creeks recede, Infrastructure & Operations will commence any necessary road repairs.

“We are thankful that Thunder Bay did not receive as much rain as was forecasted,” said Mayor Keith Hobbs.

Fort William First Nation has declared a state of emergency following the heavy rainfall with affected families beginning to be evacuated. The EOC is working closely with the community. 

Important contact numbers:

Infrastructure & Operations – 625-2195 – to report flooding or for questions or concerns about City roads and other City infrastructure<

Thunder Bay Hydro – 343-1111 or after hours 343-1002 – for electrical problems or concerns

Ministry of Transportation – 511 – for information about provincially-owned highways

911 should only be called if there is an emergency

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Current River Dam – Photo by Day Vid Z Photography

THUNDER BAY – Breaking – The Lakehead Regional Conservation Authority reports that the Flood Warning has been terminated. 

The Lakehead Region Conservation Authority has terminated the Flood Warning for the City of Thunder Bay, Municipalities of Oliver Paipoonge, Neebing and Shuniah and the Townships of Conmee, O’Connor , Dorion and Gillies.

 Area watercourses will continue to have high flows over the next few days; however, most have crested and will begin to recede today. Minimal precipitation is forecasted today with no precipitation in the coming week .

Authority Staff will continue to monitor conditions as part of its Flood Forecasting and Warning program.

Photo by Day Vid Z Photography

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Mayor Hobbs

THUNDER BAY – “Our crews responded to 187 calls last night,” states Mayor Keith Hobbs. Over the Victoria Day holiday, or ‘Rain Day’ the City had a full court press going on to keep atop of a long run of potential problems. “The Sewage plant performed well thank goodness,” adds Hobbs.

Tired but Relieved – Mayor Hobbs

The Mayor didn’t get a lot of sleep over the weekend, either did senior City Managers. Darrel Matson ran a marathon thirty hour session keeping ahead of the ongoing situation.

Through the weekend, Thunder Bay Police, Thunder Bay Fire Rescue, and Public Works were kept busy. 

The City has also reached out to our neighbour Fort William First Nation offering help and assistance.

“We averted one last night,” commenting on how there was less rain than expected adds the Mayor.

Online on Facebook, the City was able to use social media to keep residents up on what was happening.

Thunder Bay is a Social City

There is a serious paradigm shift happening in Thunder Bay – social media, technology and smart phones along with Ipads and Tablet Computers are impacting how people receive information. 

Over the course of Victoria Day, on NetNewsledger forty three percent of the visitors on NetNewsLedger were using a Smartphone or portable device. Almost 5000 individuals were on their Iphones to access up-to-date information on NetNewsLedger. 

Facebook Shares of NetNewsledger news articles reached out far past the city limits. Some of the articles published on Monday were shared on Facebook over 4000 times. If each of those shares were by a person with one hundred friends on Facebook the reach is fairly massive. 

There are 70,000 people on Facebook who list Thunder Bay as their home. That impact is still something that few people fully seem to be grasping. On days when news and information is critical for people, days like Victoria Day, when information has to travel at the speed of the Internet that is a key dynamic.

In any emergency it is a critical to have fast and accurate information. On Monday it was a team effort, with you, our readers helping with updates, sharing images, and helping keep the information flowing that helps make a real difference.

Our city appears, for the most part to have avoided the worst of last night’s forecast rain. We are fortunate, but there is a real effort needed to recover from the storm. 

Working together and keeping a positive attitude is going to be critical for that effort.

James Murray

Current River Dam – Courtesy of Day Vid Z

Current River Dam – Photo by Day Vid Z Photography

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THUNDER BAY – Across the region, the Ontario Provincial Police have advised there are a number of roads that are closed. 

Ontario Provincial Police have reported several washouts making several major and minor roads impassable to traffic:

• Highway 593 about 10 km from Highway 61
• Auto Road about two km west of Dawson Road
• Blakie Road at White Fish River
• Kilometre 8 on Flanders Road to Lac La Croix

The OPP said Highway 527 (8.5 km from Highway 11/17), Silver Springs Road and Two Island Lake Road off Highway 589 were washing out but still passable.

The Municipality of Neebing closed Oliver Creek Road by McCluskey; Sturgeon Bay Road from the end of the chipseal to Margaret Street; and Walker Road by CopperCliff Road.

On Fort William First Nation, all businesses are closed today at the request of Chief and Council. Roads throughout the First Nation are closed, and reports will be updated as information comes in.

For anyone travelling rural roadways, it is likely a good idea to keep a careful eye out, washouts are likely in areas where water has covered roadways.

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Water Levels on the Neebing River are up!

THUNDER BAY – The weather warnings are over. Schools are open. The recovery effort begins. Thunder Bay and region have come through the Victoria Day rain and flooding and now the process of recovery can begin. The City’s Emergency Committee will meet this morning at 09:00EDT and there will be an update on the situation at that point.

Across the region, there are many areas where roads are washed away, there are closures on several highways and roadways.

Region moving to Recovery Mode

Fort William First Nation has evacuated residents at risk and has had assistance from the federal Aboriginal Affairs Ministry throughout the Victoria Day Weekend in moving through the state of emergency.

All businesses on the Fort William First Nation are closed today. This allows local authorities to better handle the emergency.

Waterways across the region are up, flow volumes are going to be heavy as the day continues. However fortunately, less rain fell overnight than was forecast. 

For Thunder Bay, the full impact of the storm is now being calculated. Mayor Hobbs, City Managers and City Staff were working through the weekend along with several Council members.

It is likely, in coming days there will be issues that will be needing to be addressed, Right now, it is not that time, It is time to get those impacted by the flooding the help that they need.

If you have pictures or information you would like to share please email: Newsroom@netnewsledger.com

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Weather Radar

THUNDER BAY – The rain is not finished yet. Environment Canada states, “Another 20 to 40 mm of rain is likely by Tuesday morning”. The weather radar is showing that the weather system impacting the region is likely to hammer the city once again with more rain.

More Rain in Weather Forecast

A low pressure system is nearly stationary over the Dakotas and will continue to send bands of rain to the regions beginning heavier again this evening. As of 2 PM EDT 71.6 mm of rain was reported at Atikokan. About 56 mm of rain has fallen over Thunder Bay. Thunderstorms are possible in the rain bands and may contribute to give locally higher rainfall amounts. Another 20 to 40 mm of rain is expected by Tuesday morning and storm totals will be in the 60 to 90 mm range across the warned areas.

Thunder Bay has received 12.2mm of precipitation today. The added rainfall that is predicted could generate wider flooding.

Fort William First Nation Evacuation Update

Evacuation of older residents and young children from Fort William First Nation is underway tonight. All businesses on Fort William First Nation will be closed on Tuesday to assist officials in dealing with the flooding.

Contact Telephone Numbers

For Thunder Bay: For questions, concerns or emergencies, 24 hours a day, contact 625-2195. 

To report plugged catchbasins or surface flooding, call Infrastructure & Operations at (807) 625-2195, call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

For information on basement flooding, sewer backups, and surface flooding including plugged catchbasins or roadside culverts.

For outlying areas: for Oliver Paipoonge Township. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) 
3267 Hwy 130, THUNDER BAY, ON 
807-939-2133 Municipal Office
4569 Oliver Rd.
Murillo ON., P0T 2G0
Tel: (807) 935-2613
Fax: (807) 935-2161
Email: info@oliverpaipoonge.on.ca

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Chief Georjann Morriseau
Fort William First Nations

FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION - The Weather advisory is calling for more rain. Therefore to mitigate risk and ensure safety we have implemented immediate evacuation for high priority areas and individuals.

Fort William First Nation Evacuation

LOCATION OF HIGH RISK FLOOD AREAS INCLUDES FOLLOWING ROAD CLOSURES BETWEEN CHIPPEWA RD THROUGH TO HALFWAY PIT. 

FWFN busses are currently on rout to pick up Stage 1 evacuees which includes Elderly, Children two and under, people who require medical attention; and those who are sick. We also encourage others to relocate to family and friends who can provide adequate shelter and amenities.

If you should require assistance, information or if you are a potential evacuee please feel free to contact the following on call emergency team. 

• Ian Bannon- 474-7609
• Esther Pervais- 630-4351
• Karen Bannon- 476-8816

We appreciate your patience and understand during this time. We assure all members that we are working diligently to accommodate the safety and well being of our nation.

Miigwetch

Chief Georjann Morriseau
Fort William First Nation

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