Alvin Fiddler

• Alvin Fiddler to return as grand chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation

  Officials say Fiddler was the sole qualified candidate to throw his hat in the ring during a byelection to lead NAN, which represents 49 First Nations in northern Ontario.

  Politics

  Jul 9, 2023
  
• Neskantaga First Nation says water must be restored 24/7 before evacuees can return

  The chief and council of a First Nation in a remote part of northwestern Ontario said Thursday that they won't send evacuees home until the community has access to running water 24/7.

  Environment

  Oct 22, 2020
  
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• On Ipperwash anniversary, chiefs call on government to reflect on relations with Indigenous people

  Acting Ontario Regional Chief of the Chiefs of Ontario, Alvin Fiddler, said in a statement that distrust between First Nations and authorities continues to exist as a result of unaddressed inequality that the Ipperwash crisis highlighted.

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2020
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• Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief calls for investigation into systemic racism in the RCMP

  "Too many of our people have been killed at the hands of the RCMP," Fiddler told Global News Monday.

  Politics

  Jun 15, 2020
• 5 dead after house fire in northwestern Ontario First Nation

  A house fire of unknown cause claimed the lives of one mother and four of her children in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Thursday morning.

  Canada

  May 2, 2019
• 16 northern Ontario First Nations to be connected to power grid under new agreement

  Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler lauded the agreement in a statement today calling it a "major achievement.''

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2018
• Doctors call on Ottawa to improve First Nations mental health services in northwestern Ontario

  Their concerns were outlined in a letter released ahead of meeting in Ottawa set for this afternoon.

  Health

  Jul 24, 2017
• Thunder Bay, Ont., police probing racist online comments allegedly made by officer

  Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., say they are investigating allegations that racist comments posted on a local newspaper's Facebook page were made by members of the police service.

  Crime

  Sep 30, 2016